"These are traits of character that express the charm, warmth and sincerity of Hawaii’s people. It was the working philosophy of native Hawaiians and was presented as a gift to the people of Hawaii.
* Aloha is more than a word of greeting or farewell or a salutation.
* Aloha means mutual regard and affection and extends warmth in caring with no obligation in return.
* Aloha is the essence of relationships in which each person is important to every other person for collective existence.
* Aloha means to hear what is not said, to see what cannot be seen and to know the unknowable."
* Aloha means mutual regard and affection and extends warmth in caring with no obligation in return.
* Aloha is the essence of relationships in which each person is important to every other person for collective existence.
* Aloha means to hear what is not said, to see what cannot be seen and to know the unknowable."
Aloha is proposed as the solution to the emerging spiritual strife and discord of modern existence.
This last line is perhaps my favorite but also perhaps the most abstract - most of us can wrap our minds around collective existence, mutual regard, kindness to each other and the self... but what about hearing what cannot be heard? It doesn't say the unhearable which is an interesting and I would suppose an intentional choice since the unsaid can still be heard but it requires the use of the rest of the senses -a form of compensatory synesthesia perhaps? Or maybe a suggestion to use the force, the aloha as a sixth and unifying sense. Perhaps it is my eyes now looking to see it and also offering unconditional kindness to as many strangers as possible but there seems to be a higher percentage of warm loving individuals here. It could be that if one sends out kindness and refuses to accept negativity or allow the anger and fear of others interrupt their happiness bubble things appear remarkably beautiful.
This last line is perhaps my favorite but also perhaps the most abstract - most of us can wrap our minds around collective existence, mutual regard, kindness to each other and the self... but what about hearing what cannot be heard? It doesn't say the unhearable which is an interesting and I would suppose an intentional choice since the unsaid can still be heard but it requires the use of the rest of the senses -a form of compensatory synesthesia perhaps? Or maybe a suggestion to use the force, the aloha as a sixth and unifying sense. Perhaps it is my eyes now looking to see it and also offering unconditional kindness to as many strangers as possible but there seems to be a higher percentage of warm loving individuals here. It could be that if one sends out kindness and refuses to accept negativity or allow the anger and fear of others interrupt their happiness bubble things appear remarkably beautiful.
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