

My experiences with Ho’oponopono were two-fold.

He studied their cases and mentally practiced the healing process to help them become right. Hew Len hardly interacted with the mentally ill patients. It is also about setting things right, not creating trouble for others.

You don’t have to move out from the chair you are sitting in or the bed you are lying on in order to influence events and individuals positively. In simple terms, what we think and feel not only affects what we do, but also what happens to other people who may not be connected to us. Both resonate with Eastern concepts of the collective consciousness and Quantum Physics concepts of how observer influences what is observed. The Western Jungian psychological concept of collective unconscious is about how all of us on this planet influence one another. The Eastern concept of karma is also about how our thoughts and actions influence others, not merely our own future. When I learnt about this process some years go, I could relate it to a few seemingly different concepts. The phrase Ho’oponopono means to ‘set right’ in this case setting things right by acknowledging one’s responsibility for having caused wrong, seeking forgiveness and love, finally expressing gratitude. Īncient Polynesian beliefs were adapted in recent times by Hawaiian healers to solve current day societal ills. Stanley Hew Len was the person responsible and his story was published by Joe Vitale in his book, Zero Limits. These four simple phrases helped a young clinical psychologist transform a clinic for the mentally ill criminal from a one-way path to the coffin to its closure after most of its patients had been cured and released in just four short years. I am sorry, Please forgive me, I love you, I thank you: Ho’oponopono prayer
