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| Kuleana Blessing Rite-of-Passage House ... Business ... Land ... Vessel John & Erin's Kuleana Blessing - March 2009 Olowalu, Maui, Hawaii History of Blessings Have been a part of life in all cultures throughout the history of the human race. Hawaii shares in this tradition...recognizing the need to clear away any opala - psychic trash; that may have been accumulated, for our dwelling, business, land, boat, plane, and vehicle. To bring pono (balance) and spiritual clarity to self and environment. Blessings can, and often do, include family, friends, colleges, and the elements to give pono to our dreams and visions. Blessing of a Kuleana Starts outside with the placement of salts, at the four corners of structure(s), up the driveway to the front entry. Blowing of the Pu -conch shell; calling attention to the na akua (gods). Ti leaf blessing of salt water from a coconut bowl; coconut represents the tree of life, providing support, shelter and nourishment. Concluding with white sage smudge, starting inside main-structure; banishing any unwanted energies on all doors windows, walls, ceilings and floors. HIUWAI Spiritual Purifying In the Hawaiian tradition, whenever a significant spiritual passage in life is made...you are called to hiuwai; honored by a ritual cleansing of your spirit in a sacred body of water. Salt water is used; as it has always been used for purification and bringing lives and souls into pono - balance. TI LEI BLESSING Placing a ti lei, on or over, front entry the ti lei…represents divine-luck; and welcomes harmony to dwell within and without the heart and soul of your kuleana; to bring pono - balance, and to ward off unwanted energies and evil; that may upset the balance of self and dwelling. |
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| John & Erin... Have been blessed to have an ancient Heiau adorn their kuleana. Heiau - Ancient Hawaiian temples; were places of worship that were central to Hawaiian religious beliefs. From the heiau, the kahuna (priest) communicated with the gods and advised the Ali'i (chief). |
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