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The Sacred Word for Gratitude

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The Words of the Wayfinder and The Sacred Word for Gratitude

Submitted by Mike on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 07:26

Ancient Hawaiians believed in the sacred power of words and the sacred energy in all life. Out of the 40,000 words in the spoken language, a profusion of them describe the ancient Hawaiian’s close harmony with nature. In old Hawaii, man believed that his spiritual inheritance was to be guardian or kahu of the ‘aina or the living earth.

 

Thus, there are several words for all aspects of nature. There are words for every plant or animal species that are endemic to the islands, words to describe different kinds of rocks, minerals and the types of soil and the different types of lava.

 

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