http://returnvoyage.com/wordpress A Native Hawaiian Spiritual Retreat Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:48:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In these past three years, I don't think a single day has passed when someone hasn't suggested:  'You should write a book.' First:  The story these folks are asking me to write is the one that 'Iokepa Hanalei 'Imaikalani and I have lived together for the past twelve years. Second:  ... http://returnvoyage.com/wordpress/?p=1679 It is impossible to travel as 'Iokepa Hanalei 'Imaikalani and I do--from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine--from Washington State to Washington, D.C.--and not notice the differences. I am not speaking about mountains, oceans, rivers, lakes, prairies and deserts.  It's the human differences:  The face of a place. I'm speaking of the ... http://returnvoyage.com/wordpress/?p=1625 For the past two weeks I've been blaming the heat.   And yes, it's been a record-setting  100 degrees  in inner-city Baltimore, with an unconscionable level of humidity.  But yesterday I realized that is not  it--not my problem at all. Allow me to digress. My oldest brother is a professional man.  He was ... http://returnvoyage.com/wordpress/?p=1573 Each of us cherish certain values above all others.  Honesty?  Courage?  Common Sense?  Responsibility?  Generosity?  What have I missed?  The order may fluctuate with the day.  We  gravitate to people who  share our values.  Political.  Occupational.  Spiritual.  Ethnic.  Intellectual. What have I missed? At the top of my personal priority ... http://returnvoyage.com/wordpress/?p=1485 In the past four weeks, we've crossed the continent (covering 3,500 miles) in our black Camry. On that crossing:  We had dinner with a saintly, eighty-four year old, Jesuit priest in Portland, Oregon; we had high tea with a Japanese Buddhist.  We stayed in the home of the eldest ... http://returnvoyage.com/wordpress/?p=1428 The Bill At the end of almost every Return Voyage gathering for the past three years, well-intentioned folks have asked 'Iokepa:  "What can I do to help?" He answers:  "When you hear that things are changing on the Hawaiian Islands--and you will--I ask that you offer a prayer for the Hawaiian people." There ... http://returnvoyage.com/wordpress/?p=1297 This is the story of trust, faith, and the powerful support that accrues when we agree to use our unique gifts, our best natures, and take the path of  greatest good--to fulfill our life's purpose. Every one of us has one.   Our task, really, is to find it--and then, ... http://returnvoyage.com/wordpress/?p=1224 For every memorable year of my adult life, I have had one recurring nightmare.  In that dream, I am running for my life from a rapidly approaching, formidable wall of water that it is absolute certain, I cannot outrun. For every memorable year of my adult life, in any of ... http://returnvoyage.com/wordpress/?p=1184 The Setting The very first American Court House erected on the Island of Kaua'i was built with full awareness and intention on the top of the bulldozed ruins of what was the oldest hei'au on this Island. Hei'au were (and those that remain, are) sacred stone enclosures for Native Hawaiian ritual ... http://returnvoyage.com/wordpress/?p=1092 Very soon, 'Iokepa and I will both be able to enter movie theaters at a discounted rate.  And then too, at the family-owned grocery on Kaua'i called "Big Save," we will be qualified to save still another five percent on Senior Mondays. Can it be forty years since I ... http://returnvoyage.com/wordpress/?p=1041