As the Kahuna spoke, from time to time her voice trailed off into the darkness, then it would get stronger, almost like the waves she described, "In the beginning there was space and darkness and stillness older than time and forgotten by the gods. In a now, longer than forever, there was nothing, and there was everything, too; and it was silent beyond all sound, and still beyond all motion.

"Then, movement began to move as an impulse in the stillness, and a wave arose in that space, and then time began.

"The boundlessness of that infinite space was the Io, the source of all being. Being itself. Life began there as a wave of energy in the still, still unbounded space. In the beginning all came from here, and all shall return hereto in the end. When the darkness draws back in all of the light, then all shall return to her breast, even the gods.

"But there is no movement in the stillness of space until the power stirs -- the power of the active principle of the creation. He is the active principle, Kane. She is the passive principle, and it is she who as the Great Ocean of Uli calls to him to return to her, to sink into her abyss.

"And every thing that shall exist is subject to the nature of the active or passive principle.

"It is her call to him in the soundless infinite, from original darkness that arouses his interest, and as she makes the first call, it sounds like this, "EEEEEEE-AAAAAAH-OOOOOOOH" (IAO). That makes him arise, from his slumber, for he is essentially inert. IAO. Not on his own accord does he arise, but for the desire of Her. Until her hands touch him, he is as if dead in the kingdom of Po, the darkness.

"Awakened by her, then he shall manifest, and as he arises, he emerges as the all-potent, Kane, and his desire shall call to him the womb of all life, Uli. But without the kisses of Uli he sleeps forever.

"And as he arises he creates movement, and that first movement was called Ha, the air element (Makani) that creates movement. As the moment arises, it creates friction; that friction creates heat -- the heat being the fire element -- Ahi. As the fire burns, it creates moisture, wetness -- wetness being the element of water, Wai. As the elements all come together, and solidify, they become the earth element -- Honua.

And so, the five elements are born, and creation begins. Do you understand, she asked." The Haumana nodded. He did.

"But how do I tap into this energy," he asked. "Little one," said the Kahuna, "there is a rain barrel of water over your head, and you're trying to fit it through the eye-dropper of your neurology. You need to practice and expand your capability."

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