Oh, this is such a beautiful song!
Ho' oponopono Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac5SGwRPv0o&feature=related
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 ay. We're responsible for what we do, not
what anyone else does--but that's wrong.
"The
Hawaiian therapist who healed those mentally ill people would teach me
an advanced new perspective about total responsibility. His name is Dr.
Ihaleakala Hew Len.
We probably spent an hour talking on our first phone call. I asked him
to tell me the complete story of his work as a therapist. He explained
that he worked at Hawaii State Hospital for four years. That ward where
they kept the criminally insane was dangerous.
Psychologists quit on a monthly basis. The staff called
in sick a lot
or simply quit. People would walk through that ward with their backs
against the wall, afraid of being attacked by patients. It was not a
pleasant place to live, work, or visit.
"Dr.
Len told me that he never saw patients. He agreed to have an office and
to review their files. While he looked at those files, he would work on
himself. As he worked on himself, patients began to heal.
"'After a few months, patients that had to be shackled
were being
allowed to walk freely,' he told me. 'Others who had to be heavily
medicated were getting off their medications. And those who had no
chance of ever being released were being freed.' I was in awe.'Not only
that,' he went on, 'but the staff began to enjoy coming to work.
Absenteeism and turnover disappeared. We ended up with more staff than
we needed because patients were being released, and all the staff was
showing up to work. Today, that ward is closed.'
"This is where I had to ask the million dollar
question: 'What were you
doing within yourself that caused those people to change?'
"'I was simply healing the part of me that created them,' he said. I
didn't understand. Dr. Len explained that total responsibility for your
life means that everything in your life- simply because it is in your
life--is your responsibility. In a literal sense the entire world is
your creation.
"Whew. This is tough to swallow. Being responsible for
what I say or do
is one thing. Being responsible for what everyone in my life says or
does is quite another. Yet, the truth is this: if you take complete
responsibility for your life, then everything you see, hear, taste,
touch, or in any way experience is your responsibility because it is in
your life. This means that terrorist activity, the president, the
economy or anything you experience and don't like--is up for you to
heal. They don't exist, in a manner of speaking, except as projections
from inside you. The problem isn't with them, it's with you, and to
change them, you have to change you.
"I know
this is tough to grasp, let alone accept or actually live. Blame is far
easier than total responsibility, but as I spoke with Dr. Len, I began
to realize that healing for him and in ho 'oponopono means loving
yourself.
"If you want to improve your life, you
have to heal your life. If you want to cure anyone, even a mentally ill
criminal you do it by healing you.
"I asked Dr. Len how he went about healing himself.
What was he doing, exactly, when he looked at those patients' files?
"'I just kept saying, 'I'm sorry' and 'I love you'
over and over again,' he explained.
"That's it?
"That's it.
"Turns out that loving yourself is the greatest way to
improve yourself, and as you improve yourself, you improve your world.
"Let me give you a quick example of how this works: one
day, someone
sent me an email that upset me. In the past I would have handled it by
working on my emotional hot buttons or by trying to reason with the
person who sent the nasty message.
"This
time, I decided to try Dr. Len's method. I kept silently saying, 'I'm
sorry' and 'I love you,' I didn't say it to anyone in particular. I was
simply evoking the spirit of love to heal within me what was creating
the outer circumstance.
"Within an hour I got
an e-mail from the same person. He apologized for his previous message.
Keep in mind that I didn't take any outward action to get that apology.
I didn't even write him back. Yet, by saying 'I love you,' I somehow
healed within me what was creating him.
"I
later attended a ho 'oponopono workshop run by Dr. Len. He's now 70
years old, considered a grandfatherly shaman, and is somewhat reclusive.
He praised my book, The Attractor Factor. He told me that as I improve
myself, my book's vibration will raise, and everyone will feel it when
they read it. In short, as I improve, my readers will improve.
"'What about the books that are already sold and out
there?' I asked.
"'They aren't out there,' he explained, once again
blowing my mind with
his mystic wisdom. 'They are still in you.' In short, there is no out
there. It would take a whole book to explain this advanced technique
with the depth it deserves.
"Suffice It to
say that whenever you want to improve anything in your life, there's
only one place to look: inside you. When you look, do it with love."
I think this will help us all to grow in our Lord, be blessed everyone.
Myrna