Ho' oponopono - 1

Hi Folks !

Hows life?!

Stressful?
Step back.
Smile.
Take a slow breath.

You are going to be blown away by today's true story.


Lets start as usual !
At the very beginning !

Once upon a time, not many moons ago, there was this State Hospital in Hawaii.
It had a special ward for the Criminally Insane patients.
They were of a seriously criminal bent of mind.
And with various degrees of certified insanity too.

They were always chained and tied and apart from the minium care and inter-action, nobody wanted to do anything with them.

The inmates and their keepers probably did not expect anything different from each-other.

Life went on.

The doctors and nursing staff changed frequently, no one could bare to stay there for more than a few months.

It was a depressing, hopeless place to work.


Many well-known Universities and Institutes conducted all kinds of 'research' on the horrifying histories/behavour/mode of treatment of the abominable inmates.

They were perfect specimens to be gazed at from a safe distance, discussed loftily and forgotten after the report was submitted.


One day, a Hawaiian Doctor came to the Hospital wanting to do his own thing.

Oh well -

Another in a long line, nothing new, so he was allowed.

Days went by.
Somehow, the technicians, the nurse and staff did not seem to run away every 2-3 months.
They stayed.

And stayed.

So did the doctors.

Then the changes in the inmates began to be too noticeable to be ignored.
They were calming down, responding, even bonding.
One by one, they became well and left.
And did not come back.

They stayed well.

The criminals and insane and dangerous patients of the Hawaii State Hospital got cured and the empty building had to be closed because now there was no one!


Of course no one believed it.
They hounded the Doctor.

What had he done?


They asked the doctors and nurses.
Had he performed some magic?

They were stunned by their answer.

Why, they said, the Doctor had not even seen a single patient, leave alone meet or talk or counsel.

He would come every morning, lock himself in the tiny room he had been given and sit with all the files of the patients.

In the evening, he would emerge and go home.

Without meeting any patient.

Then be back sharp at 9 the next morning.

They asked him and he gently explained what it was that he had done-

Are you ready to hear it?

To turn all your strong views and beliefs on their heads?


Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len said - 'I was healing that part of me that created them.
Everthing in your life is your responsibility. The entire world is your creation.'


Ho'oponopono ( pronounced - hoe o pono pono) means to make right. To rectify an error.
In this process, healing is loving yourself, improving and healing your own life.

All the bad stuff in this world, whether terrorists or the scams or poverty does not exist except as projections from inside you.

All that is outside is simply a manifestation of everything that is inside.
If you want the outside to change, change what is inside you.


The criminally insane were manifestations of extreme negativity and cruelty.
And according to the Doctor, there was only one way to heal them.

In the small office in the Hospital, he sat with the files and read what each had done, all the gory details.

Then he closed his eyes and said three lines, from the bottom of his heart, over and over again-

I am sorry.
Please forgive me.
I love you.

According to the good Doctor, whatever shows up in your life, comes because of whats inside your mind, your thoughts.

If someone is making you angry, stop for a moment and think-
What is going on inside me that is causing this person to anger me?

Then take complete responsibility and work on yourself.

The Hawaiian tradition believes that when you do Ho'oponopono, the Divinity takes the painful thought and neutralizes it.

More on this in the next post.

In the mean time, try it!


It works!