{"id":6906,"date":"2021-01-29T08:32:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T15:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/?p=6906"},"modified":"2021-01-29T08:32:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T15:32:04","slug":"edith-kanakaole-e-ho-mai-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/29\/edith-kanakaole-e-ho-mai-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Edith Kanaka’ole – E ho mai"},"content":{"rendered":"

E ho mai
\nby Edith Kanaka\u2019ole<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n


\nE ho mai
\nKa ike mai luna mai e<\/p>\n

O na mea huna no eau
\nO na mele e<\/p>\n

E ho mai
\nE ho mai
\nE ho mai<\/i><\/p>\n

Grant us
\nknowledge from above,<\/p>\n

All the wisdom
\nof the songs.<\/p>\n

Grant,
\nBestow,
\nGrant us these things.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a> \u2014 from The Longing in Between: Sacred Poetry from Around the World (A Poetry Chaikhana Anthology)<\/a>, Edited by Ivan M. Granger<\/font><\/p>\n


\/ Image by Angela Sevin<\/a> \/<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Years ago, when I lived in Hawai\u2019i, I took a class in ho\u2019oponopono. (If you sound it out slowly, it\u2019s not the tounge-twister it first looks like.) Ho\u2019oponopono means literally \u201cto make things right, to return things to harmony.\u201d It is a traditional healing method, but its emphasis is not on healing the body as it is on healing relationships, families, communities. If you think about it, what is the purpose of a healthy body except as an instrument to work for a healthier society? The small body serves the larger body.<\/p>\n

As part of my training in ho\u2019oponopono, I learned this chant. Hawaiian chant can be compared to Hindu mantra in that to truly say it properly can take a great deal of training. The inflections are important. The breath is important. Most of all, the sense of personal presence is important.<\/p>\n

This Hawaiian chant must be said with force and with heart. It is a prayer, but it is not passive. It is a calling forth, a reaching out and a drawing in \u2014 of wisdom, of knowledge, of truth. It evokes in us pono<\/i>, rightness.<\/p>\n

Try sounding out the Hawaiian. Slowly at first, until the sounds become familiar. Then louder, with confidence. Say it over and over again. Imagine repeating this chant in a group. Let it ring through your body and your day!<\/p>\n

To hear it chanted, click here<\/a>
\nAloha!<\/p>\n


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<\/a>Recommended Books: Edith Kanaka\u2019ole<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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Edith Kekuhikuhipu\u2019uoneo\u2019naali\u2019iokohala Kanaka\u2019ole was a Kumu Hula (master hula teacher), respected Hawaiian kupuna (elder), and teacher of Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.<\/p>\n

More poetry by Edith Kanaka\u2019ole<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

E ho mai by Edith Kanaka\u2019ole E ho mai Ka ike mai luna mai e O na mea huna no eau O na mele e E ho mai E ho mai E ho mai Grant us knowledge from above, All the wisdom of the songs. Grant, Bestow, Grant us these things. \u2014 from The Longing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2397,1111,181,2398,2060],"class_list":["post-6906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-e-ho-mai","tag-edith-kanakaole","tag-hawaiian-chant","tag-hooponopono","tag-hula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6907,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6906\/revisions\/6907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}