There's Got to Be
an Easier Way
with Ihaleakala Hew Len, Ph.D. & Mabel Katz, ABA, EA
If your mantra has ever been, Theres got to be an
easier way, then you need to check into Hooponopono.
This Ancient Hawaiian belief system offers the cures
for a world which has been inundated with convoluted
and intellectual patterns of thought.
Meeting with Ihaleakala Hew Len, Ph.D., and Mable
Katz, ABA, EA, was like stepping into a peaceful
oasis, right in the middle of Dennys. Dr. Ihaleakala
is an educator and psychologist, who is both a
practitioner and teacher of this ancient art, which
he has updated for todays world. Ms. Katz is also a
practitioner and has presented lectures and training
worldwide with Dr. Ihaleakala. She shared some of
the practical experiences in which she uses the
simple tools of Hooponopono in her everyday life as
an accountant, negotiator and event coordinator.
Dr. Ihaleakala took my tablet of paper and showed me
a blank page, he said, This is how we all come
in...clear, knowing who we are, no preconceived
ideaswe are the number 1, which represents our
wholeness. Then, the first thought of separation
occurs (as he makes an x on the unblemished sheet)
and we have picked up our first barnacle. We are no
longer one, but have gone into division...now
represent by two. Two takes us to the place of right
and left; good and bad; light and dark.
We have caused the blemish on our wholeness to come
into being, and we can asked that it be cleared.
This is where Hooponopono comes in.
Hoo means cause in Hawaiian and ponopono means
perfection. We have the ability to keep returning to
this perfect state...the blank page, just by asking
for whatever lies within us, that has caused this
barnaclethis division in thoughtto come to the
surface to be released. We asked for forgiveness
that we have harbored this thought which has
separated us from our Oneness with Spirit...and the
thought barnacle disappears. Dr. Ihaleakala
mentioned, that sometimes he needs to ask up to
three times, for the reason behind the thought to
come up for release. And, when it is released, the
space is immediately filled again with that loving
Oneness.
Simplistic, no...Simple, yes.
Ms. Katz shared from her own experiences how this
idea works in action. She mentioned that after her
divorce, she felt she would never be financially
able to own a house again. It was a thought she
carried within her. She thought she would just rent
for the rest of her life. Upon finding the perfect
house for rent, she was told by the landlord that he
was selling the house, and she could either buy it,
or move. She confronted this idea within herof not
being able to buy a houseand asked for its release.
She put out the idea that if this house was hers,
then the financing would be made available to her.
And, as sometimes happens with Spirit, at the last
moment, she got a call that her loan was approved.
When we are confronted with the barnacles of
another, Dr. Ihaleakala said, instead of going into
our judgements (which only reinforces our own
division barnacle of 2...that the other is
different, in turmoil, or sick) that here is where
we ask to clear our own consciousness of seeing
division. If we can see division in our world, and
all with whom we come in contact, then it is because
we are carrying division within us.
As we ask to release divisive thoughts within us,
our own state of Oneness returns. Division no longer
has to be reflected out into our worldour world is
cleared and made whole, as we clear ourselves.
If your children, your partner, or your friends are
experiencing division within their lives, look to
clear your own thinking and see how it affects those
within your life. What ideas within you have drawn
these reflections into your outer world? Ask for any
thought which reflects this division in your own
life to come forward for clearing, and ask for
forgiveness for holding such a thought which is out
of alignment with the principle of Oneness and
Love..
Or, as one of our great prophets have told us, Love
is all there is. This idea also gives an added
meaning to the instructions, Love your neighbor, as
you love yourself. We have always thought that we
needed to do the first part, when it was the second
part which needed to be experienced. How can we love
another, when we have not begun to love ourselves?
And Hooponopono offers us a simplenot easy, but
simplemethod of loving our state of Peace and
Oneness so much, that we must keep returning to it.
We return to that state of Oneness by asking for
anything less than oneness to be released. We affect
change in our world, by affecting change within
ourselves.
And, there is more...but this is the basis upon
which this belief, or knowing, is built. If you get
a chance to experience Dr. Ihaleakala and Ms. Katz,
you are in for a treat...an experience of self-love
and how to maintain that love to affect change in
your world and the world at large. It all comes down
to knowing yourself and Hooponopono offers a key to
opening this inner door.
Editorial from The Messenger - April, 2002
http://www.themessenger.info/
Joann Turner, editor/publisher
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