One can experience, as a visitor of Hawaii Island, the subtle energies and spirit of the ancestors through loving-harmonious feelings through the heart or through dreams – either dreaming on the Island or from oceans away. We can dream Hawaii as Hawaii dreams – for us – a dreaming ecology. 

The land, water, nature life and subtle energies of Hawaii have healed and guided so many visitors. Let us learn to dream not only for ourselves and others but also for Hawaii, learning to protect Hawaii, for generations to come – for the children and our children's children. I hope to see you in Hawaii some day at one of our Dreaming Hawaii Retreats.

The King Kamehameha Statue was cast in 1888, lost at sea, and then recovered and erected at Kapaau. His actual birthplace 20.255582,-155.882818 was a few miles away in the Kohala Historical Sites State Monument, a remote area not easily accessible. June 11 is the State holiday Kamehameha Day, celebrated by a parade through the town. – Wikipedia

Kamehameha I (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kəmehəˈmɛhə]; c. 1758 – May 8, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great, conquered the Hawaiian Islands and formally established the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi in 1810... Kamehameha is remembered for the Kānāwai Māmalahoe, the "Law of the Splintered Paddle", which protects human rights of non-combatants in times of battle. Kamehameha's full Hawaiian name is Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kauʻi Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea. – Wikipedia

In ancient Hawai‘i, the spirits communicated with the living in dreams. People prayed for help from their akua, their gods, and their ‘aumȁkua, their ancestral guardians, and within dream they often received guidance. More recent accounts of aid given by the ‘aumȁkua in dreams are numerous. 
– Caren Loebel-Fried, Hawaiian Legends of Dreams


The King Kamehameha Statue, Kapaau, HI.

 A most influential dream is the hō'ike na ka pō, a dream that is a "revelation of the night" and often interpreted as a prophecy. Sometimes a visitor comes to the dreamer as a husband or wife, called kāne o kapō or or wahine o kapō. A dream may deliver a special name to a child, called an inoa pō, a "name from the night." Some dreams come on their own (kupu wale), while other dreams are premeditated (no'ono'o mua). 
– Caren Loebel-Fried, Hawaiian Legends of Dreams
Photo from land at Hawaiian Island Retreat, Kapaau, HI.

To understand dreaming in Hawaii it may help to study the beautiful, concise Hawaiian language of dreams such as researched by Caren Loebel-Fried from books, unpublished manuscripts and transcriptions of elder interviews she found in the Bishop Museum Archives and reported in her book Hawaiian Legends of Dreams.

The Hawaiian word for dream, moe'uhane, litteraly means "soul sleep." But in the days of old Hawai'i, people believed the spirit wandered rather than slept during dreams. Through the tear duct, called the lua'uhane, or "soul pit," the spirt slipped out and traveled great distances, having adventures while the body slept. 
– Caren Loebel-Fried, Hawaiian Legends of Dreams
Photo at Hawaiian Island Retreat, Kapaau, HI.