The Huna religion is thought to be an ideal model of science and religion. The Huna model was that the Universe was energy/consciousness. It is believed the priests, Kahunas, because they knew how to control the energy were capable of extreme instantaneous healing such as restoring broken bones or recovering large areas of burned skin in minutes to hours.  While it is not important to believe all the mythology there is much to be learned from this ancient art.

Huna practitioners believed there were three levels of being in operation here in the earthly life as is often seen in the totem poles.   A High Self, the spiritual parent, the Middle Self, your conscious mind and the Low Self the keeper of the body and recorder of deeds.  They viewed the Low Self as having the responsibility for the caring and preservation of the body. Additionally, it was to be the accurate scribe recording all the experiences and chosen reactions.  When you choose a less than ideal reaction to a significant life choice it records it then attempts to recreate the conditions so you can make a better choice. This process usually occurs over years but if you are observant you can see the correlation. Last, it had a telepathic ability to contact the High Self.  The one thing that greatly limited its power and actions were guilt complexes or feeling unworthy.  It was believed the Low Self would not use it's telepathic ability to forward a prayer if it had guilt complexes.  Hence, the first operation was to clear the Low Self of any guilt so it could function properly.  The Low Self is not just the chemical body as it was thought to be an aspect of consciousness that permeated the body and operated through it.  It was thought to be a direct creation of the High Self and for this reason would follow the High Self's ordered explicitly.  The Low Self was thought to have a very limited capacity to think.  Some have theorized this was to not compete with the Middle Self.  The Low Self thinking capacity was thought to be that of a young child 5-7 years in age.  It has been suggested that it's programming for the Earth experience occurs somewhere before birth on to about the 7 year.  In essence, the people and conditions around you programmed your unconscious during those times.  A review of your habits and thinking patterns will show you this correlation.

Note that the Huna regarded the body as a vessel containing the self but that other Low Selves could come in if your Low Self was not strong and instructed to block such invasions.  You could tell when such an invasion had occurred if the person had no memories for a period of time.  That is to say this is not the only reason someone could have a period of no memories but if someone had no memories and behaved in a different or strange way then this could be a possibility. Excessive alcohol, drugs, shock, extreme obsessive thinking or anything that weakens the unconscious hold on the body could bring about this state.  The Huna referred to these outside Low Selves as Eating Companions referring to their taking of the energy from the body.  It was thought that expelling them only worked if the resident Low Self was strong enough and committed to protecting the body.

The Middle Self is the conscious you.  Its function is to set goals and provide feedback to the unconscious (Low Self) and the High Self.  The Low Self creates the conditions the Middle Self views and experiences them then reports back the nature of the experience.  The Middle Self has a more expanded capacity to think but a much smaller focus than the Low Self.  The Middle Self must prepare any messages for the High Self (prayer) then ask the Low Self to process them.

The High Self exists beyond our physical universe.  You can tune into it and it can tune into you.  You know it is in harmony with you when you feel a great sense of peace even though the circumstances may not justify it.  It is a peace that defies understanding.  This comes to many after sincere prayer but can happen at any time.  High Selves have a very powerful energy that can transform physical conditions instantly but this is rarely seen.  I suspect it is because we are here to learn responsibility and interference would negate that process.  It was thought for a Middle Self to become a High Self it had to master knowing versus thinking and loving unconditionally.   Then through a natural migration the Middle Self would die here to us, as in a normal passing, but would retain full consciousness and pass directly to a higher world.  Such a Middle Self would not die the second death or loss of self-awareness.  It was thought by the Huna that man's greatest limitation was guilt or feelings of low self value because those feelings would cut off beings from their higher being.

Huna healing was based upon the use of language, symbols, ritual and energy.  Remeber it was an energy model of the universe. Some modern day Huna advocates walk you through the Max Freedom Long prayer shown on my site as the Huna Clearing Prayer.  This prayer covers the blocked idea, clearing and forgiveness plus release.  Anyone wishing to know more should investigate the works of Max Freedom Long.

For those wanting a deeper look at Huna I recommend starting with this site Huna Experiences

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