Change We Must My Spiritual Journey

Nana Veary was born in 1908 and reared by her Hawaiian elders in an environment where language, fishing, healng, building, and all aspects of life were firmly rooted in nature. It was a Hawai'i in which children planted by the moon and strangers were greeted with reverence. It was a Hawai''i where

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birds, clouds and stones spoke as clearly as people, because the silent language of nature was profoundly understood. In Nana Veary's childhood, we see values and a culture we attempt to recapture today. A place and a people we long to know again.

In Change We Must, Nana Veary describes how here family, surroundings, and the ways of an innately spiritual people shaped a lifetime search for the truth. At the core, binding the threads of the story, is the practice of silence and a strong belief in its power. From her canoe-builder grandfather, who used only the trees selected by a native forest bird, to her Christian mother, who chanted in Hawaiian to the fish, she is set on course at an early age. Wlhen she meets Science of Mind founder Ernest Holmes, and later Zen master Tanouye Tenshin, she is led home from a long journey that encompasses many disciplines and continents.

It is this journey that unfolds in these pages. Weaving stories and images from her childhood with metaphysical truths that can be applied practically to daily life, Nana shares in this book the plenitude of her wisdom and love. It was not easy for her, a deeply private person, to recreate and reveal her life. Yet, in typicaly Hawaiian fashion, she embraces us in these pages with a generosity and grace that heal us and guide us home.

'Seek to enjoy and not to possess.'-Nana Veary

Nana embodies Hawai'i's ancient, magical spirit, from its sulfurlous, boiing center to the fragrances of its flowers. As Hawai'i's breezes caress and her waters heal, so do Nana's long, strong, loving hugs connect one with the vast beauties of life.-Richard Chamberlain, Actor

In an age of disconnectedness and alienaton, Nana is a living reminder of the wisdom and power available to those who live in harmony with creation. Her smile radiates the compassion of God. Like Mt. Olomana, the site of one of her revelations, Nana's presence towers over the landscape and birings strength and hope to all who know her.-Father Clarence Liu, Vicar General, Catholic Dliocese of Honolulu

Nana constantly practices aloha. Even with her great treasury of human experiences, she is so humble. She assists so many anonymously, and there is comfort to be in her space. Knowing her is a gift.-Alvin Shim, Attorny

Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword
ntroduction
My Hawai'i
Reverence for life
Working with nature
Boundless faith
The happiest time
The metaphysical world
God loves you, I love ou
Manifestation
Changes
Silent retreats
Aloha at Chozen-jji

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