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Our Heart’s Motivations

Posted on June 4, 2013 by kahunapulekimo

Many years ago she loved him for a multitude of reasons and he loved her for a few reasons but especially for the sex that their relationship enabled him to have!  One day it became clear to him their love … Continue reading →

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The Fruit That Was Meant To Be

Posted on May 15, 2013 by kahunapulekimo

From early in the Christian Church’s history there have been individuals ill-at ease in their human reality and who have assumed that the Divine is pleased by our abuse of the reality given to us!  It’s almost as if we … Continue reading →

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Right In Front Of You!

Posted on February 13, 2013 by GOvideoHAWAII

On a recent trip to New York City I was able to stay in a hotel between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue, a mere 5 minute walk from the Metropolitan Museum.  During the two days I spent there I walked … Continue reading →

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Unexamined Hungers

Posted on January 11, 2013 by kahunapulekimo

Have you ever had a sudden craving for a specific food?  In your mind you can actually re-taste that perfect lasagna from long ago, or last week’s superb lamb, or even the memory of a taste in your mind you … Continue reading →

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Life With No Possibility of Parole

Posted on June 28, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

I have recently been watching a series about men in prisons entitled “Lock-up”.  The series examines life behind bars particularly for men sentenced to “life without the possibility of parole.”  These men know they are where they will eventually die.  … Continue reading →

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Hawaiian Sovereignty

Posted on June 13, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

In the early morning hours of May 10th 2001 I left my monastery and re-entered ordinary civil society.  Having come “back out into the world” I immediately became aware of anger all around me: drivers who ride one foot behind … Continue reading →

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Focus on The Important

Posted on May 22, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

I am currently reading Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson which takes an uncompromising evaluation of Jobs, his dark side as well as his genius.  When he was diagnosed with cancer Jobs refused to have the tumor surgically removed, instead treating … Continue reading →

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Neglect of Our Heart

Posted on May 7, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

Everywhere on the beaches in Hawaiʻi, I have seen families the size of church congregations gathered for the weekend… any weekend!… under series of interconnected tents.  From the tents come the smell of food cooking, the sound of music and … Continue reading →

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Numb, Number and Dead!

Posted on April 18, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

One morning I left the Ilikai Hotel where I was staying and walked up Ala Moana Boulevard towards Dan’s apartment.  Approaching a closed restaurant my walk came to a halt at the sight of a man passed out on the … Continue reading →

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Self-fulfilling Prophecy

Posted on April 3, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

During our October 2010 trip I walked from the Ilikai Hotel to the Borders bookstore at Ward Center.  While walking there I noticed a homeless woman sitting on the grass against a wall.  Every time someone came too near to … Continue reading →

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