Deborah Luckett is correct that “basically almost anything in Hawaii could be defined as sacred” (“Almost anything in Hawaii can be ‘sacred’,” Sept. 11).

Within Hawaiian culture, Ha, the Breath of Life, one’s life force, is considered sacred. So the problem is not that Mauna Kea is being desecrated, but that this life force is not fully understood by those who want to protect the mauna. The Breath of Life is equally within as it is without (surrounding) all forms of life — all the same, nothing lower, nothing higher. Equal. As such, all lands and oceans, and all life within these bodies of land and water, contain this life force, a force that’s unchangeable and eternal. Ha. Division and conflict arise when this is not known. For this reason, Mauna Kea, as it has always been, shall, for years to come, be untainted and untouched by man and his telescopes.

Darcianne Ernce

Kailua

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