"And wherever [the native Hawaiian] went
he said 'Aloha'
in meeting or in parting.

'Aloha' was a recognition of life in another.

If there was life
there was mana, goodness and wisdom,
and if there was goodness and wisdom
there was a god-quality.

One had to recognize the 'god of life' in another
before saying 'Aloha,'
but this was easy.

Life was everywhere -- in the trees, the flowers,
the ocean, the fish, the birds,
the pili grass, the rainbow, the rock.

In all the world was life -- was god -- was Aloha :

Aloha in its gaiety,
joy, happiness, abundance.

Because of Aloha,
one gave without thought of return;

because of Aloha,
one had mana.

Aloha had its own mana.

It never left the giver
but flowed freely and continuously
between giver and receiver.

'Aloha' could not be
thoughtlessly or indiscriminately spoken,
for it carried its own power.

No Hawaiian could greet another with 'Aloha'
unless he felt it in his own heart.

If he felt anger or hate in his heart
he had to cleanse himself before he said . . .

Helena G. Allen, The Betrayal of Liliuokalani, Last Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917. (Mutual Publishing: Honolulu, 1982)