Huna principle four

Now Is the Moment of Power

Where are your thoughts right now?
Who are you in this present moment?

When you look back on your past experiences, can you see the lessons that were learned? Are you able to recognise the gifts each experience offered — and gently let go of everything else?

This is an important principle to come into awareness with:

Now is the moment of power.

This principle invites us to ask whether we are truly living in the present moment, or whether we are living from the momentum of the past. Are there thoughts that hold you in patterns of “if only” — if only I had done this differently, everything would be better now?

So often, we find ourselves wanting to relive moments that didn’t unfold as we had hoped, replaying them in our minds, imagining alternative outcomes. And yet, while our attention is held there, the present moment quietly passes by.

What is it that pulls you away from now?

This question opens the door to awareness. It allows us to notice the repeating stories we tell ourselves — the familiar narratives that can quietly limit us and keep us feeling stuck.

Each moment of our lives is a new moment, waiting to be lived fully from an awakened state of awareness. There is a freshness available here, a sense of newness that exists only in the present moment.

Now is the moment of power.
All that I am can be here, now.

It is in the present moment that we notice the beauty around us. It is where we can be fully in our hearts, connected to gratitude and presence. From here, we can observe our thoughts, feelings, and emotions with curiosity rather than judgement.

When we become a welcoming container for all of who we are — every emotion, every thought, every feeling — we stand in the quiet strength of awareness. Taking a deep breath… allowing ourselves to settle… we meet the moment as it is.

From this place of presence, we can meet whatever arises. Even in an unpredictable and messy world, we discover a steady confidence and inner resilience. We begin to release the need for things to be a certain way and instead trust ourselves and our experiences.

This is a place of power — one that keeps us active, present, and responsive, no matter what life brings.

We always have the ability to direct our attention. We can choose to gather the lessons from each experience and allow the rest to fall away, composting back into the richness of life. What we choose to plant in the next moment is up to us.

This moment of now is a gift — an invitation to simply be, and to continue the journey into deeper self-awareness and knowing.

This principle has supported me personally in clearing my own thoughts and returning to presence. It offers a simple check-in:
Who am I right now?
Where are my feet?
Where is my breath?

When I notice myself feeling unsettled or out of balance, I recognise that my mind has drifted — often into the past or an imagined future. There may be something there that feels difficult to release, a clinging to what is known, even when the unknown is calling.

And in that moment, I can pause. I can breathe. I can gently reorient my focus and ask: What am I moving toward? This allows me to reconnect with supportive self-talk and aligned action, guiding me forward on my path.

There is a story often told about circus elephants. When elephants are very young, they are restrained with a chain attached to a small wooden peg driven into the ground. As babies, they struggle and pull, but they are unable to free themselves. Over time, they learn that escape is impossible, and eventually they stop trying.

As the elephant grows — becoming one of the most powerful land animals on Earth — the same small peg and chain are used. Even though the elephant now has the strength to uproot a tree, it no longer attempts to break free. The belief formed early on still holds it in place.

This story invites us to ask:
Where in our own lives have we stopped trying because of a past experience?
What beliefs are we still living by that no longer reflect who we are today?

Virginia Woolf once wrote:

“The compensation of growing old [is] that the passions remain as strong as ever, but one has gained — at last! — the power which adds the supreme flavour to existence — the power of taking hold of experience, of turning it around, slowly, in the light.”

This is a beautiful reminder that insight can emerge through challenge. What might you begin to meet differently today?

What was, is not what is.

When we come fully into the present moment — connected to who we are now, not who we once were — we access our greatest capacity for change. From this place, new possibilities become available.

Now is the moment of power.

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