The Secret of Answered Prayer
The Huna Prayer; Recovering this Ancient Magic
Huna is an ancient Polynesian philosophical, scientific and magical system; it teaches there are three selves: lower, middle and higher. These more or less correspond with the psychological descriptions of the subconscious mind, the conscious mind and the superconscious mind.
Prayer and Huna Priests
Huna is not a religion but a spiritual way of life; its principles reflect the oneness and divinity of all things. One of the main aims in Huna practice is to become the kind of person whose prayers are answered. For the Kahuna priests of Polynesia, the secret of answered prayer was a straightforward fact of life.
As with European magical traditions, the Kahuna priest sets out his prayers expecting they will be granted providing the ritual has been properly executed. The deepest secrets of the craft were once zealously guarded. The name given to the Huna priests and priestesses, Kahuna, actually means ‘Keeper of the Secrets’.
Firewalking and Spiritual Healing
The chanting and other rituals within prayer made it easy for visiting missionaries to classify Huna with other so-called miracles such as firewalking and instant healing and classify it as 'primitives indulging in hocus pocus'.
Even so the Huna way of life was not destroyed by the intervention of missionaries but with the sudden arrival of 20th century American way of life, which turned the faces of younger generations towards technology, travel and money. Yet this country, which played a large part in the demise of ancient Huna, also provided the vehicle by which it could be brought forward into modern life to spread its influence around the globe again. This blossoming was brought about largely through the efforts of Max Freedom Long. He began research, firstly on his own, then with the help of Huna Research Associates, a group established in 1945.
Subconscious
Huna recognises that each of the three spirits evolves and progresses up the spiritual ladder to the Godhead depending on its development during life. The talented subconscious can become a naïve but eager conscious mind in the next incarnation, while the reasoning conscious spirit moves onto a superconscious level and the highest spirit moves closer to God.
There are a number of schools of thought on the procedure for formulating a Huna Prayer. All are very similar. Generally the Huna prayer method begins with first ‘clearing the path’ by removing negative thought patterns in the lower or middle selves. The next step is to create the thought forms desired by having a clear picture in mind of what is being requested. Write this out on paper while visualising the outcome desired. The final step is the building up of an accumulation of vital force in the lower self for the use of the middle self when prayer action begins.
Power of Prayer
The subconscious mind is commanded to take the prayer to God or the God Force. When these three steps are achieved the prayer is to be formed by repeating it out loud three times, using the will to impress the prayer on the lower self and to build strong visualisation. Wait a few seconds then state ‘Let the rain of blessings fall’. This is the request for the prayer to be answered.
The prayer uses repetition, like an affirmation, to move the subconscious mind to take action; some will repeat this daily for 28 days, a full moon cycle.
Meditation
Meditation is a useful way of preparing the harried and rather undisciplined middle spirit for Huna work in the form of telepathy, pscyhometry and prayer since it develops visualising skills, quietens the mind and accustoms it to concentrating on a single thought for long periods.
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