Getting to Know Your Subconscious Mind II

“The kahunas (Hawaiian priests) believed that by an action of mind a man can create additional energy to accumulate a surcharge of mana (life force energy) when needed. They felt that hard breathing would assist in creating this vital force. This theory is supported by our medical doctors, who have found that our food is digested and then changed to glycogen, or blood sugar. This is then oxidized with the oxygen we breathe and gives us our strength to live. Since the low self (subconscious mind) controls all our bodily functions, it can burn more blood sugar by taking in more air to create mana.”
William R. Glover, Huna: The Ancient Religion of Positive Thinking
 
Huna philosophy teaches that the subconscious mind has another essential function in addition to what we discussed in Getting to Know Your Subconscious Mind I. This is where Huna teachings deviate from traditional Psychology and things start to get exciting.

Huna teaches that the subconscious mind is responsible for energizing our systems, conscious, unconscious and superconscious. That means that the subconscious mind is responsible for gathering energy from the food we eat and the air we breathe and storing it for use by our three selves, subconscious, conscious and superconscious.

Huna teaches that the superconscious needs this lower vibrating energy from the subconscious in order to create and manifest for us in the lower vibrating energy of our 3D world. We’ll talk more about this fascinating concept in the next post on the conscious and superconscious.

For now, lets look at how the subconscious gathers energy. This happens without our conscious awareness. It is an automatic function of the subconscious mind to gather energy from the food we eat and the air we breathe. This energy supports the physical functions of the body as well as the functioning of the conscious mind.

Most importantly, we can ask the subconscious to gather and store surplus energy above what we need for normal functioning by verbally expressing our intent. This surplus energy may be used to support prayer, manifestation, healing, affirmations and whatever you wish to create in your life. It may also be used to support prayer and healing for others.

We support the subconscious to do this with deep breathing, giving the subconscious extra energy through our breath.
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This is where the magic of Huna happens and we’ll talk more about this as we learn about the functioning of the superconscious mind in our next two posts in Know Thyself. 


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Your Spiritual Toolbox

Today, start by intentionally gathering energy with deep breathing.

Out loud, ask your subconscious mind to gather surplus energy.

Huna teaches that women should visualize breathing up from Mother Earth through your feet, and men should visualize breathing down from Father Sun through the top of the head.

Now visualize the breath filling up your whole body as you breathe in deeply and exhale.

With each breath fill your body up until it overflows like a fountain.

I like to use my hands and arms in a gesture like pulling the energy up through my body with each breath and over the top of my head.

Give yourself 20-40 (or more) breaths  until you feel and visualize the energy fountaining up out of the top of your head.
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Now thank your subconscious mind and ask it to use this surplus energy to support you to feel alert and energized today.
 
*Exercise adapted from Letters on Huna
​by Dr. E. Otha Wingo