Ephemeral Life...

This is Pohu. One of my Best Friends. He is quiet and calm. He is a really great listener and really doesn't say too much. He just has a calming presence. Sometimes when our ancestors ascended mauka into the wao akua, the abode of the gods, or into an unfamiliar land, they would sometimes carry a pōhaku, or stone, with them, from home, which gave them comfort, familiarity, security and a traveling companion. To Love... To Be Loved... My Heart desires nothing more in this Life... Pohu meet the World... World, meet Pohu...

I had the hardest time trying to Socially Distance myself from the Seductive Organic Tomatoes at the Grocery Store...

To Fully Bloom... And Deeply Heal... Is Not Only to See... The Light in Others... But to Truly Find... And Embrace... The Light... The Love... And the Darkness... Deep Within... Beautifully Sacred You...

This week is our 25th Anniversary of Marriage. My wife, Michiyo, usually doesn't care to be photographed. However, I Honor her in this post. If she sees it, I have prepared the couch with a blanket and pillow already. I met her while in law school. I was shy, an introvert, a virgin, and looking to start my law school year of classes with great trepidation. I was sitting outside of the law library with some classmates. We saw Michiyo walking slowly while looking at a small piece of paper, then around at the buildings. She looked lost. My classmate said, "Kai, I dare you to go help her..." I laughed nervously and responded, "No way...you go help her..." "Ah...chicken I see. I should have known..." he added. That did it. I stood up, in defiance, and walked over to her, looked at her paper, and recognized it was one of the law school classrooms. Apparently, the English Program for Japanese Nationals and other non-English students h...

Mourn Not... When I Ascend... And Leave... My Earthly Bondage.. For You Shall Know... And Feel... My Gentle Soul... And Undying Love... Like Never Before... In the Quiet Stillness... Of This Beautiful... Sacred Life...

To Bail a Canoe...

The Best... Hiding Spot... Ever...

Last Night... Was About Love... Lifting Sorrows of Loss... High into the Heavens... Carried on the Quiet Tears of Remembrance... While Kings and Queens... And gods who Walked Among Men... From Time Immemorial... Bore Witness to the Truths of Heart... Under the Humble Everlasting Love... Of the Most High... As the Rain Sprinkled a Blessing... As the Winds let the Leaves... Shimmer and Give Voice... To the Ancestors... To Receive the 'Ālana... Of Chant, of Song, of Aloha... As the Rainbow Ascended... Stories of Sacrifice and Love Shared... In the Darkness of Pō... And the Cleansing Downpour... Released the Mana from Heaven... Then the Stars Floated Above... Like a Celestial Wreath... Of Never-Ending Light... And Love without End...

This Land... Of Love... And Aloha...

I stumbled upon this photograph on the Internet of the school hallway at Bregy Elementary School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I attended Kindergarten there when my father was stationed in Philadelphia while in the USMC as we lived in Naval Housing. I remember this exact hallway as the photo is taken from the perspective of the Principal's Office and Administration looking down towards the exit sign which leads left, and out onto the large asphalt black-top where we all played at recess time.  I remember recruiting about twenty-students, mostly Kindergarteners and some 1st graders to follow me quietly into the hallway during recess. We slowly tip-toed down the hallway towards the offices, trying to suppress our giggles and laughter. When we were about ten-feet away from the office, someone screamed and then we all screamed and ran as fast as we could towards the exit like a stampede of wild boars. We immediately dispersed out onto the blacktop and blended in with ...

Let Love... Gently Descend... Upon You... To Cover You... Blanket You... Protect You... Nourish You... And Heal You... Forevermore...

Once Upon a Time... In a Land... Not so Far Away...

I get out of bed in the morning and then glance back. Always...without fail...

Instead of attending church services via Zoom each week, I like to gather and Kūkulu Kumuhana with Ke Akua, nā akua, my Angels and Spirit Guides, Ancestors, 'Aumākua, Kupua, Divine Celestial Beings, Mother Earth and her Elementals, and other Friends and 'ohana, via Zoom, and figure out how we are going to win the Spiritual Battle this week and kick Evil's butt...

Rest, repose; freedom from pain; at ease, comfort...

This morning I woke up to horrific tragedy in Lebanon. As the day unfolded, I learned more and more about the loss of lives, injuries and catastrophic destruction of the city of Beirut. I also woke up to a Facebook Live Feed of a despondent person on the ledge of a building in the Kewalo area.  I couldn't bear to watch the feed as I couldn't bear witness to someone trying to end their life. I had to shut it off. Then I Prayed. I let tears flow as I Prayed for Divine Intervention to give the person on the ledge much needed Hope. I think it hit a chord deep within me as I know many of us are on the dangerous precipice with all the pressures of this seemingly never-ending saga of Humanity and Uncertainty. The I watched in more Horror the videos and photographs emerging out of Beirut. Bloodied people staggering around. Buildings decimated. Firefighters missing. Loved ones missing and dead. I knew Lebanon was already in crisis with shortages of food and unprecedente...

From the Ancestors...

Tonight... She Showed Herself... Just for an Ephemeral Moment... Piercing the Veil of Heaven... Long Enough... To Ignite my Heart... In an All-Consuming Fire...