09-20-2015, 06:06 PM
Aloha, Thunderfoot, and mahalo for your mana'o (thoughts, opinion).
The clarity of common belief and culture is ever more clear. Our kupuna never wrote/documented either; only spoken word, as an example. Your explanation of kupuna (elders/ancestor) teaching is exact to our Hawaiian culture. We call it "mana" (power/inherited energy), "ha" (breath), "uhane" (spirit). Not verbatim, but the essence of the words.
Please forgive if I offended. My purpose for posting was twofold; as the discussions here (on PW) have become tenuous (at best), and that we have very similar cultures, which bind us together moreso than some.
The referenced list was inspirational in my eyes, and I hope some found solace and wisdom, albeit inaccurate as to the source, and terminology. E kala mai (please excuse).
Thank you again for your clarification.
Aloha, a hui hou. Aloha ke Akua, e na Aumakua, e na Kupuna.
JMO.
The clarity of common belief and culture is ever more clear. Our kupuna never wrote/documented either; only spoken word, as an example. Your explanation of kupuna (elders/ancestor) teaching is exact to our Hawaiian culture. We call it "mana" (power/inherited energy), "ha" (breath), "uhane" (spirit). Not verbatim, but the essence of the words.
Please forgive if I offended. My purpose for posting was twofold; as the discussions here (on PW) have become tenuous (at best), and that we have very similar cultures, which bind us together moreso than some.
The referenced list was inspirational in my eyes, and I hope some found solace and wisdom, albeit inaccurate as to the source, and terminology. E kala mai (please excuse).
Thank you again for your clarification.
Aloha, a hui hou. Aloha ke Akua, e na Aumakua, e na Kupuna.
JMO.