What is Huna?
In Hawaiian the word Huna means ‘secret’. It refers to the powerful esoteric wisdom, philosophy and practices of the ancient Hawaiian and Polynesian people.
Huna is as relevant to our modern lives as it was to the lives of the ancient Hawaiian people. A key concept in the Huna philosophy is that we create our own experience of reality through our beliefs and actions. We are the co creators of our universe. Huna teaches us how to create our reality consciously. It provides a way of increasing our personal power and life force energy. Huna shows us how we can integrate our subconscious mind, conscious mind and higher self to make profound changes at a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual level.
Huna can bring love, abundance, empowerment and harmony to bear on all aspects our lives. It offers a way of living free from dogma with techniques and practices that are both simple and deeply powerful.
Some of the key assumptions of Huna as practiced by the ‘kupua’ or adventurer shamanic tradition of Huna have been wonderfully described by Dr Serge Kahili King, Kahu of Aloha International. These are presented below.
The Seven Principles
The basic assumptions of Huna are these:
1. The World Is What You Think It Is.
2. There are no limits.
3. Energy Flows Where Attention Goes.
4. Now Is The Moment Of Power.
5. To Love Is To Be Happy With (someone or something).
6. All Power Comes From Within.
7. Effectiveness Is The Measure Of Truth.
The Three Selves (or Four)
Another set of assumptions used in Huna is that human behaviour and experience can be explained and changed through the interaction of three (sometimes four) selves, aspects or functions:
1. The High Self (Kane, Aumakua), inspires.
2. The Conscious Self (Lono) imagines.
3. The Subconscious Self (Ku) remembers.
4. The Core Self (Kanaloa) wills.
The Four Levels of Reality
A third set of assumptions coming from the kupua tradition divides all experience into four levels or frameworks of beliefs about reality which can be summarized as follows:
1. Everything is objective (Scientific reality).
2. Everything is subjective (Psychic reality).
3. Everything is symbolic (Shamanic reality).
4. Everything is holistic (Mystical reality).
The kupua (Hawaiian shaman) learns to move in and out of these realities in order to change experience more effectively.
Hear Serge King talking about Huna, the Seven Principles and what he will be teaching at the forthcoming Urban Huna events in the UK.