Hawai'i definitely left an impression on me, emotionally and spiritually. On the last day there, in Hilo,we were walking down the road when it started to rain. Rain in Hilo is as common as the sky is blue..it rains a lot on that side of the island. Just ahead of us was a young Hawai'ian family; a mother, father and a toddler.
When the first drops of rain started, the little toddler said, with palpable fear , "oh no, it's raining." His mother held up an umbrella, and the father gently told his child, echoing thousands of years of Kahuna wisdom ,"The rain is a blessing."
a big Banyan tree in Hilo, HI, in the rain!
That really touched me, seeing young native Hawai'ians embracing their birthright by remembering it to their children.
I suppose what also touched me was how it was said. It wasn't preachy, or "new agey", it was just said as a gentle fact.
The rain is a blessing.
Here's a tiny video I took of the park behind our hostel, in Hilo... it's raining!
this is a beautiful comment on rain and its blessings. It honours the wisdom of the Hawaiian poeple which goes back thousands of years. Maybe even to Lemuria.
ReplyDeleteI love the research on the different names for rain. These words speak to an large state of consciousness.
Westerners could learn a lot from the Polynesian people if we only lose our false sense of hubris and materialistic lenses.
I love the rain, being from Southern Cali, it really is a blessing and a rare one! I've always loved the spanish word for rain "Lluvia", (say YOU-vi-a) sounds so soothing and my old schoolmates name was actually "Yuvia"
ReplyDeleteThe Spanish word for rain sounds like a little combination of the words youth and joy:)
ReplyDeleteI wish for rain blessings here.
Like the song " It never rains in Southern California.."
ReplyDeleteToday I wish we were having some kawa, or an iliani would be beautiful also.