Tough one to think about…

 

What if life is but a mirror?

 

All the challenges, the frustrations, the angst, the upsets…

 

What is they are all just to show me something in myself that is yet to be resolved?

 

This is the view of the Hawaiian healing system known as Ho’Oponopono.

 

A search produced this result.

“Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len was a clinical psychologist and a prominent figure in the modern practice of Ho’oponopono, an ancient Hawaiian healing art focused on forgiveness, cleansing, and self-responsibility.

 

Hew Len is most famously known for his work at the Hawaii State Hospital in the 1980s, where he was assigned to oversee a high-security ward housing criminally insane patients.

 

Remarkably, he never met or treated any patients directly; instead, he reviewed their medical files and practiced Ho’oponopono by repeating the four key phrases—

“I’m sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you”

—while visualizing their healing.

 

Over time, this practice led to dramatic improvements: patients became less violent, were released from restraints, reduced their medication, and many were eventually discharged into society.

 

Staff turnover and absenteeism also decreased, and the hospital environment transformed into a calmer, safer space.

 

His approach was rooted in the belief that all external experiences reflect internal states, and that by taking 100% responsibility for one’s perceptions and subconscious memories, one can initiate profound personal and collective healing…

 

He taught that problems are not “out there” but are memories replaying in the subconscious, and that cleansing these through Ho’oponopono can erase the root causes of suffering…

 

He emphasized that the purpose of life is the restoration of one’s identity and mind to a state of “zero” or purity—free from past programming and ready for divine transmutation.”

 

When I first heard of this through Dr. Joe Vitale’s book ZERO LIMITS, I decided to start practicing the four key phrases holding a family member in my mind.

 

We had not been in contact for the better part of about one and a half decades…

 

Within two weeks, he phoned me. I was astounded. We reconnected and have developed a fruitful relationship.

 

The doctors known as psychologists say there are some things you can do nothing about.

 

If you have the feeling there is nothing to be done, you can always give Ho’Oponopono a whirl…

 

It’s easy. Just repeat the four phrases holding in mind the person with you are having an issue…

 

“I’m sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you”

 

You know the story, of course. There is no “try.” There is only “do or don’t do.” (from Star Wars)

 

I now use this much of the day.

 

I have this phrase ongoing much of the day now.

 

It helps ease anything and everything.

 

Let me know how it goes…

 

 

In Joy and Love

 

Matti Anttila PLD (Professional Laughter Dude)

Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher

Head Honcho at EasyStressRelease.com

Author of The Zen of Joy

 

“Joy and Love are key to overcoming our inner turmoil as well as the challenges and chaos present in the world.”

 

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Do your own research. Do not trust mine.

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