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HAWAIIAN MAGIC
was because the Kahunas were very wise. They were a simple people-a strong people-and their minds were also strong. The Kahunas knew that if they gave these people many commandments like the rest of the world had, they would cause much misery, sickness, disease and poverty. Therefore, because of their wisdom, they gave the one commandment: HARM NO ONE, OR NOTHING, WITH HATRED. When the Hawaiians of old killed their fish for food, they killed for self-preservation. They did not hate, therefore, they did not sin. In killing the plant life, the living cells, to make their garments, they did not sin, for they did not hate. They loved the plants and they loved the garments made from the plants. They killed with self-preservation and with love and understanding as taught to them by the Kahunas. In the Commandment, "Thou shalt not kill," there are no if's, but's or and's. It just says, "Thou shalt not kill." We kill thousands of living germs that we breathe in every few seconds. All day long we are killing. We kill everything first before we eat it. We kill bugs, roaches, flies; etc. It is very easy to break such a Commandment. It was difficult for the Hawaiians of old to break their single commandment. Their leaders were wise and did not complex the minds of their people, which made them very happy.