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 | E ho mai By Edith Kanaka'ole
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Years ago, when I lived in Hawai'i, I took a class in ho'oponopono. (If you sound it out slowly, it's not the tounge-twister it first looks like.) Ho'oponopono means literally "to make things right, to return things to harmony." It is a traditional healing method, but its emphasis is not on healing the body as it is on healing relationships, families, communities. If you think about it, what is the purpose of a healthy body except as an instrument to work for a healthier society? The small body serves the larger body.
As part of my training in ho'oponopono, I learned this chant. Hawaiian chant can be compared to Hindu Sanskrit mantra in that to truly say it properly can take a great deal of training. The inflections are important. The breath is important. Most of all, the sense of personal presence is important.
This Hawaiian chant must be said with force and with heart. It is a prayer, but it is not passive. It is a calling forth, a reaching out and a drawing in -- of wisdom, of knowledge, of truth. It evokes in us pono, rightness.
Try sounding out the Hawaiian. Slowly at first, until the sounds become familiar. Then louder, with confidence. Say it over and over again. Imagine repeating this chant in a group. Let it ring through your body and your day!
If you want to hear it chanted, check out this link:
E Ho Mai: Kamehameha Scholars
Edith Kekuhikuhipu'uoneo'naali'iokohala Kanaka'ole was a Kumu Hula (master hula teacher), respected Hawaiian kupuna (elder), and teacher of Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
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Ivan
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