THE LAW OF ATTRACTION
Heal Your Self & Broken Families with Ho'oponopono
Morrnah Simeona, photo from http://www.hooponopono.org
According to Joe Vitale, "Few know there is an ancient Hawaiian system for health, wealth and well being. It was passed from kahunas, known as "keepers of the secret," to disciples throughout Hawaiian history. In the 1970s a new form of it became popular when an unknown therapist used it to help heal an entire prison ward of mentally ill criminals. That therapist never wrote about the method, called ho'oponopono, though he gave private workshops on it. This new Hawaiian method removes inner blocks, called memories, to experiencing inspiration, what the kaunas call the Divine.
This method is based on reconnecting with the Divine through love. While ho'oponopono offers dozens of ways to clear those inner blocks to hearing the Divine, at the heart of it is the phrase "I love you." Those three words helps transmute stuck energies and allow them to dissolve into a pure connection with the Divine.
In Ho'oponopono, all change happens inside. When you perceive a problem out there, you don't try to change "out there." Instead, you work on the issue within yourself. As you do, the outer actually begins to change. This is how the therapist healed criminals. He didn't change them; he changed himself. As he changed, they magically got better. Ho'oponopono has been used to heal everything from psychological to physical problems, with no apparent limitations. After all, any limitation, according to this Hawaiian system, is a memory in the way of experiencing the Divine. When you connect to the Divine, there are no limits. In fact, there are Zero Limits."
Pukui described ho'oponopono as a practice of extended family members meeting to try to "make right" broken family relations ("making right" is the literal translation of the Hawaiian term). Traditional ho’oponopono sessions include "prayer, discussion, confession, repentance, mutual restitution, and forgiveness" (Cody, 1974, p. 207).
In the 1980s, Morrnah Simeona developed what she called an updated and streamlined version of ho'oponopono that is practiced by the individual alone. Her practice continues to be taught by her students in Hawai'i, including Ramsay Taum, and Ihaleakala Hew Len, Ph.D. According to Hew Len, ho'oponopono is a Hawaiian healing process based on the principles of total responsibility, and taking responsibility for everyone's actions. He suggests if one would take complete responsibility for one's life, then everything one would see, hear, taste, touch, or in any way experience is one's responsibility because it is in one's life. Total Responsibility advocates that everything exists as a projection from inside the human being.
This method is based on reconnecting with the Divine through love. While ho'oponopono offers dozens of ways to clear those inner blocks to hearing the Divine, at the heart of it is the phrase "I love you." Those three words helps transmute stuck energies and allow them to dissolve into a pure connection with the Divine.
In Ho'oponopono, all change happens inside. When you perceive a problem out there, you don't try to change "out there." Instead, you work on the issue within yourself. As you do, the outer actually begins to change. This is how the therapist healed criminals. He didn't change them; he changed himself. As he changed, they magically got better. Ho'oponopono has been used to heal everything from psychological to physical problems, with no apparent limitations. After all, any limitation, according to this Hawaiian system, is a memory in the way of experiencing the Divine. When you connect to the Divine, there are no limits. In fact, there are Zero Limits."
Pukui described ho'oponopono as a practice of extended family members meeting to try to "make right" broken family relations ("making right" is the literal translation of the Hawaiian term). Traditional ho’oponopono sessions include "prayer, discussion, confession, repentance, mutual restitution, and forgiveness" (Cody, 1974, p. 207).
In the 1980s, Morrnah Simeona developed what she called an updated and streamlined version of ho'oponopono that is practiced by the individual alone. Her practice continues to be taught by her students in Hawai'i, including Ramsay Taum, and Ihaleakala Hew Len, Ph.D. According to Hew Len, ho'oponopono is a Hawaiian healing process based on the principles of total responsibility, and taking responsibility for everyone's actions. He suggests if one would take complete responsibility for one's life, then everything one would see, hear, taste, touch, or in any way experience is one's responsibility because it is in one's life. Total Responsibility advocates that everything exists as a projection from inside the human being.
The problem isn't with our external reality, it is with ourselves and to change our reality, we have to change ourselves. That's some pretty powerful mojo.
I admit there are portions of the manner in which Joe interprets and presents the information of total responsibility in the above video that are limited. As with the Law of Attraction, it only considers a portion of Universal Laws, and it can be misunderstood as having to be responsibile for another person's actions. For example, to say that you and I are responsible for some random drive by shooting, or if you or I were raped as children, how is it that we are responsible for these things? I think he misses a big part of the teaching here.
I was taught a similar process by one of my Native American mentors. In fact, I have been taught a similar philosophy from multiple Native Elders. It is based in indigenous healing traditions that have existed for thousands of years. There is more to it and I won't go into it in this article. I just wanted to introduce folks to the concept. Take what you can use from what is presented here and leave the rest...for now.
Joe Vitale suggests two proven ways to heal yourself (or anyone else) of anything you notice, based on principles of ho'oponopono. Remember that what you see in another is also in you, so all healing is self-healing. No one else has to do these processes but you. The entire world is literally in your hands. This process was first brought to the popular audience about 7 or 8 years ago, but as with all good things, it does not grow old. The system itself is an ancient, ancestral one and predates the Secret and Law of Attraction phenomenon by possibly thousands of years.
First, this is the prayer Morrnah Simeona (the woman who developed the contemporary approach to this ancient ancestral tradition) said to help heal hundreds if not thousands of people. It's simple but powerful:
"Divine creator, father, mother, son as one ... If I, my family, relatives and ancestors have offended you, your family, relatives and ancestors in thoughts, words, deeds and actions from the beginning of our creation to the present, we ask your forgiveness ... Let this cleanse, purify, release, cut all the negative memories, blocks, energies and vibrations and transmute these unwanted energies to pure light ... And it is done."
Second, the way Dr. Hew Len likes to heal is to first say "I'm sorry" and "Please forgive me." You say this to acknowledge that something - without you knowing what it is - has gotten into your body/mind system. You have no idea how it got there. You don't need to know, either. It is part of your data bank, filed away somewhere with unknown origins.
Whatever your issue or condition is, you simply caught the program that is making you that way. By saying "I'm sorry," you are telling the Divine that you want forgiveness inside yourself for whatever brought it to you. You're not asking the Divine to forgive you; you're asking the Divine to help you forgive yourself.
From there, you say "I love you" and "Thank you."
The "I love you" transmutes the energy from stuck to flowing. It reconnects you to the Divine. Since the zero state is one of pure love, and has zero limits, you are beginning to get to that state by expressing love. When you follow that statement with "Thank you," you are expressing gratitude. You are showing your faith that the issue will be resolved for the highest good of all concerned.
So the powerful mantra is "I love you, I'm sorry, please forgive me, thank you." Or some variation on the theme; I have heard it said in different configurations.Light a white candle and meditate on your current condition, the one that has you blocked. Start with Morrnah's prayer above and then repeat the mantra and direct it to the Divine of your understanding. The keys are love and gratitude. The process is to be in love and gratitude during your meditation, and eventually at all times. These are the two states of mind and being that are the road openers to a better, more fulfilling life.
What happens next is up to the Divine. You may be inspired to take action of some sort. Whatever it is, do it. If you aren't sure about the action to take, use this same healing method on your confusion. When you are clear, you'll know what to do.
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References Akana, C. L. (2002). Kahuna Ho'opunipuni Letters of 1863. The Hawaiian Journal of History 36, p. 3. Chai, M. R. (2007). Hawaiian Massage Lomilomi: Sacred Touch of Aloha, Hawaiian Insights. Chai, M. R. (2005). Na Mo'olelo Lomilomi: The Traditions of Hawaiian Massage & Healing, Bishop Museum Press. Cody, W. (1974). Psychiatry in Hawaii: A Short History, Hawaii Med J. 33(6), pp. 207-10. Handy, E. S. C. and Pukui, M. K. (1958). The Polynesian Family System in Ka'u, Hawai'i. Pukui, M. K., Haertig, L. (1972). Nana i ke Kumu, Vol. 2, Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center. Vitale, J. and Ihaleakala Hew L. (2007). Zero Limits, Wiley. |
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