Being that it is now the season of gift giving... Perhaps the greatest gift that one could bestow upon another, is the ultimate form of forgiveness and personal responsibility called Ho'Oponopono. Give it to yourself and you are giving it to another. Nobody lives in a vacuum. We are defined by that which is reflected back to us and called 'the world'. We live only in relationship and the ultimate relationship is Love. We give to you today the words of an ancient Hawaiian prayer and it is completely free with no strings attached. BUT... you must be the DOER of it. Nobody else can do it for you.
About ten years ago, I learned a light-trance, hypnotic technique called Ho'oponopono. It is a nice visualization and reconciliation process, but I was fascinated with the name and I Goolgle'd it. The only thing that came up was the article I am posting below which has very little to do with the hypnotherapy technique, but I am grateful for it leading me to this understanding. Below the article we have taken the liberty to more accurately define the four parts of the prayer. We also have discussed this on our most recent
radio show, Casual Conversations on Consciousness . This is a practice of using the highest level of consciousness which is called the Seventh Eye of God which comes from a lecture that we posted
"The Seven Eyes of God" . Joe Vitale, of The Secret, wrote a book about his experience with Dr. Hew Len and Ho'Oponopono called Zero Limits which is worthy of your time and attention.
So, with all our Love, Happy Holidays
HO'OPONOPONO by Joe Vitale
Two years ago, I heard about a therapist in Hawaii who cured a complete ward of criminally insane patients--without ever seeing any of them. The psychologist would study an inmate's chart and then look within himself to see how he created that person's illness. As he improved himself, the patient improved.
When I first heard this story, I thought it was an urban legend. How could anyone heal anyone else by healing himself? How could even the best self-improvement master cure the criminally insane? It didn't make any sense. It wasn't logical, so I dismissed the story.
However, I heard it again, a year later I heard that the therapist had used a Hawaiian healing process called Ho'oponopono I had never heard of it, yet I couldn't let it leave my mind. If the story was at all true, I had to know more. I had always understood "total responsibility" to mean that I am responsible for what I think and do. Beyond that, it's out of my hands. I think that most people think of total responsibility that way. We're responsible for what we do, not what anyone else does--but that's wrong.