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Huna Kalani & Global Ohana
Hawaiian Spirituality by Martyn Kahekili Carruthers

To Mona Kahele: to our kumu and kupuna ... and to all who bring down the sun

Auf Deutsch . Po Polsku . Hrvatski . Hawaiian Spirituality

Huna Kalani

Huna is a Hawaiian word for "hidden" and often refers to the philosophy, healing methods and other skills used by pre-Christian Hawaiians, particularly the mystics and healers. An older Hawaiian word for huna is ho'omanamana, or "creating life force". Kalani means "from heaven" or "from the chiefs".

'Ohana is a Hawaiian word for "community", often referring to remote villages. The old Hawaiians developed their healing techniques and their esoteric rituals for the health and harmony of 'ohana. Here I attempt to describe 'ohana life. First ... slow down ... relax, take a deep breath ... imagine an older time ... on a tropical island ... back in time ... to a small Hawaiian village ...

... where we live together in a small community surrounded by a mysterious world and an endless sea. We have known each other since birth, and most of us are related. We believe we are descended from the same gods. We know the best qualities of every person in our 'ohana, and we know their problems. Our highest goal is that we live in harmony. Our basic wisdom is aloha, which literally means, "we share breath" - and we share most things. Aloha is our guiding principle for living together in harmony. Aloha includes that we accept and acknowledge each person in our community. Forgiveness (kala) is an important part of our daily life.

We recognize and thank our ancestors (kupuna), our gods (akua) and our guardian spirits (aumakua) for all that we enjoy. We each have a guardian spirit and each personal spirit is part of our 'ohana guardian spirit (po'e aumakua) that guides our community. Sometimes we ask our ancestors or guardian spirits for help, and they often visit us in dreams.

Our wise elders (kupuna) and experts (kahuna) help and guide us. We want harmony amongst ourselves, with nature, with other tribes and with the strange spirit worlds. Our chiefs (ali'i) are our wisest and bravest warriors; they provide stability and order within our 'ohana.

Our daily life is our religion; and we use many rituals to guide and help ourselves. We are careful not to offend spirits; instead we try to please them. Our elders help us by telling us what is right and what is forbidden (kapu). We need life-energy (mana) for all our actions. We create this life-energy (ho'omana) by living right. We use old rituals to create our highest energy (ho'omanamana) for special tasks of healing and power, with the guidance of our kupuna elders and kahuna experts.

We respect our elders as the keepers of our wisdom and as the teachers of our children. Our elders teach us the songs and chants (mele) of our wisdom, and we must carefully learn them. Our elders may choose children with special talents to be trained to become kahuna - experts.

We make our essentials, or we trade for them, and we build canoes and buildings together. We often hunt and work together, and we can communicate well without words. We are sensitive to details and know who has been in a place, or whether strangers have passed by. Our navigator-kahunas know every star and every current. On cloudy nights, away from land, they can navigate by tasting the seawater!

Disease shows imbalance in our ohana. Perhaps the diseased person has offended a family member, or an ancestor, or a spirit. We heal disease with herbs (la'au lapa'au), massage (lomilomi) and with healing rituals (ho'oponopono) and the hidden knowledge (huna) of our healer-experts.

Our chants teach us our traditions. We chant to the goddess (Pele) in the volcano, and her lover (Kamapua’a) in the forests. Pele’s sisters, Hi’iaka teach us to dance (hula) and to heal many diseases. The high god (Kane) lives in the clouds, with wild Ku, civilized Lono and the god of the underworld (Kanaloa). There are four hundred thousand gods, we are told, all created by the first god, I’o.

We believe that Lono left and our kahuna-experts say that he will return, on a floating island with white trees. We await this eagerly, as Lono will bring us gifts. We thought that he returned once, but that was just a haole man who died at Kealakekua Bay, near the village now called Captain Cook. We wait for Lono the god.

We need to be accepted and acknowledged by other 'ohana members. If we invite you into our 'ohana, we have simple rules: Do not insult anybody - instead, respect our traditions. Do not violate our taboos - instead join us in our rituals. Do not make the ancestors or nature spirits angry - instead work with us in harmony, to keep balance with our ancestors, with local spirits, with nature and with each other.

You are so civilized, and to you we may be ignorant savages. However, we can teach you how to live in peace with yourself, how to live in harmony with each other and how to find your right place in this world. We can teach you how to connect to each other, to nature and to the universe.

But there are few of us left; most of us have been lost to the diseases of mind, body and spirit that you call civilization. We are exhausted - and we are nearly extinct. This is sad, because our planet needs our love and our respect. We struggle to survive in the remote places that you do not want ... yet. And when we are gone - we will be gone forever. Can you help us come back?

Our heritage is harmony and balance. Your heritage is technology and information. Will you help us work with you, to make a technology that reflects a love of life, and information that helps us love this living planet? We can learn how to live together and create a global 'ohana. Too soon it will be too late.

Mahalo a nui loa (great thanks) for your attention

'Amama ua noa lele wale
The taboo is over, may my  words fly free

Hawaiian Spirituality . Ho'oponopono . Huna, Healing and Ohana . Kumulipo . Soulwork

Will you join us under the trees by Kealakekua Bay? Will you walk with us into the craters in Volcano Park? Or will you help us come to you? We bring these teachings to the world under the old name of Huna Kalani ... and we integrate them into modern relationship coaching.

Consider joining us in Hawaii. Our classrooms are the beaches, forests and volcanoes - bring strong walking shoes. We can help you make Hawaii a budget journey of a lifetime. Come stay in South Kona and visit the most beautiful, most sacred (and most haunted) places on Big Island.

Huna Kalani . Soul Mentorship

Huna Kalani Workshops

Huna Kalani offers an experiential introduction to old Hawaiian healing. You can experience the beauty and power of Huna Kalani in a series of workshops that can expand your perception of reality. Hawaiian magic refers to a technology that few understand. Within this old healing magic are some of the roots of the systemic magic of Soulwork coaching.

Plagiarism is theft. Copyright © Martyn Carruthers 1998-2010 All rights reserved.

Copyright © Martyn Carruthers 1996-2010 All rights reserved. Soulwork Systemic Coaching was primarily developed by Martyn Carruthers. We help people define and achieve goals, resolve emotional blocks and improve relationships. This information is for your general knowledge only. Consult a physician about medical conditions and before changing any medical treatment. Plagiarism is theft ... get Martyn's written permission to post or publish his work.