Monday, March 10, 2008

HUNA AND THE SOUL


A RESPONSE TO AUM'S DEFINITION OF THE SOUL

Ah, the problem with terminology, words and meaning. First, let us consider the word "soul". I have copied this from Wikipedia:.

"The soul according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is the self-aware essence unique to a particular living being. In these traditions the soul is thought to incorporate the inner essence of each living being, and to be the true basis for sapience, rather than the brain or any other material or natural part of the biological organism. Some religions and philosophies on the other hand believe in the soul having a material component, and some have even tried to establish the weight of the soul. Souls are usually considered to be immortal and to exist prior to incarnation."

Well, if that doesn't confuse you, then you are smarter than me. Aum's problem [in this post] is that he is using a very specific terminology and trying to answer a question based on terminology from another one or many systems which is a very general word rather than specific.

So, he starts off by stating the translation problem. The soul, actually comprises all three aspects of man and I have chosen to use the phrase "tri-self" in my writings which would be the equivalency of soul. Therefore, Aum states correctly that the inner self, or ku is a part of the soul-self. Still, Aum finds that when he trys to clarify this, his explanation is confusing. Recognizing his difficulty and remember that a channelled entity is constrained by the vocabulary and to some degree the concepts that the channeller has within his brain, Aum goes back to the Huna basic truth, that we are beings composed of three parts each of which have specific tasks, responsibilities and that they have an interdependence with each other. It is when you have awareness of these three aspects then you can begin to function as a complete soul. As you can guess, modern psychology and religion do not have this kind of understanding.

Now, it gets interesting! The phrase, "in your entity" identifies something else that needs to be considered. We have an entity which is a higher level of being than the soul or tri-self of which the soul or tri-self is a part. Along with this understanding of tri-self and entity, we also have a body which exists in a current time and space.

When you reach this understanding of the interaction of the three selves, you can appreciate and react to imagination and inspiration that comes from Aumakua, understand the dilemma's of the Lono as it strives for understanding within space and time, and develop communication with Ku and its aspects of automatic body functioning, it's ability to communicate with other ku's across space and time and dimensions and develop access to the incredible memory banks that hold all - all your experiences in this life and other lives. This gets you to grade one and now, as Aum says, you are ready to move. You do this by communicating consciously with Ku and using the incredible resources of ku to instruct, provide information and guidance and utilizing ku's ability to create the reality's you experience.

Finally, Aum felt it necessary to inform us that Lono is not "of the body" but is actually a component of the tri-self soul. Lono, is attached to the body, experiences through the senses of the body, feels the emotions through the body, has self awareness because of the body and is removed from the body at death and re-integrates with the other two parts of self between lives.


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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thomas,
Here's a Huna site that is quite interesting.
Huna 101 By Two Bears

Anonymous said...

"The phrase, "in your entity" identifies something else that needs to be considered. We have an entity which is a higher level of being than the soul or tri-self of which the soul or tri-self is a part. Along with this understanding of tri-self and entity, we also have a body which exists in a current time and space."

I was formatting your post, adding the picture etc. while surfing and doing some reading. I came across the site I linked above and thought this info was interesting in light of what I quoted from your writing.

"He is using the "Uhane" and "Unihilipi" for terminology as well as Po'e 'Aumakua, Akua, E'O which I believe would correspond to Aum, Eight and the creator, respectively. Also, the physical body is separate and called the Kino Kanaka.

a. There were three spirits (or selves) associated with a human being instead of the single soul as espoused in "Christianity" (see my notes on this later). The three selves are the Unihipili, Uhane, and 'Aumakua.

b. There were three voltages of mana (Hawai'ian term for universal life-force energy); mana, mana mana, and mana loa. Depending on which of the three selves was using the energy).

c. There were three aka bodies for the three selves

d. The physical body; the kino kanaka.

...The Po'e 'Aumakua (these are the great company of souls that have passed over to the realm of spirit and do not need to reincarnate on the physical plane), the akua (deities acknowledged by the Hawai'ians). There are other levels above the Akua before getting to the single creator. The name is sometimes spelled AEO, EO, E'O, IAO, or IO.

...The Hawai'ians believed the spiritual powers above the Akua were beyond human comprehension".