“Life is mirrored back to us through our perspective; disease is not real; everything can heal.”
— Jaime Tanna, July 9, 2009, Energy Therapy: Developing Body-Mind-Spirit Consciousness
Ancient Philosophies, Biblical References to Word-Thought Forms and Being
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)
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East Indian (Hindu):
Sat is a Sanskrit adjective meaning “real, being, existing” as well as “true, honest, right” (compare the double meaning of English true). As a neuter noun, it means “entity or existence, essence, the true being or really existent”, “that which is good or real or true, reality, truth”; in the Vedanta also “the self-existent or Universal Spirit, Brahman“. Etymologically, it is simply the present participle of the root as “to be” (PIE *h₁es-; cognate to English is).
Ancient African (Egyptian/Kemetic):
“When a god or man was declared to be ‘maa-kheru’ true of voice or true of word, this power became illimitable. It gave him rule and authority, and every command uttered by him was immediately followed by the effect required.”
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a few Words…
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Our freedoms are chained to our past or transformed and freed by our consciousness! Our prosperity is held by our thoughts! Our health is contained in the memories of our bodies! The power of Forgiveness liberates the heart to enter into a new dimension of being. It frees us up to take on new creativity, embrace new people and relationships, and experience love on a much higher frequency. This understanding transmits intracellular energy in the form of neurotransmitters from the brain to our nerves, cells, hormones, to the organs, and ultimately our emotions and actions.
Forgiveness is evolutionary and one of the most vital empowerment tools for transformation! When one let goes of the old, she makes way for the new….
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How I Discovered the Hawaiian Words of Healing, the Mind (+ Body +Spirit)
Nadis: Channels or Meridians which Subtle Energy Flows
When my instructor uttered the words “Ho’oponopono” I laughed thinking to myself ‘what could this be about,’ he went on to explain that in Hawaii, Dr. Hew Len, a clinical psychiatrist healed an entire mental ward using this indigenous shamanistic technique simply by examining his patients chart, then speaking a few words. What was even more unbelievable was that Dr. Len defied years of European conventional mental and professional academic protocols . This pre-European Hawaiian practice, cured every mental patient’s behavior abnormalities and eventually closed down the hospital. I was stunned! Ho’oponopono meaning to “make right” is a practice of releasing. As the instructor called the words and the class responded, the last phrases leaped off my lips, and I broke into a rush of tears and deep emotion. I remember, I cried like a baby. It was as if what was held within me had found its way outward leaving my body and mind silent, peaceful and neutral. I thought to myself, ‘how can these simple phrases work this way?’ It was so immediate for me and so necessary in my space of emotional healing that I quickly applied this technique to almost everything; every situation, past experience, social karma that was in need of revitalized healing. In my mind, I’d return to the event, stand in front of an old friend, lover, ex husband, sister, parent and visualize speaking, “I love you. Please forgive me. I’m sorry. Thank you.” For weeks this was in my heart, mind and speech as I moved on my journey in my healing circle our whole class had embraced this Forgiveness principle understanding that our individual liberation depending on correcting this relationship energy we experienced outside from within.
Later that June, I remember calling my ex husband and greeting him with, “Ho’oponopono Nico! I love You. Forgive me. I’m Sorry. Thank You!” His reaction was laughter and astonishment.” Ho’opo-what? Yes D I love you too, Nuk pu.” Just last week, after some thirty years, he reconnected with his mother calling me to share his emotional reunion and healing. ” Praise God, I’m happy for you,” I agreed, “forgiveness is so necessary man. Good for you, be who you need to be.”
Change was explained to me by an elder friend to be something of a Yin-Yang metaphor. As drastic and immediate, change is slow and quiet moved in subtle forms sometimes unnoticeable to the naked eye. “For you to look so young,” he said didn’t happen over night, “that wasn’t instant.” Like a school-aged child I interrupted, “No I’ve been practicing natural health, vegetarianism, vegan nutrition, yoga for over 18 years.” I stared off as if a light had just come on in my mind. Like most disciplines practiced over time, change and transformation on any level, in any form is constant, ever flowing, and flexible.The result can be quick or slow to the eye. The transformation of mind, body and spirit is no different and follows the same natural laws of the Universe that we see in nature.
—the SoulFlyHoney Diva, Ria Takharu
CEO OrganicSoul22
Author of Uprising Underground, Sketches of an Urban Venus in Scorpio, (Coming December 2009)
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A DEEPER LOOK:: WHAT IS HO’OPONOPONO?
Ho’oponopono
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ho’oponopono (ho-o-po-no-po-no) is an ancient Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness practiced by kahuna lapa’au (healing priests) to heal sickness. Similar practices were performed throughout the South Pacific. Traditional ho’oponopono practiced today is conducted by elders with family groups. Morrnah Simeona, who was regarded as a kahuna in the late 20th century, developed a streamlined version that is performed by an individual alone. Her former student, Hew Len, Ph.D., popularized his interpretation of Simeona’s process in a 2007 book.
Traditional practice
“Ho’oponopono” is defined in the Hawaiian Dictionary[1] as “mental cleansing: family conferences in which relationships were set right through prayer, discussion, confession, repentance, and mutual restitution and forgiveness.” Literally, ho’o means “to,” pono is defined as “goodness, uprightness, morality, moral qualities, correct or proper procedure, excellence, well-being, prosperity, welfare, benefit, true condition or nature, duty; moral, fitting, proper, righteous, right, upright, just, virtuous, fair, beneficial, successful, in perfect order, accurate, correct, eased, relieved; should, ought, must, necessary,” and ponopono is defined as “to put to rights; to put in order or shape, correct, revise, adjust, amend, regulate, arrange, rectify, tidy up, make orderly or neat.”
Preeminent Hawaiian scholar Mary Kawena Pukui wrote that it was a practice in Ancient Hawaii[2] and this is confirmed by oral histories from contemporary Hawaiian elders.[3] Pukui first recorded her experiences and observations from her childhood (born 1895) in her 1958 book.[4]
Although the word “ho’oponopono” was not used, early Hawaiian historians documented a belief that illness was caused by breaking kapu, or spiritual laws, and that the illness could not be cured until the sufferer atoned for this transgression, often with the assistance of a kahuna pule (praying priest) or kahuna la’au lapa’au (healing priest). Forgiveness was sought from the gods[5] [6] or from the person with whom there was a dispute.[7]
Pukui described it as a practice of extended family members meeting to “make right” broken family relations. Some families met daily or weekly, to prevent problems from erupting.[8] Others met when a person became ill, believing that illness was caused by the stress of anger, guilt, recriminations and lack of forgiveness.[9][10]
Ho’oponopono corrects, restores and maintains good relationships among family members and with their gods or God by getting to the causes and sources of trouble. Usually the most senior member of the family conducts it. He or she gathers the family together. If the family is unable to work through a problem, they turn to a respected outsider.
The process begins with prayer. A statement of the problem is made, and the transgression discussed. Family members are expected to work problems through and cooperate, not “hold fast to the fault.” One or more periods of silence may be taken for reflection on the entanglement of emotions and injuries. Everyone’s feelings are acknowledged. Then confession, repentance and forgiveness take place. Everyone releases (kala) each other, letting go. They ‘oki or cut off the past, and together they close the event with a ceremonial feast, called pani.[11]
“Aunty” Malia Craver, who worked with the Queen Liliuokalani Children’s Centers for more than 30 years, taught courses in traditional ho’oponopono. On August 30, 2000, she spoke about it to the United Nations.[12]
In the late 20th century, courts in Hawai’i began to order juvenile and adult offenders to work with an elder who would conduct ho’oponopono for their families, and some native practitioners provide ho’oponopono to clients who otherwise might seek family counseling.[13]
South Pacific antecedents
Many Polynesian cultures believe that a person’s errors (called hara or hala) cause illness. Some believe error angers the gods, others that it attracts malevolent gods, and still other cultures believe the guilt caused by error makes us sick. “In most cases, however, specific ‘untie-error’ rites could be performed to atone for such errors and thereby diminish one’s accumulation of them.”[14]
Among the islands of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, people believe that illness usually is caused by sexual misconduct or anger. “If you are angry for two or three days, sickness will come,” said one local man.[15] The therapy that counters this sickness is confession. The patient, or a family member, may confess. If no one confesses an error, the patient may die. The Vanuatu people believe that secrecy is what gives power to the illness. When the error is confessed, it no longer has power over the person.[16]
Like many other islanders, including Hawaiians, the people of Tikopia in the Solomon Islands, and on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, believe that the sins of the father will fall upon the children. If a child is sick, the parents are suspected of quarreling or misconduct. In addition to sickness, social disorder could cause sterility of land or other disasters.[17] Harmony could be restored only by confession and apology.
In Pukapuka, it was customary to hold sort of a confessional over patients to determine an appropriate course of action in order to heal them.[18]
Similar traditions are found in Samoa,[19] Tahiti, [20] and among the Maori of New Zealand.[21][22][23]
Morrnah Simeona
Morrnah Simeona (1913-1992), regarded as a kahuna lapa’au, in 1978 adapted and modified ho’oponopono to the realities of the modern day, making it a self-help rather than group process. Her version was influenced by her Christian (Protestant and Catholic) education and her philosophical studies about India, China and Edgar Cayce.
Simeona’s ho’oponopono is a psycho-spiritual problem solving process, mainly based on the principle that problems are caused by wrong doings in this Reincarnation or in past ones and is memorized in every entity and object which was present when the cause happened. Its purpose is “to release an unhappy, negative experience in past lives, and to resolve and remove trauma from the ‘memory bank’ without creating stress. The Law of Cause and Effect predominates in all of life and lifetimes”.[24] These memory banks act on the physical life of Man in a way that she called negative Karma. By using mainly a 14-step process (not a mantra) showing repentance and mutual forgiveness, and with the help of Higher Forces including the Divine Creator, the painful part of the memory of the wrong actions will be erased. She wrote that “daily karmic cleansing is a Must. If one feels that the need for it is unnecessary, he’s mistaken because these are requisites for the expansion of awareness.”[25] Through this erasing or transmutation in the mind the problems will lose their energy for physical effects, and healing or balancing is begun.
Simeona’s teachings include: there is a Divine Creator who takes care of altruistic pleas of Men; “when the phrase ‘And it is done’ is used after a prayer, it means Man’s work ends and God’s begins.”[26] Problems are the result of the karmic principle that you have to experience by yourself what you have done to others; in consequence you are the creator of your life circumstances. Egoistic prayers only reach the astral plane (home of the mind of desires and longings) because of their low vibrations; from that plane of consciousness personal materialistic wishes would come true. “Altruistic prayers, where you also pray for the release of other entities and objects, reach the Divine plane or Cosmos because of their high vibrations; from that plane would come the Divine energy or Divine mana,”[27] which dissolves the negative memories of a given problem in all participants, on whatever plane they are existing; “all are set free.”[28] In this sense Simeona’s mana as a healing or balancing energy is not the same as the traditional Polynesian understanding of mana.
Hew Len
Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace, and More (Hardcover)@ Amazon.com
After Simeona’s passing, her former student Hew Len, Ph.D., co-authored a book[29] claiming to teach Simeona’s ho’oponopono. Contrary to Simeona’s teachings, the book says that the main objective of ho’oponopono is getting to “the state of Zero, where we have zero limits. No memories. No identity.”[30] To reach this state one has to repeat constantly the mantra, “I love you. Please forgive me. I’m sorry. Thank you.”[31] Len teaches the principles of total responsibility, taking responsibility for everyone’s actions. He writes that 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. To change our reality, we have to change ourselves.
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Resources, and Helpful Links:
- Wikipedia, Sat (Sanskrit). <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sat_(Sanskrit)>.
- Legends of the Egyptian Gods, Hieroglyphic Texts and Translations. Ernest Aflred Wallis Budge.
1912 (1994). Dover.
- Wikipedia, Ho’oponopono. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho%27oponopono>.
- Hub Pages, Fran Horvath. http://hubpages.com/hub/hooponopono
- Zero Limits Audio Book – Instant Download
“Zero Limits.” Dr. Joe Vitale and Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len. http://www.zerolimits.info/?hop=flowcoach
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Simple Ways to Practice Ho’oponopono
