Shamanic Healing
Soul Retrieval & Shamanic Insights
Ho'oponopono
Ho'oponopono
Two years ago, I heard about a therapist in Hawaii who cured a
complete ward of criminally insane patients--without ever seeing any
of them. The psychologist would study an inmate's chart and then look
within himself to see how he created that person's illness. As he
improved himself, the patient improved.
When I first heard this story, I thought it was an urban legend. How
could anyone heal anyone else by healing himself? How could even the
best self-improvement master cure the criminally insane?
It didn't make any sense. It wasn't logical, so I dismissed the story.
However, I heard it again a year later. I heard that the therapist
had used a Hawaiian healing process called ho 'oponopono. I had never
heard of it, yet I couldn't let it leave my mind. If the story was at
all true, I had to know more.
I had always understood "total responsibility" to mean that I am
responsible for what I think and do. Beyond that, it's out of my
hands. I think that most people think of total responsibility that
way. We're responsible for what we do, not what anyone else does--but
that's wrong. The Hawaiian therapist who healed those mentally ill
people would teach me an advanced new perspective about total
responsibility.
His name is Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len. We probably spend an hour talking
on our first phone call. I asked him to tell me the complete story of
his work as a therapist. He explained that he worked at Hawaii State
Hospital for four years.
That ward where they kept the criminally
insane was dangerous. Psychologists quit on a monthly basis. The
staff called in sick a lot or simply quit. People would walk through
that ward with their backs against the wall, afraid of being attacked
by patients. It was not a pleasant place to live, work, or visit.
Dr. Len told me that he never saw patients. He agreed to have an
office and to review their files.
While he looked at those files, he would work on himself.
As he worked on himself, patients began to
heal.
"After a few months, patients that had to be shackled were being
allowed to walk freely," he told me. "Others who had to be heavily
medicated were getting off their medications. And those who had no
chance of ever being released were being freed."
I was in awe.
"Not only that," he went on, "but the staff began to enjoy coming to
work. Absenteeism and turnover disappeared. We ended up with more
staff than we needed because patients were being released, and all
the staff was showing up to work. Today, that ward is closed."
This is where I had to ask the million dollar question: "What were
you doing within yourself that caused those people to change?"
"I was simply healing the part of me that created them," he said.
I didn't understand.
Dr. Len explained that total responsibility for your life means that
everything in your life- simply because it is in your life--is your
responsibility. In a literal sense the entire world is your creation.
Whew. This is tough to swallow. Being responsible for what I say or
do is one thing. Being responsible for what everyone in my life says
or does is quite another. Yet, the truth is this: if you take
complete responsibility for your life, then everything you see, hear,
taste, touch, or in any way experience is your responsibility because
it is in your life.
This means that terrorist activity, the president, the economy--
anything you experience and don't like--is up for you to heal. They
don't exist, in a manner of speaking, except as projections from
inside you. The problem isn't with them, it's with you, and to change
them, you have to change you.
I know this is tough to grasp, let alone accept or actually live.
Blame is far easier than total responsibility, but as I spoke with
Dr. Len, I began to realize that healing for him and in ho 'oponopono
means loving yourself. If you want to improve your life, you have to
heal your life. If you want to cure anyone--even a mentally ill
criminal--you do it by healing you.
I asked Dr. Len how he went about healing himself. What was he doing,
exactly, when he looked at those patients' files?
"I just kept saying, 'I'm sorry' and 'I love you' over and over
again," he explained.
That's it?
That's it.
Turns out that loving yourself is the greatest way to improve
yourself, and as you improve yourself, your improve your world. Let
me give you a quick example of how this works: one day, someone sent
me an email that upset me. In the past I would have handled it by
working on my emotional hot buttons or by trying to reason with the
person who sent the nasty message.
This time, I decided to try Dr.
Len's method. I kept silently saying, "I'm sorry" and "I love you," I
didn't say it to anyone in particular. I was simply evoking the
spirit of love to heal within me what was creating the outer
circumstance.
Within an hour I got an e-mail from the same person. He apologized
for his previous message. Keep in mind that I didn't take any outward
action to get that apology. I didn't even write him back. Yet, by
saying "I love you," I somehow healed within me what was creating him.
I later attended a ho 'oponopono workshop run by Dr. Len. He's now 70
years old, considered a grandfatherly shaman, and is somewhat
reclusive. He praised my book, The Attractor Factor. He told me that
as I improve myself, my book's vibration will raise, and everyone
will feel it when they read it. In short, as I improve, my readers
will improve.
"What about the books that are already sold and out there?" I asked.
"They aren't out there," he explained, once again blowing my mind
with his mystic wisdom. "They are still in you."
In short, there is no out there.
It would take a whole book to explain this advanced technique with
the depth it deserves. Suffice it to say that whenever you want to
improve anything in your life, there's only one place to look: inside
you.
When you look, do it with love
By Joe Vitale
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Working with the Wheel
North of the Medicine Wheel
Wolf, Horse and Buffalo live here, surrounded by the winds, at times gentle and caressing, soft and holding, at times fierce and destructive, blowing away all that you thought you knew.
Here is the place of the Adult Self, who can hold the reins for a while, until it is time to let go. Here is the place of the mind, the thoughts that are created and re-created through the flow of time.
Work with the medicine of wolf to take you to adult communities that serve your path, learn about heart love and loyalty from horse, take your knowledge and turn it into wisdom under the guidance buffalo.
Call on the Poderios of the North when you want to hear the messages on the wind, and when you know it is the time to upgrade the way you are setting up your thoughts, when you know you need to house clean the grid-work of your mental energy body.
When you want to work with the Medicine of the North, take a walk and pay special attention to the air touching your skin, lifting your hair. Do you feel supported by the wind or are you pushing against it? Does the dance of the wind enliven or irritate you?
Take time out, find a quiet spot in nature and sit against a tree, facing North. Hold your question in mind.
Ask the spirits of the North to help you discover if the thoughts you are holding about your issue are the thoughts from your Adult Self, to help you discover how your thoughts are setting up and how they could become more beautiful, more light-filled.
Listen to the answers that may come from the bird song carried on the breeze, or in the sigh of the whispers of the grasses.HUNA WISDOM
IKE: The world is what you think it is.
KALA: There are no limits.
MAKIA: Energy flows where attention goes.
MANAWA: Now is the moment of power.
ALOHA: To love is to be happy with.
MANA: All power comes from within.
PONO: Effectiveness is the measure of truth.
THE ALOHA SPIRIT
THE ALOHA SPIRIT
a.k.a. The Little Pink Booklet of Aloha
by Serge Kahili King
copyright by Serge King 2003
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The Aloha Spirit is a well known reference to the attitude of friendly acceptance for which the
In the Hawaiian language, aloha stands for much more than just "hello" or "goodbye" or "love." Its deeper meaning is "the joyful (oha) sharing (alo) of life energy (ha) in the present (alo)."
As you share this energy you become attuned to the Universal Power that the Hawaiians call mana. And the loving use of this incredible Power is the secret for attaining true health, happiness, prosperity and success.
The way to tune into this Power and have it work for you is so simple that you might be tempted to pass it off as being too easy to be true. Please don't let yourself be fooled by appearances. Take the time to try it out.
This is the most powerful technique in the world, and although it is extremely simple it may not prove easy, because you must remember to do it and you have to do it a lot. It is a secret which has been given to humanity over and over again, and here it is once more in another form. The secret is this:
Bless everyone and everything that represents what you want!
That's all there is to it. Anything that simple, however, does need some explanation.
To bless something means to give recognition or emphasis to a positive quality, characteristic or condition, with the intent that what is recognized or emphasized will increase, endure or come into being.
Blessing is effective in changing your life or getting what you want for three reasons: First of all, the positive focus of your mind stirs up the positive, creative force of the Power of the Universe. Secondly, it moves your own energy outward, allowing more of the Power to come through you. Thirdly, when you bless for the benefit of others instead of directly for yourself, you tend to bypass any subconscious fears about what you want for yourself, and also the very focus on the blessing acts to increase the same good in your life. What is so beautiful about this process is that the blessing you do for others helps them as well as you.
Blessing may be done with imagery or touch, but the most usual and easy way to do it is with words. The main kinds of verbal blessing are:
Admiration - This is the giving of compliments or praise to something good that you notice. E.g., "What a beautiful sunset; I like that flower; you're such a wonderful person."
Affirmation - This is a specific statement of blessing for increase or endurance. E.g., "I bless the beauty of this tree; blessed be the health of your body."
Appreciation - This is an expression of gratitude that something good exists or has happened. E.g., "Thank you for helping me; I give thanks to the rain for nourishing the land."
Anticipation - This is blessing for the future. E.g., "We're going to have a great picnic; I bless your increased income; Thank you for my perfect mate; I wish you a happy journey; May the wind be always at your back."
In order to gain the most benefit from blessing, you will have to give up or cut way down on the one thing that negates it: cursing. This doesn't mean swearing or saying "bad" words. It refers to the opposite of blessing, namely criticizing instead of admiring; doubting instead of affirming; blaming instead of appreciating; and worrying instead of anticipating with trust. Whenever any of these are done they tend to cancel out some of the effects of blessing. So the more you curse the harder it will be and the longer it will take to get the good from a blessing. On the other hand, the more you bless the less harm any cursing will do.
Here, then, are some ideas for blessing various needs and desires. Apply them as often as you like, as much as you want.
Health - Bless healthy people, animals, and even plants; everything which is well made or well constructed; and everything that expresses abundant energy.
Happiness - Bless all that is good, or the good that is in all people and all things; all the signs of happiness that you see, hear or feel in people or animals; and all potentials for happiness that you notice around you.
Prosperity - Bless all the signs of prosperity in your environment, including everything that money helped to make or do; all the money that you have in any form; and all the money that circulates in the world.
Success - Bless all signs of achievement and completion (such as buildings, bridges, and sports events); all arrivals at destinations (of ships, planes, trains, cars and people); all signs of forward movement or persistence; and all signs of enjoyment or fun.
Confidence - Bless all signs of confidence in people and animals; all signs of strength in people, animals and objects (including steel and concrete); all signs of stability (like mountains and tall trees); and all signs of purposeful power (including big machines, power lines).
Love and Friendship - Bless all signs of caring and nurturing, compassion and support; all harmonious relationships in nature and architecture; everything that is connected to or gently touching something else; all signs of cooperation, as in games or work; and all signs of laughter and fun.
Inner Peace - Bless all signs of quietness, calmness, tranquility, and serenity (such as quiet water or still air); all distant views (horizons, stars, the moon); all signs of beauty of sight, sound or touch; clear colors and shapes; the details of natural or made objects.
Spiritual Growth - Bless all signs of growth, development and change in Nature; the transitions of dawn and twilight; the movement of sun, moon, planets and stars; the flight of birds in the sky; and the movement of wind and sea.
The previous ideas are for guidance if you are not used to blessing, but don't be limited by them. Remember that any quality, characteristic or condition can be blessed (e.g., you can bless slender poles and slim animals to encourage weight loss), whether it has existed, presently exists, or exists so far in your imagination alone.
Personally I have used the power of blessing to heal my body, increase my income, develop many skills, create a deeply loving relationship with my wife and children, and to establish a worldwide network of peacemakers working with the aloha spirit. It's because it has worked so well for me that I want to share it with you. Please share it with as many others as you can.
How to Enhance Your Power to Bless
There is a technique practiced in
The Technique
1. Become aware of your natural breathing (it might change on its own just because of your awareness, but that's okay).
2. Locate the crown of your head and your navel by awareness and/or touch.
3. Now, as you inhale put your attention on the crown of your head; and as you exhale put your attention on your navel. Keep breathing this way for as long as you like.
4. When you feel relaxed, centered, and/or energized, begin imagining that you are surrounded with an invisible cloud of light or an electro-magnetic field, and that your breathing increases the energy of this cloud or field.
5. As you bless, imagine that the object of your blessing is surrounded with some of the same energy that surrounds you.
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