Sunday, May 26, 2024
4845: Ho'oponopono from Lincoln County Watch
By Anna Von Reitz
We all need healing and we all need to forgive --- some more than others.
Whether
it is to forgive ourselves for wrongs we have committed and can't make
right or whether it is to forgive others for things that they can't make
right, either, the Hawaiian Tradition of Ho'oponopono can help.
First, you acknowledge that the hurt exists. Trying to shove it under the rug never works: I'm sorry.
Second, express your regret: Please forgive me (us).
Third, give thanks for being forgiven and restarted in life: Thank you!
Fourth, affirm the love that makes forgiveness possible: I love you!
Ho'oponopono
can connect you with those who are long-dead, parents and loved ones
you can no longer talk to directly, but they can still be addressed if
you feel that you failed them in some way -- simply hold them in your
memory as you move through the steps.
You
can address Ho'oponopono to people that you never actually knew, but
who you wronged in some way. Many veterans have deep regrets and
questions about those they killed or injured in the line of duty and
have no way to find reconciliation.
Ho'oponopono can help them to find balance and move on.
We
are finally growing in the realization that when we hurt others, we
also hurt ourselves. Ho'oponopono brings this realization home and puts
it in a way that is both simple and profound.
Regularly
practicing Ho'oponopono will not change the past. It won't make
possible restitution for those debts we cannot pay, but on a
psychological, emotional, and spiritual level it can put us back in
balance and release the pain -- enabling us to go forward and do better
now and in the future.
The
true purpose of forgiveness, whether we need to forgive ourselves or to
forgive others, is to set ourselves free from the past, so that we can
concentrate on being present now and make better choices going forward.
Ho'oponopono
can also be used for larger scale purposes; though it is most often
used for individual issues or family issues, it can also lend its magic
to situations where a large group of people have been injured in the
past.
Many
groups that have suffered prejudice based on religion, skin color, or
other factors are haunted by the past and some people are constantly
dredging up past wrongs -- a practice that keeps them stuck in the past
and unable to move forward.
Ho'oponopono
can help lay such cultural histories to rest, so that they do not
continue to breed violence and more destruction in the present day.
Always, everywhere, there is need for forgiveness and healing.
For
our own sake and for the sake of those we have wronged and for those
who have wronged us, we all have to find a way past the pain and find
the healing.
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