Lesson 13: Staying Positive

How do we stay positive? What a challenge this seems in a world beset by climate change, wars, sickness, and hunger, while we are surrounded by dysfunction, illness and death in our personal lives. There is so much that seems daunting, a sure road to depression if not despair.

One of Huna’s most important ideas, expressed by Max Freedom Long, is: “There is always something you can do.”

Let’s analyze the challenge from a Huna point of view. Your Mente, your thinking self, gets news from publications, TV, radio and the internet. This is a huge amount of information to absorb, and in general, the subject is “the troubles of the world.”

Your Basa, or emotional mind, experiences everything as immediate and local. Therefore, when you hear of suffering, your natural reaction is one of wanting to help. If you could, you would stop wars, feed the hungry, heal the sick, restore the environment and live in harmony. Your logical Mente knows you may not be able to do all of this. This causes Basa to feel sadness and frustration when you hear of these troubles.

So, do you go through life feeling sad and frustrated that you can’t make everything better, or do you do what you CAN do?

Mente’s free-ranging mind owns the whole world. Basa owns what is in front of her or him. Mente agonizes over world hunger. Basa gives food to a child. Corona, your High Self, views everything as spirit.

To stay balanced, simplify your response to a problem. DO ONE THING. It doesn’t matter what the challenge is, do one thing that you identify as a positive step. On a personal level, if you are sick, take one step toward wellness such as walking in nature once a day or spending ten minutes daily in peaceful meditation. If a friend has a problem, visualize that friend in a state of peace. If you want to alleviate a global situation, make one consistent change toward that goal. Save a dollar a day for a cause. Write a letter to an official. Take an action. That one thing you do could be a prayer.

In the Hawaiian way of thinking, thoughts are things and words have consequences. Your thoughts, words, and deeds all make a difference. So does a Huna prayer that has been energized with mana.

To make your Huna Prayer, state what you want, clearly. Write it down in one short sentence. Take your mana breaths and energize your prayer with your breath. Involve Mente, Basa and Corona in the prayer action. Visualize the end result as though it has already happened. Then, take an action on the earth plane toward that result.

MEDITATION AND AFFIRMATION: Go into a meditative state and sit quietly, breathing slowly and evenly. Ask Basa and Corona to participate with you. Visualize your High Self (or feel the presence of the High Self) and the Great Company of High Selves. Ask them, along with your guides guardians and angels, to be with you. Hold your palms open on your lap.

Say slowly: “The world [or, “I” or the name of a person] is moving forward in a positive direction into a state of harmony [or healing, abundance, or balance]. May harmony [or, --] prevail.” Let your love flow. Then, picture or feel this state as already existing. Say, “Thank you, Universe” for this accomplishment. Sit quietly for a while, then close your palms.

Stay positive, above all. Feeling sad, fearful or anxious only adds to the negativity in the universe. Speak positively, no matter what. The Orthodox Christians say, “Save yourself, and thousands will be saved around you.” Your positive emanations benefit the world immeasurably. Fears and sadness do not. Thank the Universe for what you have, and focus your mind on the state you desire.

A PRAYER FROM KAHUNA DADDY BRAY

God who looks to the welfare of humankind
God who recognizes the good
Recognize with love your offspring
The Heavens above have recognized these
The Earth below has heard it.
Amen.
Now our prayer is free to wend its way to God.
May Thee, Lord of Peace, be with us all.

With warm Aloha