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April 2009 
Aloha to the world!
Posted on Jan 22nd, 2009
by 
Alika
Alika
We are well into 2009 and I look forward to the new year with much excitement and anticipation. Here in the U.S., we have just inaugurated our new President, Barack Obama. I have to say, I think he is good for our national image but I also like the attention he has brought to Hawai'i and to the spirit of Aloha.
In August of 2008, then presidential candidate Barack Obama was speaking to a rally in Waikiki and was quoted as saying, "I try to explain to them (the rest of the nation) about the Aloha Spirit. And it's that spirit that I am absolutely convinced is what America is looking for right now."
I would actually take it a step further, I believe that Aloha is what the whole world needs right now. In my very first posting on Gaia, I wrote about Aloha and one of our Hawaiian kapuna (elders) Aunty Pilahi Paki. Aunty was called to speak before a governor's conference in 1970 and during that conference, she spoke of how our Hawaiian ancestors had meant for us to share Aloha, that it should be Hawai'i's gift to the new millenium. She informed the room that the world would turn to Hawai'i for peace because Hawai'i has the key - that key is ALOHA.
Aunty Pilahi Paki developed ALOHA into an anagram that in 1986 was adopted into the Aloha Spirit law by Hawai'i. It helps to coordinate the heart, mind and spirit of a person and to bring good feelings to the universe.
ALOHA is...
A - Akahai, meaning kindness to be expressed with tenderness.
L - L kahi, meaning unity to be expressed with harmony.
O - 'Olu 'olu, meaning agreeable, to be expressed with pleasantness.
H - Ha 'aha 'a, meaning humility, to be expressed with modesty.
A - Ahonui, meaning patience, to be expressed with perseverance.
When you combine these five steps, they become something extremely powerful. Our world has become a village and we need to protect that village with the strongest tools we have. There is nothing more powerful than ALOHA and best of all it is available to everyone!
Ke aloha wale, ka mahalo wale
Alika
In August of 2008, then presidential candidate Barack Obama was speaking to a rally in Waikiki and was quoted as saying, "I try to explain to them (the rest of the nation) about the Aloha Spirit. And it's that spirit that I am absolutely convinced is what America is looking for right now."
I would actually take it a step further, I believe that Aloha is what the whole world needs right now. In my very first posting on Gaia, I wrote about Aloha and one of our Hawaiian kapuna (elders) Aunty Pilahi Paki. Aunty was called to speak before a governor's conference in 1970 and during that conference, she spoke of how our Hawaiian ancestors had meant for us to share Aloha, that it should be Hawai'i's gift to the new millenium. She informed the room that the world would turn to Hawai'i for peace because Hawai'i has the key - that key is ALOHA.
Aunty Pilahi Paki developed ALOHA into an anagram that in 1986 was adopted into the Aloha Spirit law by Hawai'i. It helps to coordinate the heart, mind and spirit of a person and to bring good feelings to the universe.
ALOHA is...
A - Akahai, meaning kindness to be expressed with tenderness.
L - L kahi, meaning unity to be expressed with harmony.
O - 'Olu 'olu, meaning agreeable, to be expressed with pleasantness.
H - Ha 'aha 'a, meaning humility, to be expressed with modesty.
A - Ahonui, meaning patience, to be expressed with perseverance.
When you combine these five steps, they become something extremely powerful. Our world has become a village and we need to protect that village with the strongest tools we have. There is nothing more powerful than ALOHA and best of all it is available to everyone!
Ke aloha wale, ka mahalo wale
Alika
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Alika, great to read your words again; you’ve been away for a while, from Gaia!
Yes; that aloha spirit seems to define what I saw in the inauguration ceremonies. What a wonderful way it has come into the highest halls and of this great country!