Ho'oponopono Prayer Meditation
Practising the traditional Hawaiian technique of ho'oponopono prayer meditation can help a person to rid their body and soul of negative thoughts and emotions.
This article explains the process and highlights its benefits.
It's an easy healing practice that involves the repetition of four simple yet powerful intentions.
This simple practice is based on the complex idea that we are all connected.
By focusing on your own or someone else's pain when you meditate, you can heal yourself through forgiveness, gratitude, and love.
Background
Hawaiian psychologist, Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len is credited with some impressive work in this tradition.
He uses an updated version called "Self Idenity Through ho'oponopono." Dr. Len has reportedly helped people heal by using this technique after studying charts without even meeting them.
Using Ho'oponopono
The Hawaiian tradition of repeating the four phrases has touched many lives throughout the years.
You can try this meditation on a personal matter for which it is possible to take responsibility. For example, a habit that affects your health or relationship.
If you feel comfortable with your practice, then you can begin to focus on healing an issue or conflict with another person.
Over time you might extend your healing to a person who doesn't even directly concern you. This could be personal issues or conflict and peace in your community, or even the world as a whole.
Remember that this traditional Hawaiian Prayer focuses on a connection between all humans and God (or nature) as you understand it. So it's not important who you direct these thoughts towards, but it's more important to feel and express your feelings, whether you do it inwardly or outwardly.
Ho'oponopono Meditation Mantra and Prayer
This prayer is part of an ancient Hawaiian tradition that promotes forgiveness and spiritual well-being.
It's a prayer made up of four simple yet energizing short phrases that aims to eliminate negative memories from our subconscious mind and their associated negative emotions from our hearts.
Repeat the following four statements as often as your heart moves you.
The mantra is as follows:
- I'm sorry
- Please forgive me
- Thank you
- I love you
The order of the way you express these four intentions is flexible to suit your own preference.
Ho'oponopono Prayer Words
Let's expand on the meaning of the phrases for a better understanding of how and why this is such a powerful means to healing.
I'm sorry:
Name the problem, and be responsible for it. If you are repenting for yourself, or on behalf of another person, then this is what you're doing.
Please forgive me:
This shows that you are deeply sorry for the mistake, and have accepted some of the blame.
Thank you:
This is a powerful expression of gratitude that can be directed anywhere you are moved to, whether it's towards another person, God, your own self, or a group. Feel deeply forgiven and celebrate life's many blessings.
I love you:
Love is undoubtedly the strongest of feelings we can share with others, with God or with our world.
This traditional Hawaiian practice will hopefully leave you feeling a sense healing and connected to others.
Ho'oponopono Meditation Benefits
The overall benefits of ho'oponopono prayer when practised regularly and often are a definite feeling of lightness and calm that replace old feelings of being weighted down by emotional heaviness.
It brings about a release from what is often a multitude of instances of guilt that originate from any number of past transgressions that caused the negative emotion of guilt to become lodged deep within the heart-space. This release is often accompanied by feelings of relief and joy.
Once released from the grip of what is effectively a deep emotional imprisonment, the person can move forward in their lives without the invisible restraints that have been holding them back for all that time.
Ho'oponopono Healing Prayer
The ho'oponopono technique, which is an ancient Hawaiian method of reconciliation and forgiveness, is more than a simple prayer.
Through the way this healing process works, you are re-establishing your relationship with the Earth, others, your ancestors and the deities.
The family ritual emphasizes working together to solve problems, expressing emotions openly and releasing others. It is holding a space of reflection, forgiveness, and gratefulness.
It is a time of exchange, when emotions are expressed and forgiveness flows. Following the meal, which symbolizes release, there may be a ceremonial feast.
The philosophy that underlies this practice is the belief that we are all responsible for what happens in our lives. Our feelings and our experiences are ours alone and should never be attributed to another person.
If someone has hurt us, it's our responsibility to say "I'm sorry, please forgive me."
It is important to remember that unity is at the core of this approach. A bond that is essentially unbreakable connects everyone, even if they seem so different from us.
When external errors are rectified, internal errors will also be corrected. When you clean your consciousness, this contributes to the cleansing of "collective awareness." You will be forgiven if you forgive others.
Healing the Past
When you heal the past you are helping to heal your present life. By correcting any wrongs you have in your head, you are able to adjust and amend physical problems.
The practice ho'oponopono will help you to understand and heal your past experiences, whether you were the ones who brought them about or if you participated or affected them.
Summary
Don't be fooled by the apparent simplicity of this Hawaiian prayer mantra or dismiss it as being ineffective due to its brevity.
The repetition of the phrases into a longer, memorable affirmation-style mantra compounds the healing power of each individual prayer sequence in both your subconscious mind and your emotional heart-center.
While the ho'oponopono prayer by no means is a complete physical and mental healing process, it can profoundly heal the emotional wounds experienced for all that you've been through or are still trying move through.
Posted: September 24, 2023
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