The Aloha String Figure is a moving
meditation and a bracelet of rainbow blessings from the Hawaiian
Islands. It is a powerful tool for manifesting your dreams and enhancing
your powers to bless.
The ancient art of string figures is called Hei in Hawaii.
Although most people remember it as a child’s game, it has been found to
have a hidden and deeper meaning.
The weaving of patterns with this kaula or string helps to
energize or focus your thoughts while staying in the present moment.
It connects you with the Spirit of Aloha
When you experience the Spirit of Aloha you experience an
opening of your heart. The smile that comes to you is a joyful sharing
in the energy of love and compassion.
You connect with the mana or Divine Power within you. You feel
harmony in the rhythms of life. This simple and powerful technique of
creating string figures opens your life to the flow of increased
blessings.
From the beginning of time, man has searched for the secret to
attaining health, wealth and happiness. We have been looking for the
ancient wisdom, the solution to the mystery that will give us the answer
to our prayers.
Would you believe that the answer is as simple as child’s play?
It comes in the form of blessings
Look at everything in this world that you want as a
symbol of love and bless it.
When you send blessings, you receive blessings.
Aloha is the never-ending circle of love, just like the Hawaiian
lei of flowers. Each flower symbolic of the blessings in our lives,
encircling our neck like a child's arms
What if every thought is a prayer?
When you find yourself
judging, criticizing and
thinking thoughts of fear,
unhappiness, anger, doubt
or stress...
Imagine a
delete button
and push it to
cancel those thoughts
Blessings can be done with words, images, feelings and
movements. The Aloha String Figure uses the movement of knotting a cord
to make a rainbow bracelet. Each knot symbolizes a blessing.
The making of knots can also be used with words and affirmations
to increase the energy of the dreams you wish to manifest.
Experience saying: “I bless the beauty of this flower;
What blue eyes he has; I love the ocean; I love the tree and the
tree loves me; Thank you for another special day; I love the warmth of
the sun; Love is good; I like the colors of the rainbow.”
This is called saturation blessing. See how many blessings you can make in a minute.
For each knot make a blessing of aloha or one that is a sign of what you wish to manifest.
Use your imagination and your senses to add images and feelings to your blessings.
You don’t have to use words just sit by the ocean and make dream knots.
When you wish to send off your blessing, you can untie the
string and release the knots with a gentle pull. Your blessings and your
dreams are now sent off into the universe.
The rainbow bracelet can be made over and over again. The loop
of string can also be used to make cat’s cradle or other string figures.
The making of string figure patterns have been found useful in
teaching, healing, creating and communicating in cultures all around the
world.
It is a symbol of the
thread, the aka cord that
connects us all
How To Make The Bracelet Of Rainbow Blessings
A loop is made by turning the right hand part of the string on
top of the left, then a part of the right hand string is pulled up
through the back of this loop, and by pulling slightly taut, a slip knot
is made; then more of the right hand string is pulled up through this
new loop and the hanging strings pulled tight and so on until a series
of knots are made and the bracelet is formed.
A knot is then tied with the remaining string to hold the circle together.
How To Make The String Figure Pulelehua,
(Prayer Flower)
1. Start by facing the palms of your hands together with
your fingers pointing up. Now loop the string around both the left and
right thumbs and extend by stretching your hands out so that the string
is tight.
2. With the little finger of your right hand pick up the
far right thumb string. Do the same with the little finger of your left
hand and extend.
3. Put loops on each thumb and little finger by taking a turn
around each little finger with far little finger string and a turn
around each thumb with near thumb string.
4. With each index pick up from below the little finger loop of the opposite hand.
5. With each ring finger pick up from below the thumb loop of the opposite hand and extend.
This figure is symbolic of a flower and the transformation of thoughts into answered prayers.
As the flower blossoms in the light, it reveals its center.
Hold the prayer flower as a symbolic gesture. Every time you
inhale imagine the bud of this flower slowly opening in your heart.
Symbolic Hand Gestures
Gesture of the Flower Bud
Make the prayer flower string figure and place the finger tips
of both hands together in a gesture similar to hands in prayer. This
gesture symbolizes our inner nature. It is symbolic of a prayer, a
silent meditation to the Higher Spirit.
Gesture of the Open Flower:
Make the prayer flower string figure holding it in the gesture
of the flower bud. Open the hands slowly until the bud of the flower is
completely open. Keep your thumbs and little fingers touching. This
gesture is symbolic of our heart that opens to spirit just as the flower
opens to the sun and receives the abundance that the universe has to
offer.
How To Do A String Figure Haipule:
A ritual of holding prayers
and creating new dreams
Begin by breathing deeply. Slowly make the string figure pattern
holding it in the gesture of the flower bud. Do pikopiko by inhaling
with your focus on your crown and exhaling with your focus on the
completed string figure.
Let the string figure represent your dream and energize it with happy thoughts.
Hold the string figure in the gesture of the open flower and
speak positive words or affirmations about the dream you wish to create.
Speak these words in the present tense as if they are already
happening e.g. I am free, loving, optimistic, I have wisdom, It is a
peaceful life. I love my new home.
Return to the gesture of the flower bud. Visualize with every
sense your dream and feel how it is to be living your dream with all the
pleasures it brings.
Dissolve the string figure and hold the string between your two
outstretched hands making a gesture that represents your joy and your
release of this prayer. Feel the relaxation in knowing that everything
will work out perfectly.
Whispers of Aloha
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