To walk a path of peace, love and truth I invite that you consider Ho’oponopono “the Hawaiian art of forgiveness” as a way of life. It is mine. What does that mean? It means allowing ourself to walk the talk.
As soon as I open my eyes in the morning I say, “mahalo (thank you) for another day of life I thank creator for the new dawn and all that I “get to” experience today. I bless my family and friends, and give thanks for special people in our lives. I bless the animals, the earth, yes and those who do not like me because we are to leave no one behind. I await the lessons I shall surely learn today as if am opening a new present on this new dawn day because for me yesterday ended at midnight. Before we end our prayer we ask pardon for any offenses that may occur today both willingly or unwittingly. We are to leave no one behind in our prayers.
Hawaiians were shown to walk the path of peace and love by adhering to the conduct code of our ancient people. To comprehend the depth of this one must know the kaona (hidden meanings) of the word ALOHA. Aloha is more than hello or goodbye.
Let me preface by saying that we have known from our beginning that life is fluid therefore we know ours is not the only way. For example, if four of us were to climb the same mountain from four different sides our perceptions would be different. Yet when we each reached the summit and observe from that vantage our perceptions would be similar but still different in many ways. This is why. Our own life experiences matter in thought processing. For example I might see the coming storm cloud as beautiful for I know built into each storm is calm. Another might see it as scary and dark while another may want to stay and experience the potential storm and the facination of lightening etc. Perception, attitude and fluidity of living are in motion every second of every day. Wow!
Please remember this simple sentence, “we cannot know what we do not know. ” As we take this journey together this saying may pop up to provoke thought. It is my intent to share mana’o (thoughts) with you in a way that teaches and builds your knowledge of healing in its multi forms.
What unique value do we bring to you? Lineage. What does that mean? Visualize standing behind you a majestic line of ohana (family) knowledge stretched as far as the eye can see into infinity. They are guiding, lending of strength, holding this humble and most unworthy being upright with the wisdom of ancient warriors sharing hope, insights and incredible knowledge fround within. That is lineage. It is of course your choice to accept or reject any of our words. A’ole Pilikia. No problem.
ALOHA is a way of life for me. Others who practice this art may have different views. Mai kai! (wonderful~good) I am happy for you and honor your path of wisdom. In ancient Hawaii the code of conduct identified for us as follows:
.Kala means to miss the path.
.Hewa means to go overboard with thinking or committing a wrong.
.Ino- means an intentional slight or significant betrayal with hate in mind.
To comprehend Ho’oponopono’s intent we acknowledge that each of these offenses requires forgiveness and once complete we do not speak of the offense again. That means once the healing love of forgiveness is extended in both directions it is pau. (complete) Release is the final step in the process.
To summarize; Forgiveness is the process, release is the completion. In the release one says, “I forgive you. Please forgive me too.” It is a cleansing from both parties whether you engage face to face or in meditation and visualization. Choice is yours to make. In this series I will walk you through these three ways.
In our next article we shall elaborate on Aloha 101 and give you the code of conduct that we follow. If you have questions feel free to ask and I will answer either in the next article or before.
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