Inspirational Wisdom from Hawai'i

Ahh, dear Inda, thank you for this beautiful Hawaiian thread. So much love, so much wisdom, we can learn so much from this wonderful island population!
May their way of life touch many!
You are half Hawaiian dear Inda, as you chose this magical place for your spiritual and physical relaxation and evolution.
Yes we will stay connected through ALOHA.
Here in Rome we are already in 2007! Celebration is going on ...
All my best wishes for a beautiful holiday and a magnificent 2007!

Love and Joy.
Divine blessings.
Margherita

Thank you for sharing the spirit of aloha.
I have been to Hawaii myself and truly appreciate their respect for all living things.

Have a safe trip.

Love,
yoko.

Aloha is the center of all things Hawaiian. It is through aloha that all other Hawaiian values have meaning. The spirit of aloha affects everything we do, not so much in words, it doesn't come from the mouth, it comes from the action. To show you have aloha is from your action and how you deal with things.

Na'auao Pane'e

Thank you for the wonderful post.
Just imagine, in one week you will be in Hawaii.\
Can you fit me in your carry-on?

Goddess Laka!
O wildwood bouquet, O laka!
O Laka, queen of the voice!
O laka, giver of gifts!
O Laka, giver of bounty!
O Laka, giver of all things!

Hawaiian,
prayer to the Goddess Laka

Thank you Margherita for the beautiful big orchid.
Thank you yoko and sue for your lovely replies.

Sue, I don't think that they allow too much in our carry ons now, otherwise I would sneak you on board.


Aloha exists beyond motives,
desires or opinions. It is sustained
by love, fortified by compassion,
and it expands in power and beauty
as we give it away to all who come into our lives.

Hawaiian saying



Like seeds on the wind, let your
aloha find a home in every soul
you meet.

Robert James

Such a beautiful topic/post/thread dear Inda!

I can't decide who is cutes, the dolphinies, or:


King Louie Louie Loao here! he he..

From: http://p080.ezboard.com/finnerconnectionsfrm155.showMessage?topicID=272.topic

HO'OPONOPONO by Joe Vitale

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 spent 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 or 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, you 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.

Thank you Teo,

This is a very interesting reply.
I believe that the Hawaiians have a lot of intuition and knowledge to do many useful things.

"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."

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When love is given, love should be returned;
anger is the thing that gives no life.

Hawaiians understood
the transforming power of aloha.
Love begets love,
and enmity produces enmity.
Anger only serves to hurt the angry,
causing emotional upset,
which impairs mental,
physical, and spiritual well-being.

Interesting topic Teo.

quote:

They are still in you.' In short, there is no out there

I have to agree with Inda that Hawaiians are a very intuitive people.

Love is like a cleansing dew.

Hawaiian



When the sky weeps,
the earth lives.

Mary Kawena Pukui

quote:

'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, you improve your world.

Wow! Your post, dear Teo, is totally fantastic! I am beginning to understand more and more this thing about "total responsibility", about "co-creating" everything ... It is extremely FASCINATING!

And again I am also reminded of Neale Donald Walsh saying that when we don't know how to handle things, we should ask ourselves "What would LOVE do?".

You see, these wise men are beacons of light, who show the way.

I am also reminded of Jesus saying: "Love your neighbour as much as you love yourself" ... and "don't do to another what you would not do to yourself" ... all this teaching is teaching about LOVE.

love, ALOHA, THANK YOU!

Margherita

Thank you all for your wonderful replies and images.

Now I really have to get ready for my trip.
I will miss you all until i get back.

Sending you all a lot of Aloha.

Love, Inda
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Love is a spring
that flows freely

Mary Kawena Pukui

Enjoy your trip, dear Inda, and live those weeks to the fullest.
We will miss you, but we are just a thought away after all!
Today I was thinking of Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len's wisdom and about how his therapy makes so much sense, even if it is not easy to get used to the idea that we are all co-responsible for whatever happens to the "others". Is there "another", or is there only "One"? Well, we know, maybe deep down inside, but we have forgotten.
"I am sorry", "I love you"! That's it.
Thank you again for this life-changing post.
Love, Peace and Joy to all!
Margherita

Have a wonderful time.
Enjoy every moment that is filled with beauty and love.

yoko

Hawaiian Ancestors - Forgiveness and Healing

While searching for a picture I found this site and found it very very interesting.

Very much in line with the therapy "I am sorry" "I love you", you will see.

Amazing and comforting in the same time.

Aloha!

Love to all,
Margherita

Thank you for the very beautiful thread.



Love,
Vicky

Thank you everyone for your beautiful replies, and for sharing this thread.

Love, Inda
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Love is imperative to ones mental, physical, emotional and spiritual welfare. A kind word can melt the hardest heart. look at a situation with love. It changes everything.

Hawaiian

The goodness of a father reaches higher than a mouintain;
that of the mother goes deeper than the ocean.

Hawaiian saying