I had the pleasure of watching Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer and I was truly intrigued by her thoughts and teachings.
She has a simple way of looking at the life we live here in Hawai`i nei. She shared several inspirational ideas that were very thought provoking for me. She simply gave a few examples of understanding living life by
Mana'o i'o - Faith
Mana'o lana - Hope and
Aloha - Love.
If we take the time to ho'olona-hear and not just ho'olohe-listen we would arrive in a place of knowing through experience. Also to 'ike-see and not just nana-watch we would gain much more knowledge in which to take care of our kuleana. Then we would have the ability to develop Aloha and to be developed by Aloha.
I thought the fact that we all arrive at the same place at the same time, however, we choose to be on different frequency's seems to be the deciding factor on how we as Kanaka Maoli survive living as one people. We all need to take some of what she has shared and learn to malama the `aina and love the land. As she so magnificently put it "Aloha is the intelligence with which we meet life."
I connect with the idea of gotta be useful and gotta be joyful, this plays into all of our kuleana. Again from her teachings the idea that language is the medium in which understanding occurs, but understanding only occurs in interpretation has profound implications. Bringing to light that we all have our own understandings, but if we can arrive at some common ground as a people we could be unstoppable. Just imagine how much more we could ascertain and bring about change for the betterment of our Kanaka Maoli.
"Food for Thought"
"But will it also be thought strange that education and knowledge of the world enabled us to perceive that as a race we have some special mental and physical requirements not shared by the other races which have come among us?" -Queen Lili`uokalani, 1898
Mahalo Nui Loa!
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