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In spite of doubt, oli on (week one)

 "Yet despite fear and doubt, wrote Rollo May in The Courage to Create , we must make the leap, plunge in, begin. "The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one," he points out. "Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of doubt ."" - from Myth & Moor OR "A huge thing in ritual (is) ... If you haven't identified the sacrifice, you have left that to the universe." - Kekuhi Kanaka'ole Kanahele, from my notes Oli Honua Workshop, April, 2021 Spring has come to Whidbey Island. Bright sun. Warm Days. Starry nights with the brilliant Ku phases of the Moon to remind us our ancestors are watching.  Yesterday was one of those bet-we'll-remember-this sort of days. It began in the morning with my first live oli (chant) zoom session. Fridays (yesterday) are live chant times with Kekuhi Kanaka'ole Kanahele from Panaewa on the island of Hawaii.  All week long I have been wat

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