Huna (tm) is not an "occult" system-- that is, hidden from all but

a few "favored" adherents or "initiates." It is based on knowledge of

human psychology and of how the various parts of the human personality

function. When you learn how the psyche works, you will be able to see

how it functions properly and with the greatest effectiveness. Huna emphasizes

normal living in every way and makes everyday life more

liveble. In times of stress, Huna offers effective relief in any

situation. As Max Freedom Long put it, "If you are not using Huna, you

are working too hard!"

The basic tenets of Huna can be summarized in these words, "NO

HURT: NO SIN," that is, the Huna concept of "sin" is doing something

hurtful. "SERVE TO DESERVE," that is, be of help and service to

others in order to feel worthy of good things in your life. A more

concise statement is the Huna motto: The Hurtless and Helpful Life.

Potentially, Huna principles will work for everyone. When the

desired results are not obtained, Huna psychology reveals the causes of

the failure. The best place to start learning the basics of Huna

psychology is the correspondence course, written by Dr. Wingo entitled

"Letters on Huna: A Course in the Fundamentals of Huna Psychology." It

is an ex-cellent basic text that will give you a clear statement of

what Huna is and how to use it. A good, quick, and thorough

introduction is "Huna:

The Ancient Religion of Positive Thinking," by William Glover.

For further study, the works of Max Freedom Long are recommended.

"The Secret Science at Work" (1953) reviews the account of

the discovery of the ancient coded secrets of the kahuna and gives

suggestions for the use of Huna principles. "The Secret Science Behind

Miracles" (1948) presents a more detailed account of the search and

the method of discovery. An excellent review and source of daily

inspiration is "Growing Into Light" (1955). Two technical manuals on

special aspects of the research are "Self-Suggestion and the New Huna

Theory of Mesmerism and Hypnosis" (1958) and "Psychometric

Analysis" (1959). The masterpiece of comparative religion, "The Huna

Code in Religions," was published in 1965.

It is not necessary to have "psychic" ability in order to use

Huna. Such ability is natural to everyone and is developed to a greater

extent by some, while in others such qualities are latent, or

unrecognized, although used naturally. Because the principles of Huna

psychology involve the study of universal laws and basic concepts, most

people find that the intuition becomes stronger and "psychic" or

"spiritual" awareness begins to develop. This awareness is the byproduct

of profound study in any area, whether astrology or physics,

art or Tarot, biochemistry or any of the systems of psychology,

including Huna.

Because you are conscious of your own existence, you realize that

you are alive and that a process of thinking is taking place. You are

aware of your body and its various functions, both voluntary and in

voluntary. The part of you that is all of these things-- the real you,

so to speak-- enables you to be conscious of the fact that you exist as

a spiritual or psychic "person" in addition to the body in which you

seem to live. It is natural, therefor, to speak of YOU and YOUR BODY as

two parts, whether they are actually separate or not.

At times a person speaks of "having a little talk with himself" in

order to make up his mind about a decision or to work up courage for

something very difficult or frightening. "I told myself there was

nothing to worry about," we might say. Or, in trying to make a

decision, we have a little

conversation "with ourselves" and mentally list the pros and cons of

the alternatives. It is as if one part of us argues for one side, while

a second part comes up with arguments for the other!

Whether we consider that there are really two of us inside our

minds, or two functions of one mind, at least it seems for the moment

that two separate minds exist. At the time the function of the mind is

dual and not single. Since most psychological systems recognize a

subconscious part of the mind, it is natural to state that there are

two minds or psychic entities. For the purpose of discussing the

psyche, we may speak of two minds or two selves: the conscious-mind

self and the subconscious-mind self.

It is the conscious mind which the kahuna called "uhane," or the

middle self, the part of man that is conscious of his own existence and

has the ability to reason. The subconscious mind was "unihipili," or

the basic self. Max used the term "low self". This is the one we "have

a talk with." The term "low" has no reference to rank or importance,

but only to the fact that it is "below" the level of consciousness

(thus the term sub-consious) and has its bodily center in the solar

plexus, below the consciousness centered in the head. Remember that the

function of this part of you is very important and the low or basic

self has a very large part to play in your life.

The third part is the High Self-- called by the kahuna the name

"Aumakua." This is sometimes called the "superconscious," but writers

unfamiliar with Huna psychology may use that word to designate the subconscious.

The High Self is the "older, utterly trustworthy, parental

spirit." The High Self may, in religious terms, be called a sort of

guardian angel who helps us when requested to do so, but does not

necessarily interfere unless asked to help. However the concept of

"God" or deity was considered to be above the level of High Self,

which is an integral part of the human personality. It is our divine

connection with God. It is the High Self, using whatever higher

resources which may be required, that brings all desired conditions

into reality.

The symbol of the triangle suggests that once all three selves are

working together with perfect union and harmony, we have perfect communication

among the three selves. Even though we often speak of

separate functions of the individual three selves, remember that they

must always work together to function effectively. When we refer to an

individual self, we must always include the others in proper relation

to that part. It is at this stage of harmony that there is "direct"

contact from the middle self to the High Self, because all three are a

harmonious three-self team. This is the perfect or whole person.

All three selves have their proper part to play in the life of

each of us, and they must work together to accomplish whatever is

desired, whether solving a problem in the present, or trying to work

for a better future. When the three selves work harmoniously together,

things can happen that may appear to be "miracles." But when you know

the proper and normal functions of the three selves and how they work

together, the miracles will seem to be in no way "supernatural."

The ideal to which we aspire is to become a complete person, with

all parts united. As Max Freedom Long expressed it: "Our task as middle

selves is primarily that of learning to work consciously and properly

with both the low [basic] self and the High Self."

There is an original blueprint or pattern, printed on transparent

material, which fits each of the three selves in every detail. Compare

this with the transparent overlays used in encyclopedias to show the

various skeletal, muscular, or nervous systems of the physical body.

The kahuna of ancient Hawaii talked of the three selves of man, with

their exact duplicates, which they referred to as aka-bodies. This akasubstance

formed a sort of invisible pattern or "aura" around each of

the three selves, keeping the blueprint intact, but capable of changing

shapes temporarily to form a connecting thread between the basic self,

the middle self, and the High Self.

Since aka has a sticky quality and stretches without breaking,

when contact is made between two persons, a long, sticky thread is

drawn out between the two, like a silver spider-web, and the connection

between them remains. Further contacts add other aka-threads and these

are braided together into an aka-cord, resulting in strong rapport between

the two persons. Such an aka-cord must be kept strongly braided

between the basic self and the middle self, and between the basic self

and the High Self, in order for the three to work harmoniously

together.

The kahuna recognized the magnetic and the opposite, repelling

nature of vital force, or "mana," but unfortunately left no detailed

exposition on the subject. They knew the force as a thing which had to

do with all thought processes and bodily activities. The life force was

the essence of life itself. The kahuna symbol for this life-force was

water. Water flows and so does vital force. Water fills things. So does

the vital force. Water may leak away and so may vital force. All

thinking involves an electrical-like activity of Mana. The word "manao"

means "thinking," the "o" added to show that the process is one of

using Mana to produce thought. As each thought is formed it is given

its aka body and is fastened by a thread of the same substance to

thoughts which came before it ("association of ideas" in terms of

modern psychology).

Mana is taken from the food and air by the basic self and is

stored in its aka-body, but it is shared with the middle self and with

the High Self.

The Mana, when used as the life-force of the middle self is changed in

some subtle way. The kahuna of old symbolized this as a dividing of the

basic Mana into two kinds, and called it Mana-Mana, indicating that it

was doubled in power, so that it could be used by the middle self to

direct the inner or basic self. This is the force we know vaguely in

modern psychology as "the will." It is also the force which should at

all times be strong enough to make the inner self carry out every suggestion.

It is seldom used in its full strength, and so the basic self

gets out of hand or flits from one activity to another, without

carrying out any suggestion or command fully.

We know that taking a slow, deep breath will give us an extra

amount of energy. We can use certain techniques combined with

specific mental images to accumulate a surcharge-- an extra large and

powerful charge-- of vital force any time we need it. This assumes that

we are in reasonably good health and are not weakened by physical or

emotional trauma. We can use these surcharges of Mana in several

very valuable ways, particularly in healing ourselves and others, and

in making a Prayer-Action that will have real power.

The kahuna believed that by an action of the mind a person adds to

the amount of Mana created from food and air. The extraction process

is quickened. This theory is supported by our physiologists, who have

found that when we digest food it is not all used at once, but is

changed to blood sugar, or glycogen, and oxidized with oxygen from the

air we breath to give us such amounts of force and energy as we may

need for the work we happen to do. The basic self, who tends to all

such matters, can at any time begin to take in more air and cause more

blood sugar to be burned to create more of that strange chemicallymanufactured

force we call Mana. The basic self learns to do this

easily in most cases. By combining the Mana from food and air with

additional Mana from unlimited cosmic sources, we can always have the

power we need to accomplish whatever we truly and justly desire.

The accumulation of a surcharge of vital force is accomplished

simply by explaining to the basic self within just what it is to do and

then asking it to do it. To help the basic self, we can start breathing

more deeply, add the thought of accumulating a large surcharge of

Mana, and the process begins.

The kahuna used the symbol of water for Mana. When he wished to

accumulate a surcharge, be breathed deeply and visualized Mana rising

like water rising in a fountain, higher and higher until it overflowed.

The body is pictured as the fountain and the water is the Mana.

Another image that can be used is filling a sphere with light and

mentally seeing your entire body surrounded by this sphere and fully

illuminated.

Exercise or any form of physical exertion always starts the basic

self manufacturing more Mana, otherwise we would use up what we have in

a few minutes and would begin to feel faint. Athletes know that they

can go only so far on their first wind, which is the charge of Mana

they happen to have in their body and aka-body at the start. Then in a

short time they get a fresh supply of energy (the second wind) and can

then keep going steadily and at top speed. It is important to use the

surcharge, over and above the basic physical energy required to

maintain health and daily activity, in working toward a specific goal,

such as healing or solving a social problem.

Instead of exercising, we can assume the mental attitude of one

getting set to run a race. We hold the picture in mind of getting ready

to run, we breathe more rapidly and tense up the muscles a little. The

basic self will begin to create the desired vital force.

Persons with a low normal charge-level of viral force have found

that they can sense the additional surge of Mana after taking on an

extra supply. It adds to the sense of well-being, of physical strength

and endurance, of will and determination, and it sharpens the mind,

makes memorization faster and easier, and the senses more acute. This

can easily be tested by checking the clearer vision or sharper memory

after a surcharge of vital force.

The point that is most important when considering Mana or vital

force is that when you have learned to accumulate a surcharge, it is

possible to use it, with the help of the High Self, to perform

"miracles," which range all the way from slow and simple healing to

miraculous changes in bodily tissue and even the fabric of the future.

The High Self contacts us of its own accord in our sleep, making

use of the connecting aka-cord. Our thoughts of the day, with our

plans, hopes, fears, loves, and hates, are examined, taken as

duplicate thought-forms, and at the same time vital force is taken.

This vital force is stepped up to the high "voltage" and is used by the

High Self to construct a shadowy body which will materialize as part of

our future. Such though-forms were described by the kahuna as "seeds"

and were symbolized as seeds, which were vitalized by the High Self and

grew into actualities of the future.

The High Self not only takes from us the vital force it needs,

but returns a compensating force to us. This is vital to our health and

wellbeing. This return can be pictured as a shower of Mana falling from

the up-welled fountain, as a gentle mist, a "rain of blessings." Thus

the three-fold communication symbolized by the triangle is complete.

After consciously contacting the High Self for the purpose of sending a

gift of Mana and also presenting a "prayer-picture," the kahuna ended

his prayer with these words: " The prayer takes its flight. Let the

rain ofblessings fall."

Daily contact and guidance in all of our lives may be had from

the High Self as our Divine Connection-- but only if requested. All the

more reason to discover for yourself the basic concepts of Huna and

how they may be put to practical use in your own life-- the three

selves and their functions as a unified team and the importance of

understanding how Mana, the life force, can be increased and utilized

to bring about