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HA’AWINA NA UHANE ALOHA ~ ‘Aia I Ka ‘Olelo (In a word …)

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ancestors with you‘Aia i ka ‘olelo no ke ola, ‘aia i ka ‘olelo no ka make (in the word there is life, in the word there is death).

To speak, you expel breath, then inhale to refill the lungs, thus, inhaling and ingesting your spoken words! Therefore, be aware of what you say … you could be negatively affecting your otherwise healthy well-being!!

 

Big Island Film Festival announces script-writing contest

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BIFF-2014

The Big Island Film Festival has announced a script-writing contest, reported West Hawaii Today.

At the 10th annual festival held in May 2015, the top entries will saluted and the winning script be submitted to the Paradigm Agency in Hollywood for possible representation.

Scripts must be submitted by Feb. 1 and be between 60 and 140 pages in standard feature screenplay format.

Submissions will be screened by professional readers reviewing the first 10 pages. Nine semi-finalist will be chosen and of those, three finalists will be evaluated by veteran screenwriters, instructors and consultants and one winner selected.

The festival is also seeking film submission from Hawaii and around the world, reports West Hawaii Today.

“The quality of film submissions — in story, production and maturity of messaging — has risen steadily over the last 10 years,” Executive Director Leo Sears says.

Films shot in Hawaii or created by filmmakers who live in…

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HA’AWINA NA ‘OLELO NO’EAU …

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kiho alu playerHe la nani keia la, i hoakahi kahi ke aloha.  E loa ke ola he nani no ia. Kai ana ke aloha no na po e.  Mahalo ke Akua hoʻohoihoi me ko’u ola pomaika’i na mea pau.

Translation: Today is a beautiful day, be one in love. May life be long because Life is a good thing. Go forth and spread the aloha. Thank you God. I am pleased with my life, that all things are blessed.

This is an ancient proverb from the ‘Olelo no’eau. This proverb is about your direction in life. If you have no direction in your life, you will get nowhere … or, if you are going nowhere, you are definitely guaranteed to get there. It’s good to have and find your purpose in life: to have dreams and goals. God put you here for a reason and a season. Some may be granted longer life than others, but it is not for us to question when God calls us home. While we are here on this side of the Veil, we need to give of ourselves to others and help those in need. Don’t just sit there and allow life to fade away. I know we get tangled in life’s trials, but don’t let negativity suck the life from you. Life is short, so make it count. Life is good, so please please live it to the fullest everyday, not just the length but the breadth of it, too.

 

Hau’oli Aloha Po’akahi

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red duo hibiscusAloha Kakahiaka kakou, Hau’oli aloha Po’akahi!  Ukuli’i ka pua, onaona i ka mau’u.  Aloha kekahi i kekahi. I lā nani nou oukou.

Hello and Good morning everyone, Happy aloha Monday!  Tiny is the flower, yet it scents the grasses around it. Wishing all of you a peaceful and blessed day!  Take the time to smell the pua and Love one another.  May all have a beautiful day.

HA’AWINA NA UHANE ALOHA ~ Hewa (guilt, sin)

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along the pathThere is really no such concept as “sin” in the Hawaiian paradigm.  However, there is “guilt”, as in mistake, and the “sin” is that feeling creates pilikia-producing choice to return to the past.  It is that heartspace that keeps you from being Pono in the moment.  Realize the lesson of past experience.  It’s never too late to learn; no expiration date on awareness.  Choose Pono-based behavior.

 

Seeds for Meditation ~ Lessons from Geese

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geese1034-800Fact:
As each goose flaps it’s wings, it creates uplift for the bird following.
By flying in a ‘V’ formation, the whole flock adds 71% greater flying range than if the bird flew alone

Lesson:
People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are traveling quicker and easier, because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.

Fact:
Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to fly alone and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front.

Lesson:
If people have as much sense as geese, they will stay in formation with those who are headed where we want to go and be willing to accept their help as well as give help to others.

Fact:
When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back into the formation and another goose flies the point position.

Lesson:
It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership with people as, with geese, we are interdependent on each other.

Fact:
The geese in formation honk from behind to encourage those
up front to keep their speed.

Lesson:
People need to make sure honking from behind is
encouraging – and not something else.

Fact:
When a goose becomes sick or wounded, two geese drop out of formation and follow it down to help protect it. They stay with it until it dies or is able to fly again. Then they launch out on their own to try and catch up with their flock or they join another formation.

Lesson:
If people have as much sense as geese, they too will stand by each other in difficult times as well as when they are strong.

Nazirutha ~ Prayer of St. Theresa of Avila

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St. Teresa of Avila, by François Gérard

May today there be peace within.

May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.

May you use those gifts that you have received,
and pass on the love that has been given to you….

May you be content knowing you are a child of God….

Let this presence settle into our bones,
and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.

It is there for you.

October 2014 Rosetta, Mystic Rectangle and Thor’s Hammer

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These aspects (the Rosetta, Mystic Rectangle, and Thor’s Hammer) repeat several times in October 2014.  We have seen a similar pattern before: the Tokyo Earthquake of 2011.  If we will see some kind of earthquake or meltdown remains to be seen, but lately the NYSE seems to have been a bit shakey.

We omit the Rosettas of Oct 2nd and Oct 10th as being similar to that of Oct 24th and note that they are similar and that in some important way these dates are tied together.  (Hindsight will likely elucidate how.)  Instead, we begin with the Mystic Rectangle of October 12th (which began as the Kite described in a previous post broke formation).

Mystic Rectangle of 2014-10-12

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We note that Moon trines Venus and Mars trines Uranus.  Mars and the Sun are sextile as are the Moon and Uranus.  This is a powerful day for purposes of creativity for…

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Seeds For Meditation ~ Increase Self-Compassion To Eliminate Procrastination In Your Life

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What causes us to procrastinate, and how can we change our relationship with this tricky habit? Self-compassion — kindness and understanding toward one’s self in response to pain or failure — may be the key to addressing procrastination and its cycle of negativity. A study by Fuschia M. Sirois of Bishop’s University in Canada found that people prone to procrastination had lower levels of self-compassion and higher levels of stress, which effectively looped back to increase the stress and further lower a person’s self-compassion. “Self-compassion is an adaptive practice that may…provide a buffer against negative reactions to self-relevant events,” writes Sirois. The implication is that by interrupting the loop between negative self-talk and procrastination, self-compassion may help us avoid the stress associated with procrastination, extricate ourselves from that downward spiral, and help us change our behavior for the better.

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” ~ Carl Rogers

“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of you love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere.” ~ The Buddha

Kite of October 5th through October 12th

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We have a kite in play from October 5th through the 12th.  This is an unusually long window, maintained by the fact that, as the Sun moves out of its place in the kite, Venus will move in to continue it.

Kites can be extremely “lucky” periods and Uranus (aka “Prometheus”) features prominently in this one.  Capture your best ideas, no matter how crazy they may sound, during this time period.  Some amazing gifts may come to you, and when you look back you may realize that those ideas were not so “crazy” after all.

Here is one variant of the chart (a number exist because the window is so large):

Kite of Oct 5 to 12 2014[Click to Enlarge]

If you can recall what you were doing between 3:57 CDT and 4:51 CDT (that is Plano time, please adjust for your Time Zone, of course), and what ideas came to you at that time…

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