Puʻuhonua

Place of refuge
Sanctuary
Asylum
Place of peace
Place of safety
Kūlanakauhale puʻuhonua
Cities of refugee

I’ve been asking myself these questions lately

What does safety feel like to you?
How do you create safe space for yourself?
How do you create safe space for others?
How do you create safe space for your children and young ones?
How do you create safe space for women?
What did safety look and feel like for our ancestors?
How did they create and care for that space?
Do you know the rituals and ceremonies of the old ones?
How much discipline are you going to put into learning, researching, and restoring?
How are we going to protect ourselves and our kama from this society?
How?
How?
How?

Call upon the knowledge keepers
Set the paepae pōhaku, the four corner stones
Gather the pou, the sacred pillars
Prepare the kaula, the fiber that binds
Bundle the lā‘ī and secure the malu
Carve the ki’i and set the prayers
Place the offerings on the altar
Know and trust
Reclaim and restore

It is time
It has been time