Why do I do ho’oponopono? There are many answers. One is that I don’t really know. Another, that it feels right. And yet another is that I do it to heal how I relate to whatever I am doing it for, and to heal my world.
Healing how I relate
When I do ho’o, I do it to heal how I relate to whom or what I am doing it for. Whether it’s myself as a whole, a part of me or my my experience, someone else, a situation, the world or Earth as a whole, Life or God, or anything else.
In this sense, ho’o is similar to other forms of prayer or meditation. I do with the invitation for it to work on me and shift something in me.
I can still do whatever I can, in a conventional sense, to change situations that seem harmful or less than optimal.
Healing my world
There is another reason why I do ho’o, beyond that it helps me heal my relationships with myself, others, situations, and the world.
And that is that my world, the world as it appears to me, happens within and as me. Through ho’o, I help heal my world. I heal my images of myself, others, situations, Earth, and whatever else it may be.
I heal my mental field overlay of my world, and also whatever beliefs, identifications, emotional issues, hangups, and traumas are connected with it. It’s not necessarily a quick or easy process. But, if I am honest, ho’o is one of the quickest and easiest – and most effective.
A transformative practice
So through ho’o, I heal my relationship to whatever I do it for, whether it’s myself, someone else, a situation, a part of me or my experience, Earth, Life, God or something else. And I also heal these as they appear in my world. I heal my images of them and whatever in me is connected to these images.
It’s a profound practice. I will certainly be different in my relationship with myself, others, situations and so on. And whether something else changes in consensus reality, I leave to God or life.
ORIGINAL DRAFT
Healing how I relate
When I do ho’o, I do it to heal how I relate to whom or what I am doing it for. Whether it’s myself as a whole, a part of me or my my experience, someone else, a situation, the world or Earth as a whole, Life or God, or anything else.
In this sense, ho’o is similar to other forms of prayer or meditation. I do with the invitation for it to work on me and shift something in me.
If I did it in order to change whatever I am doing it for, as I sometimes see referenced in the context of ho’o, it would feel like a distraction.
When I imagine doing it with this intention, I notice tension in me. I notice being alert to what effects, if any, the practice has on whatever I am doing it for. I notice I inadvertently reinforce the idea that the world should conform to how I – from my conditioning, fears, sense of lack and so on – want the world to be. I do it from less receptivity and sincerity.
So if I do it for myself and to allow it to work on me, I am more aligned with reality (as it appears to me). It feels more peaceful. I can still do whatever I can, in a conventional sense, to change situations that seem harmful or less than optimal. And if whatever I do it for changes without any obvious input from my side, that will happen anyway.
Healing my world
There is another reason why I do ho’o, beyond that it helps me heal my relationships with myself, others, situations, and the world.
And that is that my world, the world as it appears to me, happens within and as me. Through ho’o, I help heal my world. I heal my images of myself, others, situations, Earth, and whatever else it may be.
I heal my mental field overlay of my world, and also whatever beliefs, identifications, emotional issues, hangups, and traumas are connected with it. It’s not necessarily a quick or easy process. But, if I am honest, ho’o is one of the quickest and easiest – and most effective.
So through ho’o, I heal my relationship to whatever I do it for, whether it’s myself, someone else, a situation, a part of me or my experience, Earth, Life, God or something else. And I also heal these as they appear in my world. I heal my images of them and whatever in me is connected to these images.
It’s a profound practice. I will certainly be different in my relationship with myself, others, situations and so on. And whether something else changes in consensus reality is God’s or Life’s business.
Note: As I write this, I notice I would like to just focus on how I do it. It feels more clean. And yet, I also felt it was appropriate to say a few words on how I have seen people write about it.