May 5, 2019

~ islanddave

My nephew PJ and his wife Jamie welcome the birth of their son Jack (John Finley Ransone) at 1 a.m. today! Congratulations and best wishes!

My daily sunrise walk is the Makaha beach, not quite a 1/2 mile long. From time to time I spy a turtle swimming just off shore, some mornings poking its head out of the water others I see it make a move to crawl onto the beach. This particular morning it made it quite far.

After breakfast a short hike around nearby Turtle Rock, visible from my lanai.

From the hike drive back past the condo 3 miles to Kaneana Cave.

The opening of the cave was widened by the army during WWII damaging its natural form.
There are many ancient legends that tell about the cave’s history. One legend tells that it was here where mankind was born, from the womb of the earth goddess. That’s why the cave is called Kaneana (Cave of Kane), named after Kane, the god of creation.
https://www.to-hawaii.com/oahu/ancientsites/kaneanacave.php

Inside the cave, looking up at the line of rock running from the ceiling to the floor is what is described as the line of the spine. The cave has 2 openings, one above going a short distance to an open area and sunlight and the other below going down and out to the ocean. I think how the womb and the parasympathetic half of the central nervous system, are represented by the cave, the “spine” and the 2 openings. Thoughts too of mother earth-father sky creation stories.

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