'MAKAI'
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Submitted by: Pam Brooks
Created: April 24, 1996, 1:22 p.m. HST
Kaua'i, like a beautiful flower floating in the ocean is known
as the Garden Isle. Kaua'i means many things to many people. Some claim,
that here, you can go through great karmic growth spurts in true digital
fashion. Intense learning experiences compressed into lightening-fast passages
of time. WHO knows???
There are two words that the Hawaiians use to very concisely describe the
geographical experience of being on an island like Kaua'i. One is 'mauka',
meaning towards the mountain. The other is 'makai', meaning towards the
ocean.
For me, Kaua'i has been a definite 'makai' experience. It began in a tiny
Hawaiian shack; on a small, secluded beach; with it's own beautiful, little
waterfall; three years after I came to Kaua'i. Two sweet years later; right
after we flew over the circular rainbow; my personal embodiment of the 'makai'
experience became part of the actual essence of Kaua'i. (Spirit)
Part of my heart will now always be part of Kaua'i's beautiful mountains,
beaches, ocean, fish, rainbows, birds, flowers, people, waterfalls........................................
aloha,
from Pam Brooks
at the Cyber Cafe,
Kaua'i, Hawaii
