AʻO
Mai ka pō mai ka ʻike
From the darkness comes knowing
What was hidden becomes clear.
What is seen must be lived.
There is no distance
between knowing and doing.
What was once given is now maintained.
Learning is relationship
The mouth closes.
The ears open.
The eyes learn to see.
Nothing is taken.
This work is carried and taught through
Kumu Pa’a Kawika Foster,
within a living lineage of practice.
Hoʻailona appear.
Hoʻike reveals.
Everything is observed, received, and carried.
Through time, through attention, through care,
what is learned begins to live in the body.
In the hands.
In the way we move.
In this way, we learn to do as our ancestors did.
What is learned begins to take form.
It becomes how you live.
Where understanding shifts.
From understanding to embodiment.
What is seen must now be lived.