| Is there someone in your life who gets on | | | | healed a complete ward of criminally insane |
| your nerves? | | | | patients by looking within himself and taking |
| | | | responsibility for their illness (from 101 |
| In your search for inner peace, as well as | | | | Great Ways to Improve Your Life.) Instead of |
| for world peace, you may find yourself | | | | trying to change them, he changed himself. |
| feeling obstructed by the actions and | | | | And the concrete result was that the |
| intentions of others. We tend to idealize | | | | previously dangerous, high security ward was |
| peace as a pastel vision of children skipping | | | | closed because, one by one, all the patients |
| in a slow motion circle, holding hands and | | | | were released. |
| laughing... until the phone rings and the | | | | |
| person on the other end tries to sell you | | | | Stepping Forward |
| something you don't want and you snap at | | | | |
| them. | | | | If you've been on a parallel journey with me, |
| | | | you know that we have been ever more deeply |
| Suddenly something occurs to you. | | | | embracing the notion that we create our own |
| | | | reality. Cautiously, we have tiptoed onto |
| There are other people out there who seem to | | | | this terrain of vast responsibility. |
| be messing up your creation. | | | | Gratefully, we have accepted the empowerment |
| | | | that comes with it. In amazement, we have |
| We often encounter these personal stumbling | | | | watched our lives flourish as we receive and |
| blocks that remind us that we may not be as | | | | apply this understanding. |
| resonant with peace as we'd like to believe. | | | | |
| We start to see that war and crime, which | | | | Now we can go farther. Recognizing that the |
| we'd like to blame on others, have their | | | | people who we see "out there" really live "in |
| seeds in our very own consciousness. We see | | | | here" within the space of our consciousness, |
| their embryos in our reactions to the most | | | | we can make corrections within ourselves and |
| mundane intrusions in our daily lives. | | | | see transformations in our world. |
| | | | |
| As long as we hold ourselves in the stance of | | | | Step 1 |
| victim, we hold ourselves in the stance of | | | | |
| powerless. As soon as we step into the groove | | | | It can begin with the simplest step of loving |
| of responsibility, we step into the rhythm of | | | | and appreciating the mystery that you are. |
| happiness. | | | | You can start by considering the |
| | | | incomprehensible expanse of your |
| It's All You | | | | consciousness itself. Feel the richness of |
| | | | the ground of your being. |
| When I first heard about Ho'Oponopono, it | | | | |
| rang true for me at a deep level. | | | | Step 2 |
| Ho'Oponopono means to make right; to rectify, | | | | |
| to correct. Ihaleakala Hew Len, Ph.D., tells | | | | As you sense the broad expanse of your |
| us, "If you want to solve a problem, work on | | | | consciousness, notice where you encounter |
| yourself. If the problem is with another | | | | discord, judgment, pain, or distortion, and |
| person, for example, just ask yourself, | | | | release it completely. Offer apology to the |
| 'What's going on in me that's causing this | | | | ground of your being for creating this tangle |
| person to bug me?'" (from 100% Responsibility | | | | and let the resistance be erased. Feel the |
| and the Possibility of a Hot Fudge Sundae: | | | | relief of the open space that replaces the |
| Cat Saunders gets the scoop on Haleakala Hew | | | | pain. |
| Len This method echoes the message of the | | | | |
| Upanishads. It gives us an opening for seeing | | | | By honoring the ground of our being, even |
| "all beings in the Self and the Self in all | | | | though we may not understand it in the least, |
| beings" as Verse 6 of the Isopanishad | | | | we soften the harsh weapons we have been |
| advises. | | | | unwittingly using against ourselves, and |
| | | | therefore against each other. By clearing |
| Joe Vitale recounts the story of how Dr. Len | | | | ourselves we harmonize our world. |