"ALOHA" is the most popular Hawaiian word known and spoken around the world. The Hawaiian word "Aloha" is among the most sacred and powerful of all Hawaiian words. Speaking it over time is said to have the power to transform one's attitude, heal one's negative emotions, and help to protect and guide one's lifetime journey.
ALOHA is a Hawaiian word meaning; "Hello, Goodbye, Love, Compassion, Welcome and Good Wishes ..." What is the true meaning of the "Hawaiian Aloha Spirit" ..? The Hawaiian Aloha Spirit like Love itself is beyond any total description of words yet like a Sunrise, Aloha must be experienced, felt within and then passed on to others. The letters of the Hawaiian word A-L-O-H-A help us to rememeber:
(A) AKAHAI [ Ah kah hai' ] (careful offering) In Hawaiian translated to mean: kindness, modesty, gentleness, unpretentiousness, being unassuming, unobtrusive, tenderness...
(L) LOKAHI [ Loh' kah hee ] (to obtain oneness) In Hawaiian translated to mean: unity, agreement, accord, unison, harmony...
(O) `OLU'OLU [ Oh' loo oh' loo ] (cool, refreshing) In Hawaiian translated to mean: agreeable, pleasantness, amiability, contentment, happiness, graciousness, congeniality, cordiality, affability...
(H) HA'AHA'A [ Hah' ah hah' ah ] (low) In Hawaiian translated to mean: humility, humbleness, self-effacing, modesty...
(A) AHONUI [ Ah hoh nui' ] (great breath) In Hawaiian translated to mean: patience, perseverance, endurance, long suffering, tolerance...
Another Hawaiian word which embraces the True Meaning of the word Aloha is: LOKOMAIKA'I ( pronounced: Loh koh mai' kah ee ) which in Hawaiian is translated to mean: "the good inside, good will, good disposition, generosity, grace, kindness, humanity, benevolence, beneficence" and last but not least; "Loving Kindness..."
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