"Aia i Kona hema noho kealoha
O Lanakilakeikiahiali'i
Kona inoa
No uka ka iwa i kiani mai
Ho'olohe i ke kai o ka pahu kapu
Ke ola o na Haumana Hula,
Haumana Huna.
Ke ahi o ke ao o ka wa kahiko
Kaulana kou inoa o Hawai'i nei
Eo mai oe i kou mele
Mahalo ia oe,
Lanakilakeikiahiali'i"

"The chant is to my teacher, Lanakilakeikiahiali'i," she said. "One of the greatest Kahuna Po Oka Hula. One of the greatest chanters of all time. His ancestry goes back before time, and it is he who started me on my journey. Each time before I teach chanting, I chant this chant to remind me of him, and to reconnect to the lineage.

The Kahuna continued, "Now, what is lineage? In Huna, lineage is everything. If I'm in alignment with the lineage, if I am Pono (doing everything right), then when I chant, the energy of everyone who has ever chanted the chant will line up behind me and chant the chant with me and through me.

"Have you ever noticed that some chanters have Mana, and some don't.? The ones that do, almost knock you over when they chant, and it's not the volume, it's the feeling of the life force energy they vibrate in your body through your hearing the chant. But others chant, and there's no Mana at all." The Haumana nodded. "That is lineage. Everyone who has ever chanted that chant lines up behind me and chants the chant through me and with me," she said.

"As you grow in Huna, remember your lineage. One day you will teach. When you do, sometime you will have to call on lineage for help. When you call on the lineage, remember -- they can only help you if you are in line with the teachings. My advice to you is, only teach through the lineage, only teach what you have permission to teach, and teach it in accord with the lineage, and then what you teach will have that metaphysical power called Mana. Do you understand, my son?" The Haumana nodded. He understood.

"Now, let us breathe together."

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