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How to Practice Ho’oponopono in Four Simple Steps
Have you heard of the Hawaiian therapist who cured an entire
ward of criminally insane patients, without ever meeting any of
them or spending a moment in the same room? It’s not a joke. The
therapist was Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len. He reviewed each of the
patients’ files, and then he healed them by healing himself. The
amazing results seem like a miracle, but then miracles do happen
when you use Ho’oponopono, or Dr. Len’s updated version called
Self I-Dentity Through Ho’oponopono (SITH). I had the pleasure
of attending one of his lectures a few years ago and started
practicing Ho’oponopono immediately. The results are often
astounding. Do you need a miracle?
What you might wish to understand is how this can possibly work.
How can you heal yourself and have it heal others? How can you
even heal yourself?
Why would it affect anything “out there”? The secret is there is
no such thing as “out there” – everything happens to you in your
mind. Everything you see, everything you hear, every person you
meet, you experience in your mind. You only think it’s “out
there” and you think that absolves you of responsibility. In
fact it’s quite the opposite: you are responsible for everything
you think, and everything that comes to your attention. If you
watch the news, everything you hear on the news is your
responsibility. That sounds harsh, but it means that you are
also able to clear it, clean it, and through forgiveness change
it.
There are four simple steps to this method, and the order is not
that important. Repentance, Forgiveness, Gratitude and Love are
the only forces at work – but these forces have amazing power.
The best part of the updated version of Ho’oponopono is you can
do it yourself, you don’t need anyone else to be there, you
don’t need anyone to hear you. You can “say” the words in your
head. The power is in the feeling and in the willingness of the
Universe to forgive and love.
Step 1: Repentance – I’M SORRY
As I mention above, you are responsible for everything in your
mind, even if it seems to be “out there.” Once you realize that,
it’s very natural to feel sorry. I know I sure do. If I hear of
a tornado, I am so full of remorse that something in my
consciousness has created that idea. I’m so very sorry that
someone I know has a broken bone that I realize I have caused.
This realization can be painful, and you will likely resist
accepting responsibility for the “out there” kind of problems
until you start to practice this method on your more obvious “in
here” problems and see results.
So choose something that you already know you’ve caused for
yourself? Over-weight? Addicted to nicotine, alcohol or some
other substance? Do you have anger issues? Health problems?
Start there and say you’re sorry. That’s the whole step: I’M
SORRY. Although I think it is more powerful if you say it more
clearly: “I realize that I am responsible for the (issue) in my
life and I feel terrible remorse that something in my
consciousness has caused this.”
Step 2: Ask Forgiveness – PLEASE FORGIVE ME
Don’t worry about who you’re asking. Just ask! PLEASE FORGIVE
ME. Say it over and over. Mean it. Remember your remorse from
step 1 as you ask to be forgiven.
Step 3: Gratitude – THANK YOU
Say “THANK YOU” – again it doesn’t really matter who or what
you’re thanking. Thank your body for all it does for you. Thank
yourself for being the best you can be. Thank God. Thank the
Universe. Thank whatever it was that just forgave you. Just keep
saying THANK YOU.
Step 4: Love – I LOVE YOU
This can also be step 1. Say I LOVE YOU. Say it to your body,
say it to God. Say I LOVE YOU to the air you breathe, to the
house that shelters you. Say I LOVE YOU to your challenges. Say
it over and over. Mean it. Feel it. There is nothing as powerful
as Love.
That’s it. The whole practice in a nutshell. Simple and
amazingly effective.
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