Healing with Ho oponopono

Ho'oponopono is thought of as a way to forgive and that is true. But the practice goes beyond forgiveness. It helps you clean your subconscious mind so you can better see through the eyes of the Divine within you.

These wrongs may be things like not taking good care of ourselves, or words and actions carried out from a negative spirit instead of love. It is a way to clear unconscious programming so we can see clearly and be at peace.

The theory behind hooponopono is that when we forgive others, we forgive ourselves. It is believed that inside our unconconscious minds we carry all the significant people in our lives. These include our ancestors as well as people from other relationships.

This belief is supported by the findings of Dr. Dietrich Klinghart. He explains in the five levels of healing that ancestral issues up to three generations back seem to affect our health, and that clearing these issues has had profound healing effects.

It has also been suggested that we carry the entire history of humanity at an unconscious level. The field of epigenetics teaches that consciousness affects genes and this change can be passed to future generations.

When we label something as a problem, it indicates that there's a block, programming or limitation within us. We give it meaning and that makes it worse.

The only reason it's perceived as a problem is because we are there observing it and judging it as a problem. We view life through past memories playing in the subconscious. This causes problems. If you can detach from a perceived problem a little bit, and acknowledge that you don't know where it came from, this is a good start.

Patterns come up again and again to give us another opportunity to clear it. If you notice you have a particular area where there's a recurring pattern, it's trying to get your attention. Once you learn the lesson, the pattern will disappear.You can use ho oponopono or other clearing techniques to accomplish this.

Dr. Hew Len

As Dr. Len read about his patients, and negative feelings arose within himself, he cleaned and erased those feeling within himself using ho oponopono.

He took full responsibility for his feelings of repulsion, anger, and shame. He believed that the anger and repulsion he felt was being created in the patient.

As he erased these negative emotions within himself, the patients got better. Over a period of three years every patient gradually improved until each one was considered to be rehabilitated and was released.

The Two Premises of Ho' oponopono

If you create your own reality, then anything in your awareness is something you created. If you have a relationship problem, or get cut off in traffic, then you helped create it. This is true whether the happening is considered good, bad or indifferent.

The second premise of ho oponopono is that peace begins with me. When someone else is "clean", s/he comes in peace. The memories are freed up and you can see clearly through the eyes of the Divine in you. Others are free to heal naturally as a result.

Ho oponpono prayers are an on-going process. You can say them before any situation and throughout the day to keep yourself clear and open to Divine inspiration.

The Ho'oponopono Process

Begin the healing with ho oponopono process, by accepting full responsibility for what you are feeling and what is happening in your life.

Then ask the Divine very prayerfully to erase the feelings. You can add in other words to the four statements or just say these. What is important is your intent. Keep repeating the statements until you feel clear.

You acknowledge and talk to the Source within that can do the clearing for you. Divine energy transmutes the problem into pure energy. This is called coming back to "zero" or the point of clarity and freedom that is your true origin. Express gratitude for the help.

I don't know what part of me created this patient and what he did. Please erase it. Please forgive me, I'm sorry. Thank you. I love you. All I know is some part of me created it so I have to take responsibility.

He thanks the divine for taking care of this. I love you. I am washing myself clean of anything keeping me from feeling divine love in the moment.

Just like Dr. Len did, you can use ho'oponopono on behalf of others. When you see them do something negative, or they share an upset with you, it is now in your awareness and feeling. Offer the cleaning silently to the divine. Trust that as you clean it in yourself, others will also get better.

My Personal Experience with Ho'oponopono

Shortly after learning about healing with ho oponopono, I tried it on a mildly disturbing occurrence and was pleased to feel my peace return.

Not long after that, an email arrived describing a horrific practice of of animal cruelty in the name of profit. This so greatly disturbed me that I was overcome with grief and negative emotions toward the perpetrators, and humanity at large, including my own.

I caught myself quickly on this downward spiral and began to use EFT tapping. The tapping quickly calmed me enough so that I could hear the voice inside myself that said this healing needed to go beyond myself.

So I repeated over and over, "I love you, please forgive me, I'm sorry, thank you." I said this first to the suffering animals as I looked in the faces of the suffering animals in my mind's eye. I said it to God.

Then something very interesting and profound happened. I started saying it to the "torturers". I realized they were doing their jobs. They didn't know any better. We are all responsible for creating a world in which people learn to value only humanity. We created a world where people need to do even this to earn a living for their families.

As much as I abhorred what was happening, I did co-create it. We all did. For the first time, I was able to feel compassion for these people. I meant the words as I spoke to them. "I love you, I'm sorry, please forgive me, thank you."

The cruelty still bothers me. I signed the petition to stop it. You can be sure I'll never buy those products. Sometimes I still think about it sometimes. But something big happened in those few minutes of praying the ho oponopono prayer. I had a major shift in my perception. I can only hope I was not the only one.

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