| You may have heard of the Law of Attraction and | | | | Church, I came to understand that owning responsibility |
| that when we focus on what we want to create it | | | | for all that I experience in my life is actually a much |
| helps to draw it to us. | | | | more POWERFUL way to live. |
| In fact, the more we are able to concentrate with | | | | The power lies in the fact that (even though I have |
| great power and emotion on feeling as though our | | | | unwittingly created the things and life circumstances |
| goals and dreams have ALREADY been | | | | and events that I don't like in the first place) I AM the |
| accomplished, the more Law of Attraction can work | | | | one who has the ability to CHANGE things by clearing |
| on our behalf. | | | | up and eliminating my false negative inner beliefs, the |
| So, how can Ho'oponopono help us use the Law of | | | | best that I can. |
| Attraction even more powerfully for success and | | | | I have tried many spiritual practices along my journey |
| personal peace and happiness? | | | | to work on doing that, including spiritual healing, |
| The missing puzzle piece for many who have tried | | | | meditation, energy therapies like Emotional Freedom |
| working with the Law of Attraction and been | | | | Technique (EFT), Tapas Acupressure Technique |
| frustrated when it seems like it just doesn't work is | | | | (TAT), Be Set Free Fast (BSFF), and more. |
| that most of us have so many unconscious and | | | | I finally found one spiritual practice that is very simple |
| subconscious limiting beliefs that give us conflicting | | | | and effective -- Ho'oponopono. Although it has a |
| messages about whether we deserve or are capable | | | | strange-sounding Hawaiian name, I really love |
| of really handling the achievement of our goals and | | | | Ho'oponopono for its simplicity and effectiveness! |
| dreams. | | | | A simplified explanation of Hawaiian Ho'oponopono is |
| Most of the time, we are not even actually aware of | | | | that it helps us "clean" or eliminate all our negative, |
| these hidden, sabotaging beliefs! | | | | limiting unconscious and subconscious beliefs that have |
| However, because of these negative beliefs we are | | | | come to exist during our lifetime (even in our time |
| unaware of, every time we affirm our new positive | | | | spent within the womb before our birth). It also |
| goals or dreams, it's like a knee-jerk reaction that our | | | | eliminates issues stemming from our ancestral and |
| inner voice argues with us and cancels out our positive | | | | racial memories as well as our past life experiences! |
| affirmations. | | | | Best of all, it is a easy process to work into our |
| In my own spiritual quest over the past 20 or so years, | | | | everyday life! |
| learning about the Law of Attraction and other | | | | One of the easiest "Ho'oponopono cleaning tools" to |
| universal laws and how we create our own reality | | | | work with is a simple affirmation or mantra to be |
| was at first a very scary and disturbing revelation. | | | | repeated (out loud or even simply within) when we |
| I was so used to feeling like a victim and a martyr -- | | | | notice something that is causing a negative reaction |
| blaming other people and the circumstances of my life | | | | within us: "I'm sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love |
| for all of my problems -- I did not like the idea of feeling | | | | you!" There are many other Ho''oponopono cleaning |
| responsible for everything in my own life (much less in | | | | tools, but this is the most basic and simple to use. |
| the world) that was making me unhappy... NOT one bit! | | | | Since applying the Ho'ponopono technique, I have |
| However, as time went by and after reading many | | | | experienced many gradual yet significant |
| books, taking some intense personal development | | | | improvements in my overall well being, my financial |
| workshops, and participating in non-traditional spiritual | | | | situation, and the accomplishment of my goals. |
| communities such as a Unity Church and a Spiritualist | | | | |