Mēnā he wā e karangatia ana mātou kia tū mārō i roto i tō tātou “Whakapono”, me te “Pono ki ō tātou whakapono ki te “Raweke a te Wairua Nui”, ināianei tonu. Kei a tātau te kaha hei momo tangata huihuinga, ki te kawe mai i tētahi “Raupapa Ao Hou”. E tonoa ana mātou kia whakatū i tētahi ao e arotahi ana, e tūpono ana ki tētahi momo tangata tangata, tika hoki. Te haapiihia nei tatou ia faaoho i to tatou aravihi ia haapa’o maitai i te mau parau tumu e titau nei i te aroha, te here here, te parau-ti’a, te aifaitoraa, e te hoê oraraa tamau e tautokona na roto i te faaiteraa i te mau faufaa o te fenua.
Kāore au i te kite me pēhea e taea ai e tātau te whakatere i ngā āhuatanga o ā mātou pūnaha tōrangapū i roto i tētahi wiriwiri hauora, me te kore “Whakapono” e hiahiatia ana ehara i te whakapono noa iho ki ngā kupu, engari he “Whakapono” e kore e taea te whakatere i te mana me te mana o tō tātau “Whakapono”. E mōhio ana ahau me whakaū tō tātau kaha hei tangata tika i roto i tētahi whanaungatanga ki te “Wairua Nui” koia tō tātou manawa ora. E kite ana ahau i a “Fatih” he wāhi tapu i roto i te maha o o tātau whakapono whakapono e whakaatu ana i tō tātau māramatanga tangata he miro noa iho e here ana i a tātau ki tētahi whanaungatanga tata atu, ngātahi ake hoki. Ka tupu te whakapono i roto i te hōhonutanga, te hāngaitanga, me te mana ina noho hei mahi, hei tikanga noho i tō tātou oranga.
Mēnā ka ngana ahau ki te kimi miro o te māramatanga me te hononga i waenganui i ngā kīanga whakapono pēnei i te Karaitiana, te Islam, me te Buddhism, tērā pea ko aua miro ko te Whakawhirinaki ki ngā kī taurangi a te Atua me te hāngai ki ngā tikanga a te Karaiti o te “Aroha Radical”: Ko te Islam ko te “Whakapono” e tuku ana ki te hiahia o te Atua; ā, i roto i te Buddhism ko te “Whakapono” he whāinga ki te haere i te ara ki te whakamāramatanga – ehara i te mea mō ia anake, engari mō ngā mea katoa. Ko ēnei huānga o te “Whakapono”, te whakawhirinaki, te tīaroaro, te tuku ki te “Wairua Nui” me te whāinga ki te rapu i te mārama, ko ngā “Māngai o te Huringa” ka taea te whakaora i tō tātau tangata. Ahakoa ko te toi o te “kimi i te whenua ngātahi” ko te “Whakapono i roto i te Mahi”.

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