Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii 2006
Lesson of Humility
In May of 2006, as a Twin Flame, Tom and I were entering our fifth year together in this lifetime. Unaware of the lesson of humility, our journey took us to Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. The master students asked me to teach a two-week retreat in Maui. I created binders of class information, which I had planned to cover while we were on our journey. As we walked amongst the Banyan Tree, my foot got caught on a tree root, and I fell. Immediately, I began to cry and felt embarrassed. I was holding one of those binders when I fell, and as I hit the ground, I fell on my left wrist backward. A good Samaritan called 911. When the police came, my students were all huddled around me. Not knowing if my left wrist was broken or sprained, I asked my students to muscle test if it was for my highest potential, aligned with my highest possibility, within the divine infinite field of all possibilities for me to go to the hospital.
It was beautiful to see the Hawaiian police step back and allow me the freedom to make my own decision on how I would handle this situation. My students’ muscle testing informed me I had a sprain. Most police in that situation would insist I go to the hospital to have things checked out. After all, I was an older woman lying on the ground crying. My tears were an instant release of my soul’s trauma, which is a good thing. My lesson of humility allowed me to see my students as equal to me, and my students saw the teacher within themselves as being equivalent to the teacher within me.
Symbolism of a Banyan Tree
A bridge between the human, natural and spiritual worlds, banyan trees are living altars and a link between the past, present, and future. It is a symbol of life, longevity, stability, and growth and vitality.
After all the commotion settled down, I asked Tom to take me to the bathrooms so I could freshen up. As Tom and I left, my students decided to meditate inside the Banyan Tree energy. One of my students began to tone aloud.
With their eyes closed, all of my students heard someone in the background toning back to my students, who first began to tone. The way the students described the experience to me, I imagined Puccini’s La Bohemian - O soave, where two strangers meet and fall in love at first sight. Don’t mind me; I have a wild imagination.
Here is what actually happened:
After a few times back and forth, my students opened their eyes to see who was toning along with them. This Hawaiian man told my students he was a cruise ship entertainer, and the song he was singing back to my students was an ancient 500 - year - old healing song given to him by his people. He began to walk away, not once but twice; he said, “Too bad you won’t be here next week. I could take you on a private spiritual tour of Maui” as he introduced himself as Richard. We all looked at each other and smiled. We told him we were here for two weeks and we happened to be free next week for a private tour. We made plans for the following Tuesday for the tour. He quoted us $80 US each for the tour, and we were all okay with that. When he came to pick us up, we asked him when he wanted us to pay him. He said, “we will take care of that later.”
The first stop going up the mountain road was buying gas. Again, we offered to pay Richard so he could use it for gas. And again, he said, “we would take care of that later.” Next, he made an impromptu stop around a mountain bend where you could pull the vehicle over to the side. He got out his ukulele and entertained us with his version of Elvis. He was surprisingly good at it. After visiting a beautiful gift store at the top of the mountain, he took us to the ocean. He said he knew who we were and asked if all of us could give him a healing. We felt honored to provide him with healing. Richard stood proud and straight with tears running down his face as we did our intentions and toning. He said, “Thank you! I just let go of the burden of my people.” We weren’t quite sure what all that meant, but he looked much better than when we started with the healing.
Pioneer Inn, Lahaina, Maui,
This is the place where Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy could be themselves, two people where love was endless!
Hepburn later said, Spencer was the best man I ever knew!” And Tracy told the press he never been happier in his life as he is now!
By this time, all of us were hungry. Richard took us back to the Banyan Tree area. He asked us to join him for dinner at Pap’aina Restaurant, the outside patio restaurant, at the Pioneer Inn, where Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn had their love affair. There were seven of us that were seated around this huge round table. We all noticed when the servers came around Richard to serve him, the servers would always make sure their backs were never facing him and would bow. After dinner, we tried to pay Richard again, and he insisted we were his guests. “Thank you for what you did for me and my people”, he said.
Our curiosity was piqued even more; a few of the woman from our group caught one of the servers in the hallway and asked, “Why is everyone bowing to our tour guide?” The server said, “Richard would have been the rightful king of our people if the Americans hadn’t taken over our island in 1898 when President William McKinley annexed Hawaii.
It turned out that Richard’s grandmother was Lili’ uokalani, the first and only reigning Hawaiian queen and the last Hawaiian sovereign to govern the islands. On that day, my students and I witnessed a king weeping in front of us, with honor and integrity, and his heart filled with unconditional love for his people. Richard’s authenticity reflects how much other people loved and honored him and how humbled he was in reflection of the greater whole.