Kama ‘ia ke aloha a pa’a I loko
Bind love that it could stay quick inside
Be an individual who is aware of love.
‘Olelo No’eau by Mary Kawena Pukui
#1452, Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings
Maui has been on my thoughts. Wild hurricane winds mixed with Lahaina’s bone dry ‘aina was primed for a spark possibly from a downed electrical pole that triggered a horrifying conflagration. The dying toll continues to rise (115 at this writing) and the variety of lacking continues to fluctuate. Lots of the useless had been burned alive as they might not get away from the fireplace in time. The New York Times had a riveting interview with a survivor who needed to leap into the ocean to flee the fast-moving hearth.
As I skilled Hurricane Iniki, I noticed the aloha spirit spring alive in full power after the information. So many individuals from throughout contributing cash and items to assist the individuals who survived! I hope additionally that the funds contributed may even assist them rebuild their lives and Lahaina can be like a phoenix rising from the ashes.
We are going to dedicate our October 1st (hybrid) Have fun Aloha Live performance as a Profit for Lahaina with 100% of the proceeds going to the Hawaii Group Basis’s Maui Robust Fund.
We simply accomplished a 3-day silent meditation – our Therapeutic Harvest Retreat. These silent retreats are medication for my physique thoughts. In Buddhism, physique thoughts refers to a wholeness: not simply head and never simply physique however each as one. In my common life the duality of physique and thoughts turns into extra strengthened as I spend extra time in my head and fewer time with my physique. Once I overlook my physique, I’m forgetting a form of grounded wholeness, and my ego stress simply retains piling on.
Throughout sesshin, we follow doing one factor at a time: sitting, working(samu), consuming, resting, stretching. It’s being conscious and fairly enjoyable truly. For instance, in samu once we wash the rice, we simply wash the rice. Once we sweep, we simply sweep. When ideas come up, we allow them to go, and return to what we’re doing within the second.
Meditation helps me to know what’s actual and to be actual. It may be a problem to be actual, particularly in the event you disagree with somebody. So many previous and current situations can have an effect on the way in which you articulate your ideas and emotions (or not). Lately we had an exquisite Sunday Morning Zen speaker, Jitsujo Gauthier who shared these three questions that had been essential for her:
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The right way to practice the body-mind to appropriately reply to hardness, violence, and distinction?
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The right way to keep recent second to second?
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The right way to proceed seeing self as different and different as self?
These questions are essential to somebody who desires to domesticate aloha/love.
My meditation follow helps me dwell the solutions to those questions (not all the time completely) second by second. Remembering that we’re innately loving beings and training that love, aloha, or compassion for others in addition to ourselves is a key.
Malama pono (Take excellent care of physique, thoughts and coronary heart),
June Kaililani Ryushin Tanoue
Kumu Hula, Roshi
