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The Huna Teachings of Hawaii
I've been researching Huna and thought I would share this synopsis with everyone. Renee from Define Gout
The Huna Teachings of Hawaii
Every thought we think was thought to have a shadow body around it also. In other words it is a thought 'form'. As a thought is formed it was said to be fastened by a thread of this aka substance to the threads that came before it. This concept is the explanation given for the association of ideas as known in modern psychology. In other words, as one's conscious mind holds any given thought, all other thoughts attached to the thought form pulled will follow suit.
Another extremely important point in the Huna teachings is that of vital force or mana. Mana or vital force is the basic energy of all things. Huna teaches that mana or vital force is taken from the food and air by the low self and stored in the low self's body, also known as the shadow body. This vital force in the lower self's shadow body can be used for any thing the middle self wants. This mana, when used by the middle self is hence raised from the shadow body of the lower self to the physical head region of the middle self. The mana , when used as the life force of the middle self, is changed in some subtle way. This force, when raised like this, is called "the will", in modern psychology. When the middle self does not use this will power as it should, the lower self acts out and flirts from one activity to another without carrying out any suggestion or commands effectively.
The lower self or subconscious self, in Huna, is thought to be like a child. It needs to be loved, and it needs to be treated firmly and in a disciplined manner. A real physical child if spoiled and not given any discipline will act out. It is the same with the lower self. This is why it s essential that the middle self raise the mana or vital force for use as will power. The middle self is the reasoning mind which is like the parent of the lower self, just as the Higher Self is the parent of the middle self. The three selves are hence levels and gradations of consciousness.
The Kahunas believed that everything in the universe was in a state of evolution. This went for the elements, plants, insects, animals, lower selves, middle selves and Higher Selves. They saw the entire universe in levels and gradations of consciousness. The Kahunas believed that God was a triune being, just as people are triune beings. They believed that God was a trinity of levels of Spirit. They termed these three levels Ku, Kane, And Kanaloa. This concept of God correlates with other religions such as Christianity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), and Hinduism (Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu). The Kahunas believed that the process of evolution was one of moving through these levels of consciousness, back to eventual at-one-ment with God the Creator, or Ku. In making prayers to the Higher Self, the process is very similar to the process between the lower self and middle self. Once the middle self has raised the vital force from the shadow body of the lower self to use as "will", it can do whatever it wants with this energy. This will can be used for physical exercise, or controlling the lower self, or thinking, or praying or whatever... The process of prayer to the Higher Self is the raising of the vital force or mana to the next voltage up from the middle self.
The key issue here that is very unique to the Huna teachings, is that it is the low self that takes the thought form prayer to the Higher Self. If the low self has a complex of sin, guilt, unworthiness, or doubt, it will not deliver the prayer. The low self uses the mana or vital force that the middle self has raised, and sends that vital force up the aka-cord or silver cord, with the thought form prayers.
Huna teaches that the High Self cannot manifest a person's prayers unless it receives the needed vital force or mana from the middle and low selves. It is essential according to Huna teaching hence, to accumulate a surcharge of vital force before beginning to pray to the Higher Self. A great deal of emphasis in the Huna teachings is given to how this is done.
As I mentioned before, a certain amount of vital force is created from the food we eat and the air we breathe. I will list now a number of ways the Huna have taught to accumulate this extra energy:
- Asking and commanding the lower self to build up a surcharge of vital force for use in prayer.
- Physical exercise
- Deep Breathing - which causes more blood sugar to be burned. (main method)
- Postures.
- Nutritious food.
- Visualizing vital force rising like a fountain of water, from the base of the spine up through the top of the head.
- Mental attitude of gaining personal power and strength - (Attitude of preparing for a race).
- Proper sleep and rest before hand.
- Affirmations - spoken out loud - ("The Universal life force is flowing into me now ... I feel it").
In conjunction with the need for vital force to send to the Higher Self is the need for the "Clearing of the Path". The Clearing of the Path, is the removing of all thought forms that would sabotage the prayer. The thought forms that sabotage a prayer can occur on the conscious or subconscious mind level. For example, if a person makes a prayer for healing, and then says when they are through that this isn't going to work, then they are obviously sabotaging their efforts with antithetical thought forms.
What can also happen is that a person is consciously behind the prayer, however, the subconscious mind isn't. What may happen in this case is the lower self may deliver the prayer, but ruin it with thought forms of doubt or fear. Another possibility is that the lower self will refuse to deliver the prayer at all because of its fixations of guilt and unworthiness. The relationship and understanding between the middle and low self is hence, essential, before one can even get the High Self effectively involved.
Huna teaches that the only sin there is, is that of Hurting Another Person. They believe that it is not possible to sin against God or the Higher Self. To "Clear the path" according to Huna, one must make amends or balance out the hurts that were inflicted upon another. This can be done in an infinite number of ways as long as the lower self is convinced along with the middle self that amends is being made.
The use of some kind of "Physical Act" or "Stimulus" is usually more convincing to the lower self. Any act that is perceived of as a sacrifice or a service to others can be a help in balancing out these guilt complexes and feelings of unworthiness.
The middle self and lower self must also be trained to know what truly is sinful in contrast to what is dogmatic traditional concepts of sin and religion. Once the clearing of the path is achieved, the lower self can send the accumulated mana and thought form prayers right up the aka-cord (antakarana) to the Higher Self.
The last step in this process before this can be accomplished is to create a proper thought form prayer. Huna teaches that thoughts are like seeds. They believed that in some strange unknown way, the Higher Self uses the thoughts we think, to create our future. The action of prayer was a way of sending new thought forms to the Higher Self for an action that is desired for materialization, in and on the earth plane.
In making prayers the Kahunas stressed the importance of preparing very carefully the thought form seeds one wishes to create. The one rule was that what asks for does not hurt others, and that it is a reasonable request of something that is sincerely needed for self or others. It is suggested that the exact wording of the prayer be written out on paper, so an exact picture of what is desired can be visualized. It is also essential that the prayer be worded in the positive rather than negative language.
Huna teaches that a prayer for healing should be worded in a way where what is seen is the finished product or healed result. This is in contrast to saying a prayer where the illness or injury is mentioned. An example of a poor prayer, according to Huna, would be saying, "Heal my injured leg." Mentioning the injured leg, according to Huna, is presenting a negative seed thoughtform. A better way to say this would be, "I ask that my leg be healed so that I may run and jump and walk to my hearts content with perfect ease and balance and comfort." In this example the thought form seed does not mention the injury, but rather the visualization of the healed result. The visualization of the thought forms desired is a way of strengthening the seed thoughts that are sent to the Higher Self.
In summary, the Huna prayer method begins with first "Clearing the path". This means the removing of any negative thought forms in the middle and/or low self that would prevent the low self from taking the thought form prayer to the Higher Self.
Step two is the creating of the exact thought form prayer, and writing it out on paper, while developing a strong visualization of the healed result. Step three is the building up of an accumulation of vital force in the shadow body of the lower self for the use of the middle self when the prayer action begins.
When these three steps are achieved the prayer is to be formed by wording it aloud three times over, using the will to impress the prayer on the low self, and to build strong thought form clusters. The prayer, when thus made, is held in mind and the low self is ordered to reach out and take to the High Self (Soul). When an answering electric tingle is felt, the prayer is recalled or even spoken again aloud so that it can be sent to the High Self with the extra supply of vital force needed to materialize the thought forms of the prayer into immediate or future events.
The ending or closing portion of the prayer should be made definite. Otherwise there is the danger of mixing a jumble of contaminated thoughts into the prepared thought form seed picture. The Kahunas would end their prayer with the words, "The prayer takes flight. Let the rain of blessings fall." This is an important point, because, as I said previously, the Higher Self can and will only manifest what we ask it to. The statement of "Let the rain of blessings fall", is the request for the prayer to be answered. The formal ending of a prayer can be delayed 15 seconds to a minute, to allow the low self to do its work of sending the vital force and thoughtform prayer up the aka-cord (antakarana). During this time it is essential that the middle self relax, so as to not call the low self immediately back to begin another task.
Once the prayer is definitely completed, it should be let go of, to the keeping of the High Self. All that is then needed on the middle and low self level is the "faith and trust" that the prayer will be answered as requested. Any other thoughts besides this would be a sabotage to the prayer procedure. How the prayer will be answered should be left to the workings of the High Selves.
Another extremely important point according to Huna teachings, is for the middle self, or person asking for the prayer, to do everything humanly possible to help manifest the prayer. The middle self and lower self have to continue doing their part in the process of living. Just because a prayer is made doesn't mean a person can just go and sit in their room and wait for the prayer to manifest. The middle and low self must continue to do their part to manifest the prayer' without negative thinking.
Another point is to not speak of the prayer with any persons who would add doubt or negative suggestion to the manifestation of the prayer. Huna teaches that if a prayer is made for the healing of another, this individual must be cleansed of all negative complexes as a preliminary act, otherwise his low self will prevent the healing. The last point in this discussion of the Huna prayer method, is to be prepared to make the prayer action in the exact same manner daily, until the desired result is accomplished. The phenomena of instant healing by the High Self, according to Huna, involves the shadow or etheric body of the low self. As stated before, the shadow body of the low self is a perfect metaphysical mold of the physical body. A bone may break in the physical body, however, the blue print or perfect mold in the etheric will not be affected. The shadowy mold is affected by what happens in the physical, however, the perfect mold can never be destroyed.
The process of instant healing is one in which the mold is emptied of broken or diseased tissues and is refilled with basic substances to conform to the uninjured mold. This is done by the High Self in some unknown way and manner, once it is asked for and the path cleared, and the needed vital force is given to make the change.
Huna teaches that this same process is what accounts for the phenomena of apports. This usually refers to the moving of physical objects over long distances by disincarnate spirits. The explanation the Huna teaching gives is that the disincarnate spirit somehow obtains an accumulation of extra vital force, and uses this vital force to dematerialize the physical object into its etheric or shadowy form. Then moving the object to the desired place, and materializing it back into physical earthly form.
Huna teaches that it is also possible for the High Self to control such things as the weather, animals, insects, plant life, and/or anything on this third dimensional plane of reality.
The phenomena of spirits materializing at a seance is thought to occur by the spirit using the vital force of the medium and the group to form themselves into denser matter. Another interesting anecdote on this issue of vital force and its uses by the Kahuna has to do with times of war in Hawaii. The Kahuna would take a 'stick' and fill it full of vital force and throw it at the oncoming enemy. When the stick would touch the person, they would be knocked immediately unconscious.
The process of psychometry, according to Huna, is the ordering of a low self to follow the aka threads of an object back to its owner. This owner may be on the other side of the world, or in the astral plane. It apparently does not matter to the low self. The thoughts and memories and appearances would be noted, and then are brought back and given to the middle self. The low self shadow body, as I said before, is an exact metaphysical duplicate of the physical body.
The low self hence has five inner senses, just as the physical body has five outer senses. The low self can be taught and trained to go and get information that it would be impossible for middle self to get. The phenomena of astral travel is when the low self, or, the low self and the middle self, leave the physical body for a period of time and travel in the astral frequency. The Hunas taught that every person does this every night in their sleep, however, they just don't remember when they wake up.
It was believed that after physical death, the person would make a thoughtform world of 'purgatory' in which they would live as in a dream, all such things they needed to live out.
The last point I would like to discuss in relationship to Huna, is that of their concept of 'normal living'. The point being that the integration of the three selves was the goal. The Kahunas believed that each living thing was in its intended stage of evolution, and there was sufficient time for all to grow upward. They believed that family life was good and that all normal living was good.
They did not preach a doctrine of asceticism or self denial. They believed that the low self was just as important in the workings of life as was the High Self. They believed that God could not be reached by going straight up, but rather by living properly and normally on the earth with one's fellowman!!!

