HO'OPONOPONO
The ho’oponopono prayer is a Hawaiian practice of forgiveness and reconciliation. The prayer is
“I’m sorry,
Please forgive me,
Thank you,
I love you“.
You can chant this mantra while sitting with your eyes closed as a type of meditation.
Ho’oponopono Prayer for Forgiveness, Healing and Making Things Right.
The Ho’oponopono prayer could be exactly what you’re looking for in your
relationships — with others, with the earth, with yourself.
What is Ho’oponopono Prayer ?
Ho’oponopono is an ancient Hawaiian practice for forgiveness and reconciliation. It’s more than the prayer alone; it’s a process of making things right in your relationships — with others, ancestors, deities, the earth, yourself.
The family ritual focuses on working through problems together, openly expressing feelings, and releasing each other. It’s the act and intention of holding a space for reflection, repentance, forgiveness, and gratitude.
Special words are exchanged, emotions are revealed, and forgiveness flows both ways. A ceremonial feast might follow, symbolizing the release.
The philosophy behind this practice is that we’re each responsible for what shows up in our reality. We own our feelings and our experiences. So even if someone else has wronged us, we’re the ones saying “I am sorry. Forgive me…”
The foundation of this practice is unity: an unbreakable bond connects you to everyone else, even though we seem so separate.
When errors are corrected externally, errors are corrected internally. When you “cleanse” your consciousness, you contribute to the cleansing of the “collective consciousness.” When you forgive others, you, too, are forgiven because…
As within, so without.
When you focus on healing the past, you help heal your life right here right now. When you right any wrongs in your thinking, you adjust and amend problems in the physical realm.
As above, so below.
The practice of Ho’oponopono helps you understand and heal the experiences in your life that you’ve “attracted” or participated in, or have been affected by.
While the Ho’oponopono Prayer is by no means a complete training in the Hawaiian practice, it can be profoundly healing for all you have gone through and are still trying to move through.
I recommend it!
It’s helped me identify underlying currents of resentment and self-loathing in my life (from childhood, school, and surrounding my brother’s suicide) so I can “give them up.” So I can be free, and move forword.
You’re allowed to move forward. Small rituals like this one can help.
