Tuesday, 18 September 2007

• Love Thyself = Heal The World

         
  
  

       

  
  
  
  Back in 2004/2005 I was very active in forums of various kinds, specializing in various subjects, matters and topics.   I learned so much from others in these groups. At different times in my life since then, depending on what is going on in my life,  I will find myself practicing a concept either learned or honed from one of these groups without being cognizant of doing so.  One such practice is that of "HO'OPONOPONO."
  
  Ho'Oponopono requires that one understand certain Universal or Spiritual premises,or at least be open to them, before it can be fully utilized and effective in one's life. In order to fully implicate results from the practice of Ho'Oponopono, one must accept that everything in their life is there because they have allowed it to be there, created it to be there at some level and supports its' being there daily whether they are aware of it or not.  One must accept the responsibility for every single solitary aspect in their life or in their realms of knowing. 
  
  Case In Point:
  
  Through one of my forums,  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.
  
  Any discerning or discriminating  mind would,  on the lower level of existence, consider this story totally ludicrous, and at the very least, 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  and doesn't make any sense. It is not logical, so this story is easy to dismiss.
  
  However, there is something wonderful about Spirit. It knows truth.  And if there is a Universal or God's Truth for one to know at any given time in one's life, SPIRIT will gently introduce it and gently nudge ones attention to it always waiting patiently for one to acknowledge it and endeavor toward understanding it.   This is what happened to me regarding Ho'Oponopono.  When I was nudged again by an incident in my life that screamed a need for love and healing, I was immediately drawn back to this concept.
  
   I have always loved the FULL RESPONSIBILITY for ones life and everything in it concept, so I had a steady foundation to stand on. BUT  I had always understood "total responsibility" to mean that I am responsible for what I think and do, although I had an underlying sense that I could be responsible for what others do as well but never gave it much thought. However, this lil fractal kept bothering me and nagging at me and again, I would reason out and rationalize that just did not make sense no matter what my spirit was telling me.  Anyway, I feel that most people think of total responsibility in this manner: if it is in their life and something they did or did not do, etc., well then ok, they will take responsibility~being responsible for what they do only, NOT what anyone else does.  What everyone else does is out of OUR Hands!  OR IS IT?  
  
  Maybe one should examine and make notes about their lives before they read on!  This can be very important later.
  

  
  

  
  The Hawaiian therapist who healed those criminally insane and  mentally ill people is Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len. This is his story:
  
  This Section is taken in part from Joe Vitale in his interview with Dr. Len:
  
  

  Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len.worked at Hawaii State Hospital for four years. The 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.
  
   
  Dr. Len is now well into his 70's and is considered a grandfatherly shaman, and is somewhat reclusive.
  Joe Vitale wrote a book called "The Attractor Factor" in which Dr. Len told Joe that as he improved himself, the vibration of his book would raise as well and  in turn, everyone will feel the shift in vibration when they read it Mr. Vitales book and as Mr. Vitales life and being improves so will the readers life improve. 
  
  Curious, Joe Vitale probed Dr. Lens mind again by asking:
  
  

  "'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."
  

  
  

  The words of Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len:
  
  " Ho'oponopono is really very simple. For the ancient Hawaiians, all problems begin as thought. But having a thought is not the problem. So what's the problem? The problem is that all our thoughts are imbued with painful memories, memories of persons, places, or things.
  The intellect working alone can't solve these problems, because the intellect only manages. Managing things is no way to solve problems. You want to let them go! When you do Ho'oponopono, what happens is that the Divinity takes the painful thought and neutralizes or purifies it. You don't purify the person, place, or thing. You neutralize the energy you associate with that person, place, or thing. So the first stage of Ho'oponopono is the purification of that energy.
  Now something wonderful happens. Not only does that energy get neutralized; it also gets released, so there's a brand new slate. Buddhists call it the Void. The final step is that you allow the Divinity to come in and fill the void with light.
  To do Ho'oponopono, you don't have to know what the problem or error is. All you have to do is notice any problem you are experiencing physically, mentally, emotionally, whatever. Once you notice, your responsibility is to immediately begin to clean, to say, "I'm sorry. Please forgive me."
  
  Thank YOU   JOE VITALE  for you bringing this into my consciousness and daily practice of living this life.  I also am eternally grateful to Dr. Len. 
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  To Learn More about This amazingly wonderful practice  you can  go to:   http://www.hooponopono.org/
  To Learn More about Joe Vitale's Book, "The Attractor Factor" you can go to:    http://www.attractorfactor.com/
  

  
  

  
   
  

          

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