Huna - 'The Secret' wisdom of Hawaii
By Kate Parker
The Huna wisdom is a deeply powerful philosophy of life practised throughout ancient Polynesia - think of Hawaii, palm trees, rainbows, waterfalls, dolphins, whales, big waves, starry skies, rainforest, fragrant warm breezes - need I say more? paradise ....... The Hawaiian word Ka Huna means ‘The Secret’, the hidden or unseen or inner knowledge. It also relates to the harmonising of masculine (Hu) and feminine (Na) universal energies; and bringing in Light into our lives. The word also refers to someone who is an expert in a specific subject, eg a Kahuna Kupua translates as Shaman.
As you discover more about the Huna wisdom you may well discover many similarities to that of other spiritual and self-help teachings, and there are also similarities between the Huna wisdom and other tribal and indigenous cultures like the Maoris, Aborigines and Native Americans. There is a Hawaiian proverb ‘A’ohe pau ka ‘ike i ka halau ho’okahi’ (All knowledge is not taught in the same school).
What I like about Huna is that the wisdom provides ideas and tools as a way of living a happier, more positive, loving and joyfully fulfilling life - a set of ideals. It isn’t a religion, so there is nothing you have to do. The purpose of life from a Huna perspective is to be happy.
The Huna wisdom can be explained briefly by the use of The 7 Principles.
The first one is the most important because all the others relate to this first principle, which is:
1. IKE The World Is What You Think It Is
The ancient Hawaiians believed that life is a dream that we create. So they looked at what they saw as their experience of reality, their outer world, as a reflection of their inner world - their beliefs, thoughts, and ideas about life. If they wanted to change something on the ‘outside’ they would start by looking inside and change their belief or thought or idea. This is the basic idea of how we create our own reality.
A Course in Miracles says ‘spirit is in a state of grace forever. Your reality is only spirit. Therefore you are in a state of grace forever’.
A wise teacher (Seth) says ‘to change your world you must change your thoughts. You must become consciously aware of what you tell yourself is true every moment of the day, for that is the reality you project outward’.
Ho’okomo i ko waho i ko loko (put inside that which is outside)
Aia ke ola i Kahiki (Health and prosperity are in Kahiki, a place in the inner world)
2. KALA There Are No Limits
The Huna knowledge says there are no limits - to what we can do, achieve, be, want, desire, dream. Anything is possible. Everything is connected and separation is just a useful illusion. After all everything that exists now in a physical form was once a thought. It is the belief that anything and everything is possible. The universe is infinite
and we are all powerful and limitless beings of light. There is no limit to your potential in this lifetime, even though at times it may feel limiting. The only limits are the ones you have accepted as being true. There is no-one out there stopping you, unless you say so. You are in charge, you write the script - there are no limits. Become a shaman and dream your life into being - dream, dream and dream some more about the kind of life you want in glorious technicolour. You deserve it!
"All things are possible to him that believeth." (Mark 9:23)
3. MAKIA Energy Flows Where Attention Goes
Thoughts are energy. Whatever we put our attention on increases. We are magnetic vibrational beings and we attract like a magnet to us circumstances, events and people that are in alignment with our thoughts. For example, focusing on how much money
you don't have tends to not solve the problem. It generally increases the fear of not enough, worry and anxiety - which attracts further the situation you don’t want. But if you really focus on how much money you do have and feel grateful for whatever money or gifts or prosperity of any kind that is in your life, your feelings of gratitude and appreciation act as a blessing and will increase over time this aspect of your life. OK so your life may not change overnight but by changing where you focus your energy will effect changes in your life; without doubt.
Makia ke ali'i, ehuehu ka ukali (concentration is the chief, energy is the follower)
4. MANAWA Now Is The Moment Of Power
In the Huna belief system, there is no past or future, only the present moment - the gift
of Now. The past isn’t something you have to carry around with you - we are not held back by it unless we allow ourselves to be; and the future isn’t out there waiting for you to bump into it. Your future is created moment by moment by the thoughts that you think now. Think of a thought like planting a seed. As the seed grows into a plant you may not
like what appears - but you have the power to dig up the plant and sow new seeds.
You can change the way you feel now - find the blessing and opportunity in everything. And you can also accept the way you feel now or the experiences you have now as being perfect just as they are. Huna is as much about being OK with life when things go pear-shaped as when everything’s rosy. Going with the way you feel, not resisting it, knowing that difficult times will pass is fully experiencing and accepting life and embracing all that you are in this moment, now. Emotions can be described as waves of energy that are constantly in motion - Pi'i ka nalu, he'e ka nalu, ke nalu nei ka moana (Waves rise, waves recede, the ocean is full of waves)
5. ALOHA To Love Is To Be Happy With (Someone or Something)
Aloha is a commonly used phrase in Hawaii for hello and goodbye but it also means LOVE - with every breath I send love. A further deeper meaning is "the joyful (oha) sharing (alo) of life energy (ha) in the present (alo). Aloha means that to love is to be happy - with yourself, with someone else with a situation. So love has nothing to do with feeling pain or causing pain. Love has nothing to do with hurting someone or being hurt. Aloha is the friendship, compassion, caring, joy, unconditional love, appreciation, acceptance and gratitude in any given moment. Remember that the life purpose of Huna is to be happy. Loving your self and appreciating your self is just as, if not more important, than loving others; because if you do not have Aloha for yourself you cannot truly feel it for another. It is the ‘blaming, taming and shaming’ forms of love that Gill Edwards talks about in her book Wild Love that create our relationship problems which are caused by a need to control, due to fear or insecurity, or a need to be a victim or martyr - the belief that somehow we are not perfect or good enough just as we are. Wild love is the complete unconditional love and acceptance of oneself and another - true Aloha.
6. MANA All Power Comes From Within
No-one and nothing can take your energy or power as you have an unlimited source of energy flowing through you. You are an unlimited being after all! It’s the same energy that flows through a waterfall or stream. The same energy that creates rainbows, trees and mountains. The same energy that moves the seas, creates stones, plants, flowers. That some universal source is flowing through everyone of us. Of course it gets blocked through persistent negative thoughts, stress, lack of self-love or care, pollution, poor diet, lack of exercise; which causes us to feel that we don’t have enough energy.
There are many energy therapies available now that focus on clearing blocked energy to allow it to flow freely. Again all power comes from within because we can choose as
individuals to find ways to allow our energy to flow in our own way, perhaps by meditation, therapy, diet, time in nature ....We are all incredibly powerful, spiritual beings having a physical experience on Earth. We have so much untapped and hidden energy - if we believe it we can do it!
7. PONO Effectiveness Is The Measure Of Truth
This principle says that there is no fixed way to do something - just the way that works best for all concerned. If I am confused about a situation, or worried about a decision I have to make, or the outcome, I ask the universe if the situation can be resolved for the highest good of all, and it happens. You never know exactly how or when or what will happen but trusting that everything is as it’s meant to be is very reassuring!
Pono says there is always another way to do anything. If one way doesn’t work, try
another. Your intention may be sacred but the way in which you achieve your goal is not. In fact the power of your intention and your belief in what you are doing can keep you going no matter how many times you have to change your plan or face an obstacle. I think in some ways it’s the universe’s way of checking how much you really want something by seeing how persistent you are!
“Plans don’t fail, people either giving up or make a new plan.” Serge Kahili King
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” T Roosevelt
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