Bowl of Light
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The ancient
Hawaiians believed that we are not human beings here to have the occasional
spiritual experience, but that we are spirit beings here to live the human
experience. And they had a very beautiful story which represented this called the
Bowl of Light.
Each child, as they were born, would have a bowl carved for them by one of the
elders. And it would be given to them at birth, and explained to them as they grew,
that this bowl represented them, as their true identities.
They were like bowls of shining light. They were ‘uhane nui - spirit greatness.
And that all humans are spirit greatness, and that we shine from this place. We
shine as spirit light. And as we go through life, and things occur that are not
pono, it is as if a pohaku, a rock is put into the bowl. Eventually if enough pohaku
are put into the bowl, it blocks out the light and we can no longer shine, shine as
spirit greatness the way we were meant to be.
The Hawaiians had a very simple solution for this: They would just huli the bowl. In
other words, turn the bowl over so all the rocks would fall out, so that they could
continue to shine as the spirit of light that they were meant to be.
Ka Hana Pono is a very simple pragmatic practice. Rules that you can apply to your
daily life so that you can learn how to live, to remain in your spirit of greatness.
So that when things occur, you can huli the bowl, turn it over, so that all the
rocks will pour out, so you can continue to shine your light of greatness.
Would you like to learn how to huli the bowl? To be in pono, so that you can shine
like the spirit greatness you were meant to be? Ka Hana Pono can teach you
how.