We stumbled across these concepts while traveling in Hawaii. Huna is a beautiful way of understanding the world - much like taoism.
The Huna wisdom can be explained briefly by the use of The 7 Principles.
1. IKE -- Awareness, The World Is What You Think It Is
Everything is a dream. All systems are arbitrary. The
ancient Hawaiians believed that life is a dream that we create. So they
looked at what they saw as their experience of reality, their outer
world, as a reflection of their inner world - their beliefs, thoughts,
and ideas about life. If they wanted to change something on the
‘outside’ they would start by looking inside and change their belief or
thought or idea. This is the basic idea of how we create our own
reality. A wise teacher says ‘to change your world you
must change your thoughts. You must become consciously aware of what
you tell yourself is true every moment of the day, for that is the
reality you project outward’.
Ho’okomo i ko waho i ko loko (put inside that which is outside)
Aia ke ola i Kahiki (Health and prosperity are in Kahiki, a place in the inner world)
2. KALA -- There Are No Limits
Everything is connected. Separation is a useful illusion. The
Huna knowledge says there are no limits - to what we can do, achieve,
be, want, desire, dream. Anything is possible. Everything is connected
and separation is just a useful illusion. After all everything that
exists now in a physical form was once a thought. It is the belief that
anything and everything is possible.
3. MAKIA -- Energy Flows Where Attention Goes
Thoughts
are energy. Whatever we put our attention on increases. We are magnetic
vibrational beings and we attract like a magnet to us circumstances,
events and people that are in alignment with our thoughts. For example,
focusing on how much money you don't have tends to not solve the
problem. It generally increases the fear of not enough, worry and
anxiety - which attracts further the situation you don’t want. But if
you really focus on how much money you do have and feel grateful for
whatever money or gifts or prosperity of any kind that is in your life,
your feelings of gratitude and appreciation act as a blessing and will
increase over time this aspect of your life. OK so your life may not
change overnight but by changing where you focus your energy will
effect changes in your life; without doubt.
Makia ke ali'i, ehuehu ka ukali (concentration is the chief, energy is the follower)
4. MANAWA -- Now Is The Moment Of Power
Everything is relative. Power increases with sensory attention. In the Huna belief system, there is no past or future, only the present moment - the gift of
Now. The past isn’t something you have to carry around with you - we
are not held back by it unless we allow ourselves to be; and the future
isn’t out there waiting for you to bump into it. Your future is created
moment by moment by the thoughts that you think now. Think of a thought
like planting a seed. As the seed grows into a plant you may not like what appears - but you have the power to dig up the plant and sow new seeds. You
can change the way you feel now - find the blessing and opportunity in
everything. And you can also accept the way you feel now or the
experiences you have now as being perfect just as they are. Huna is as
much about being OK with life when things go pear-shaped as when
everything’s rosy. Going with the way you feel, not resisting it,
knowing that difficult times will pass is fully experiencing and
accepting life and embracing all that you are in this moment, now.
Emotions can be described as waves of energy that are constantly in
motion -
Pi'i ka nalu, he'e ka nalu, ke nalu nei ka moana (Waves rise,
waves recede, the ocean is full of waves)
5. ALOHA -- To Love Is To Be Happy With (Someone or Something)
Love increases as judgment decreases. Everything is alive, aware and responsive. Aloha
is a commonly used phrase in Hawaii for hello and goodbye but it also
means LOVE - with every breath I send love. A further deeper meaning is
"the joyful (oha) sharing (alo) of life energy (ha) in the present
(alo). Aloha means that to love is to be happy - with yourself, with
someone else with a situation.
6. MANA -- All Power Comes From Within
Everything has power. Power comes from authority. No-one
and nothing can take your energy or power as you have an unlimited
source of energy flowing through you. You are an unlimited being after
all! It’s the same energy that flows through a waterfall or stream. The
same energy that creates rainbows, trees and mountains. The same energy
that moves the seas, creates stones, plants, flowers. That some
universal source is flowing through everyone of us.
7. PONO -- Effectiveness Is The Measure Of Truth
There is always another way to do anything. The means determines the end. This
principle says that there is no fixed way to do something - just the
way that works best for all concerned. Pono says there is always another way to do anything. If one way doesn’t work, try another.
Your intention may be sacred but the way in which you achieve your goal
is not. In fact the power of your intention and your belief in what you
are doing can keep you going no matter how many times you have to
change your plan or face an obstacle.
This was taken from Huna - 'The Secret' wisdom of Hawaii by Kate Parker (this is not the complete text -- I used excerpts)
http://www.holisticlocal.com/articles/view/898/Huna+-+%27The+Secret%27+wisdom+of+Hawaii