MORE ABOUT HOW AND WHY TO ACCUMULATE MANA, is being learned, thanks
to the insistence of some of the HRAs who are all for the Yoga
breathing methods. It recently dawned on me that, as the kahunas
seem to have given Yoga its early start, we should find some words
in the "Sacred Language" of Huna to tell us about the rhythmic
breathing in connection with the work of accumulating mana to send
with our prayer to the High Selves. Knowing that ha means to breath
heavily, and also the number "four," I decided to look into the
meaning of the numbers, 1, 2, 3.1 was chagrined a bit later to think
that I had overlooked this source of information for so long a time.
First let me say that the root word ha is found all through the list
of compounded words which describe some angle of the prayer or "Ha
Rite" (as I have come to call it). As this root means "four," but is
not commonly used in counting in Hawaiian, we can conclude that in
it is a symbol of the entire action from accumulating the mana to
making the prayer picture and then contacting the High Self along
the aka cord and sending the gift of empowering mana and the thought-
form-cluster of the picture of what is asked.

We get the prayer picture well formed in our minds as a preliminary
to performing the Ha Rite. We picture ourselves as having obtained
what we ask, then "try on the shoe" to see how it fits. We imagine
ourselves enjoying the new condition and then examine ourselves to
see if it is what we wanted or whether we have wished upon ourselves
a "White Elephant." If we have emotions welling up from the low self
which are other than those of pleasure, we must look into these. If
we have asked that the sale of a home be aided, and the low self is
at once homesick at the thought leaving the old house, chances are
that work needs to be done to convince it that the move is good. If
a guilt feeling arises, the low self may feel that in getting what
has been asked, it has not earned it. There are many variations to
watch for and to talk over with the low self. You, as the middle
self, may find that when you imagine yourself given something you
think would be good to work to obtain, it entails more work than it
is worth. One of the major obstacles the kahunas of old seemed to
find was that the low self did not feel that its man deserved being
helped to get the good thing which the middle self desired. One uses
the "physical stimulus" of doing something to help others and thus
to cause the low self to feel deserving. "Faith" is another thing
which must be drilled into the low self if it has been disappointed
too many times by having prayers go unanswered. Remember that in
entering the TMHG work with a request, the prayer must be right to
begin with, otherwise the answer will be wrong or will not be given.
One cannot ask the High Self to rob Peter to pay you, Paul. Neither
can one ask the High Self to take from another the use of his heaven-
given gift of free will. But, you can ask that one who is hurting
others who do not deserve hurt, be restrained.

We are on well-trodden ground in starting our survey of the use of a
count in getting ready to use the Ha Rite. As children we get lined
up for a race and chant, "One for the money, two for the show, three
to get ready, and four to GO!" Or we may be selecting someone or
something by count and say expectant of some guidance of
chance "Eeney, meenie, minee, mo!" In all cases we start with a
first count. So start, as did the kahunas, with ONE or kahi.

KA-HI is "one." It starts the four deep breaths taken slowly and
rhythmically as one begins to hold the command over the low self to
accumulate a surcharge of mana. This number also tells us why we are
doing this. It means "A place. (ho-ano): sanctuary." It means the
High Self is the place where the mana is to be sent. It means "A
first part," as of something to be given to the gods. It is the
original offering of "First Fruits." A libation is about to be made
and you are filling the cup with mana so that you can pour the
libation. The root hi in kahi means "to be weak," and this is the
starting condition the High Self without enough mana to work for one
on the heavy physical level of life. It also means, "to flow away,"
and it is the mana flow that will strengthen the High Self when the
Rite is completed.

E-LUA or A-LUA is "two." The root alu also means "to be weak," so
the accumulation must continue. It means, "To combine, as several
persons in aiding another," and here we have the three selves
uniting to work for the good of the whole man. It means, "To aid or
give assistance," which the High Self will do in answering the
prayer. It means "to adhere," and this is the symbol of the low self
who must do its full part in this Rite. It adheres or sticks to the
middle self and "sticks its aka threads" to things it touches. Here
we have the symbol also of the aka cord. Elu, as a root means, "to
break or crumble to pieces," and here we have the symbol of the
breaking down of the bad old future to make way for the good new
future to appear in answer to our prayers. The root E has the
meanings of, "to call or invite attention to what one is about to
say." The low self is putting out its call for contact with the High
Self at the count of "two." It also means, "new or strange," and the
answer to the prayer fits this nicely. It means to "enter, as into a
country or city," and here again the contact is made and
the "kingdom of heaven" as the High Self is temporarily "entered."
The root doubled, as e-e means "out of sight," which is a fine
symbol of the entire action going on behind the scenes in the Rite.

Continuing with TWO, as lua, we have in the root lu the meaning
of "to scatter or throw as seeds," and in "seeds" we have the mental
picture of the prayer, readied to present to the High Self as
the "seeds" or thought-forms which will be watered by the mana which
we will send daily when repeating the Ha Rite in exactly the same
way until the "seeds" grow into the mature "plant." The word lua-lua-
i is to raise the cud and chew it, so we have the symbol of the
repetition of the exact prayer.

KO-LU is "three." We have here the same root, lu, for "scattering
seeds" as in "two," but the root ko is most informative. It is the
sign of the possessive case in the language of the code, and we
believe that we have already received the answer to our prayer as an
exercise of faith. Also, the middle self believes that the low self
now "possesses" the accumulation of needed mana. Faith moves both up
and down in the union of the three selves. Ko means "to accomplish;
to fulfill; to bring to pass." It has the meaning of "to beget, as a
child by its father," and here the three-self man is,
indeed, "creating." It means, "to obtain what one has sought after."
All of these things are held in the mind as the work of the Rite
progresses through "three."

KAU-NA is "four." The end root, ima, is short for ana, which is like
our ending in English, "ing." The root kau tells us what we wish to
know. It has 32 listed meanings in our Andrews dictionary, and we
have to pick and choose to get at the meanings intended by the
kahunas when the word is used as part of the code. For our purposes
the meaning of "placing something in a designated (or high) place"
tells us that at the count of "four" we send the mana and then the
thought-form picture of the prayer to the High Self. The 10th listed
meaning is, "to set before one, as food," and this symbolizes the
offering of mana to the High Self Then we have the love we feel for
the High Self and its reciprocal action in the meaning, "To fall
upon; to embrace affectionately." Contact has been made and the mana
given while the prayer has been voiced, as in meaning No. 17: "To
rehearse in the hearing of another that he may learn." The 22nd
meaning is "dual," "to place," and "to rest." So, we end the count
by placing the mana and prayer in the keeping of the beloved Father-
Mother High Self, and we rest.

HA, is "four." "To breath more strongly," also, "a trough through
which to run water." (Water symbolizes mana, and the trough the aka
cord leading to the High Self.) Hana-mana is "to work" plus the word
mana. "Supernatural power; something done above or beyond human
ability." Hoo-mana is "to make or cause mana," and is the only word
the kahunas had for "worship," which is most significant in itself.
The Ha Rite, therefore, was the one and only way of worship in the
inner teachings of the kahunas, although in the outer circles the
gods were worshipped by setting before their images things which
were said to please them. Other than this set of ha and mana
meanings we have nothing to tell us the exact method to be used in
accumulating mana and putting it to use. For this reason the
information added by the code meanings of the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4,
indicated by ha, gives us a very important confirmation of earlier
conclusions reached indirectly.

Will you join me in running tests of this four-breath method of
accumulating and using mana in the Ha Rite? I am not sure how to go
about it. There may be enough mana accumulated in four breaths to
suffice, or it might be that a series of four breaths, taken in some
measured and rhythmical manner, may be best. Charge up and measure
your charge with the size and number of your pendulum swings. Decide
upon a prayer and give the method a good test with daily use of the
Ha Rite.

--Max Freedom Long