The Jungle

The Big Island of Hawaii is called the Healing Island which I think is very fitting, with all the natural beauty around it's hard not to be healed here. I've been very interested in the Hawaiian culture and way of life on the island. You are greeted here with "Aloha" which has a much deeper meaning than just a warm welcome. Aloha means "being a part of all, and all being a part of me" and "joyfully sharing life" with whom you are greeting, which is pretty powerful.  The Big Island is considered to be a very spiritual, life changing, energy forcefield of a place. In large part due to having the tallest mountain in the world when measured from the ocean floor,  Mauna Kea (you could fit two Everest's on top of each other!) and the largest volcano in the world, Mauna Loa. There are beliefs regarding the energy that moves all around the earth and there are some spots that have a vortex or crossing points over these high energy lines. Kilauea Volcano, on The Big Island, the most active volcano in the world is considered by many to harness the most energy and to be a very sacred place along with the pyramids in Egypt and Machu Picchu. I was at Volcano National Park, which is home to Kilaeua, this past weekend and definitely felt part of this magnificently awe inspiring, healing and special place in the world. But I'll talk more about that later!

This past week I went to Waa Waa which is where Drean's other property is and we worked hard in the jungle ripping up invasive species that wrap around his numerous avocado, citrus and passion fruit trees. It was very satisfying and enjoyable work being able to help these beauties continue to grow without being chocked out by these viscous vines. It was a stunning place to work for the day and to witness the building of his other property was really cool to see. After a sweat filled day we stopped at a local park that had a man made "warm" springs that bordered the ocean. It wasn't as warm as it normally is but still a really refreshing and incredible spot to stop and swim. The pond was surrounded by coconut trees and gets heated by water flowing through the volcano and was made by one old man in town, how cool is that!? Early last week we went into Hilo to see the documentary film Occupy The Farm, which if it is playing in a small indie movie theater near you I'd highly recommend seeing it! Occupy The Farm is about a group of urban farmers who started a farm on UCal of Berkeley campus to help grow fresh produce for their community and to save this piece of land from being taken over by major supermarket chains. To learn more about the inspiring and important film check out their site: http://occupythefarmfilm.com/about
Oh and I also saw a double rainbow and it was AMAZING!!!!