Thank you for coming along with me in reading this
article. I am grateful.
I love Self Identity Ho’oponopono and dear Morrnah
Nalamaku Simeona, Kahuna Lapa’au, who so graciously
shared it with me in November, 1982.
This article is based on thoughts logged in my 2005
notebook.
9 January 2005
Problems can be solved without knowing what the heck
is going on! Realizing and appreciating this is
sheer relief and joy for me.
Problem solving, part of the purpose for existence,
is what Self Identity Ho’oponopono is about. To
solve problems, two questions must be addressed: Who
am I? Who’s in charge?
To apprehend the nature of the cosmos begins with
the insight of Socrates: “Know thyself.”
21 January 2005
Who’s in charge?
Most people, including those in the science
community, deal with the world as being a physical
entity.
Current research in DNA to identify causes and
remedies for heart disease, cancer, and diabetes is
a prime example of this.
The Law of Cause
and Effect
Physical Model |
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Cause |
Effect |
Faulty DNA
Faulty DNA
Faulty DNA
Physical
Physical |
Heart Disease
Cancer
Diabetes
Physical Problems
Environmental Problems |
The Intellect, the Conscious Mind, believes it is
the problem solver. That it controls what happens
and what is experienced.
In his book User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness
Down To Size, science journalist Tor Norretranders
paints a different picture of Consciousness. He
cites research studies, particularly those of
Professor Benjamin Libet of the University of
California at San Francisco, that show that
decisions are made before Consciousness makes them.
And that the Intellect is not aware of this,
believing that it decides.
Patterns
From the moment of my birth
To the instant of my death
There are patterns I must follow
Just as I must breathe each breath.
Like a rat in a maze
The path before me lies
And the pattern never alters
Until the rat dies. |
And the pattern still remains
On the wall where darkness fell
And its fitting that it should
For in darkness I must dwell.
Like the color of my skin
Or the day that I grow old
My life is made of patterns
That can scarcely be controlled.
Paul Simon, Poet |
Norretranders also cites research that show that
the Intellect is only conscious of between fifteen
to twenty bits of information per second out of
millions in reaction below its awareness!
If not the Intellect, Consciousness, then who’s in
charge?
8 February 2005
Memories replaying dictate what the Subconscious
Mind experiences.
The Subconscious Mind experiences vicariously,
mimicking, echoing memories replaying. It behaves,
sees, feels, and decides exactly as memories
dictate. The Conscious Mind too operates, without
its awareness, by memories replaying. They dictate
what it experiences as research studies show.
The Law of Cause
and Effect
Self Identity Ho’oponopono |
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Cause |
Effect |
Memories Replaying in the Subconscious Mind
Memories Replaying in the Subconscious Mind
Memories Replaying in the Subconscious Mind
Memories Replaying in the Subconscious Mind
Memories Replaying in the Subconscious Mind
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Physical - Heart Disease
Physical – Cancer
Physical – Diabetes
Physical Problems – The Body
Physical Problems -- The World |
The body and the world reside in the Subconscious
Mind as creations of memories replaying, rarely as
Inspirations.
23 February 2005
The Subconscious Mind and Conscious Mind, comprising
the Soul, do not generate
their own ideas, thoughts, feelings and actions. As
noted before, they experience vicariously, through
memories replaying and Inspirations.
But men may construe things after their fashion
Clean from the purpose of the things themselves.
William Shakespeare, Playwright
It is essential to realize that the Soul does not
generate experiences of its own. That it sees as
memories see; feels as memories feel; behaves as
memories behave, and
decides as memories decide. Or, rarely, it sees,
feels, behaves and decides as
Inspiration sees, feels, behaves and decides!
It is crucial in problem solving to realize that the
body and the world are not the problems in and of
themselves but the effects, the consequences, of
memories
replaying in the Subconscious Mind! Who’s in charge?
Poor Soul, the Center of my sinful earth,
(Thrall to) these rebel pow’rs that thee array,
Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth,
Painting thy outward walls so costly gay?
Shakespeare, Poet
12 March 2005
The Void is the foundation of Self Identity, of
Mind, of the cosmos. It is the precursor state to
the infusion of Inspirations from Divine
Intelligence into the Subconscious Mind.
All that scientists know is the cosmos was spawned
from nothing, and will return to the nothing from
whence it
came. The universe begins and ends with zero.
Charles Seife, ZERO: The Biography of a Dangerous
Idea
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Diagram I
Self Identity
State of Void |
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Memories replaying displace the Void of Self
Identity, precluding the manifestation
of Inspirations. To remedy this displacement, to
reestablish Self Identity, memories
need to be transformed to void through transmutation
by Divine Intelligence.
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“CLEAN, erase, erase
and find your own
Shangri-La. Where? Within yourself.”
Morrnah Nalamaku Simeona, Kahuna Lapa’au |
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
brass,
Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of
iron,
Can be retentive to the strength of
spirit.
William Shakespeare, Playwright |
22 March 2005
Existence is a gift from Divine Intelligence. And
the gift is given for the sole purpose
of reestablishing Self Identity through problem
solving. Self Identity Ho’oponopono
is an updated version of an ancient Hawaiian problem
solving process of repentance, forgiveness and
transmutation.
Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not
condemn, and
you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be
forgiven.
Jesus as reported in Luke 6
Ho’oponopono involves the full participation of each
of the four members of Self
Identity: Divine Intelligence, Super Conscious Mind,
Conscious Mind and
Subconscious Mind --working together as a unit of
one. Each member has its unique
part and function in problem solving memories
replaying in the Subconscious Mind.
The Super Conscious Mind is memory free, unaffected
by memories replaying in the Subconscious Mind. It
is always one with Divine Intelligence. However
Divine
Intelligence moves so moves the Super Conscious
Mind.
Self Identity operates by Inspiration and memory.
Only one of them, either memory
or Inspiration, can be in command of the
Subconscious Mind at any given moment.
The Soul of Self Identity serves only one master at
a time, usually memory the thorn
instead of Inspiration the rose.
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Diagram 2
Self Identity
State of Inspiration |
Diagram
3
Self Identity
State of Memory Replaying |
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30 April 05
“I am the self consumer of my woes.”
John Clare, Poet
Void is the common ground, the equalizer, of all
Self Identities, both “animate” and “inanimate.” It
is the indestructible and timeless foundation of the
entire cosmos seen
and unseen.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
Men (all life forms) are created equal…..
Thomas Jefferson, Author
Declaration of Independence
Memories replaying displace the common ground of
Self Identity, taking the Soul of Mind away from its
natural position of Void and Infinite. Although
memories displace
the Void, they cannot destroy it. How can nothing be
destroyed?
A house divided against its self cannot stand.
Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States
12 May 2005
The Conscious Mind can initiate the Ho`oponopono
process to release memories or it can engage them
with blame and thinking.
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Diagram 4
Self Identity Ho’oponopono
(Problem Solving)
Repentance & Forgiveness |
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1. Conscious Mind initiates the Ho’oponopono
problem solving process, a
petition to Divine Intelligence to transmute
memories to void. It
acknowledges that the problem is memories replaying
in its Subconscious
Mind. And that it is 100% responsible for them. The
petition moves down
from the Conscious Mind into the Subconscious Mind;
2. The down flow of the petition into the
Subconscious Mind gently stirs
memories for transmutation. The petition then moves
up to the Super
Conscious Mind from the Subconscious Mind, and
3. The Super Conscious Mind reviews the petition,
making changes as
appropriate. Because it is always in tune with
Divine Intelligence, it has
the capacity to review and make changes. The
petition is then sent up to
Divine Intelligence for final review and
consideration.
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Diagram 5
Self Identity Ho’oponopono
(Problem Solving)
Transmutation by Divine Intelligence |
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4. After reviewing the petition
sent up by the Super Conscious Mind, Divine
Intelligence sends transmuting energy down into
the Super Conscious Mind;
5. Transmuting energy then flows from the Super
Conscious Mind down into the
Conscious Mind;
6. And transmuting energy then flows down from
the Conscious Mind into the
Subconscious Mind. The transmuting energy first
neutralizes designated
memories. The neutralized energies are then
released into storage, leaving
a void.
12 June 2005
Thinking and blame (See Graph 3) are memories
replaying.
The Soul can be inspired by Divine Intelligence
without knowing what the heck is
going on. The only requirement for Inspiration,
Divine creativity, is for Self Identity
to be Self Identity. To be Self Identity
requires incessant cleansing of memories.
Memories are constant companions of the
Subconscious Mind. They never leave
the Subconscious Mind to go on vacation. They
never leave the Subconscious
Mind to go into retirement. Memories never stop
their incessant replaying!
The Man of Law’s Tale
O sudden grief that ever art near
neighbour
To worldly bliss! Sprinkled with
bitterness
The ends of joy in all our earthly
labour!
Grief occupies the goal to which we
press.
For your own safety think it is no
less,
And in your days of gladness bear in
mind
The unknown evil forging on behind!
Geoffrey Chaucer, Cantebury Tales |
To be done with memories once
and for all, they must be cleansed to nothing
once
and for all.
It was in Iowa in 1971 that I fell head over
heels in love for the second time.
Dear M, our daughter, was born.
As I watched my wife care for M, I fell deeper
and deeper in love
with both of them. I had two wonderful people to
love now.
After completing graduate school in Utah that
summer, my wife
and I had two choices to make: go home to Hawaii
or to continue graduate
training in Iowa.
As we began life in the Hawkeye State, two
hurtles immediately confronted
us. First, M never stopped crying when we
brought home from the hospital!
Secondly, the worst winter of the century in
Iowa history set in. Each
morning for weeks on end I kicked the bottom
inside of the front door
of our apartment and hammered its edges with my
hands to break the
entombing ice on the other side.
Around her first year, blood stains showed up on
M’s blankets.
Only now as I write this sentence, I realize
that the constant crying was
her reactions to the severe skin problem that
was diagnosed later.
By age three, blood seeped continuously from
cracks in the crooks
of M’s elbows and knees. Blood wept from cracks
around the
joints of her fingers and toes. Thick mantles of
hard skin covered the
inside of her arms and around her neck.
One day nine years later when M was about
twelve, she, her sister
and I were driving home. Suddenly I found myself
turning the car around
without conscious forethought, and headed in the
direction of my office in
Waikiki.
“Oh, you folks have come to visit me,” Morrnah
said quietly as the
three of us trooped into her office. As she
shuffled papers on her
desk, she looked up at M. “Did you want to ask
me something?”
she said softly.
M stretched out both arms revealing years of
pain and grief etched
in them up and down like Phoenician scrolls.
“OK,” came Morrnah’s reply,
and she closed her eyes.
What was Morrnah doing? The creator of Self
Identity Ho’oponopono
was doing Self Identity Ho’oponopono. A year
later, thirteen years
of bleeding, scaring, pain, grief and
medications came to an end.
Self Identity Ho’oponopono Student
5 May 2005
For Self Identity to be Self Identity moment to
moment requires incessant Ho’oponopono. Like
memories, incessant Ho’oponopono can never go on
vacation. Incessant Ho’oponopono can never
retire. Incessant Ho’oponopono can never sleep.
Incessant Ho’oponopono can never stop as…
“…in your days of gladness bear in mind
the unknown evil (memories replaying) forging on
behind!”
30 June 2005
The purpose of life is to be Self Identity as
Divinity created Self Identity in its exact
likeness, Void and Infinite.
All life experiences are expressions of memories
replaying and Inspirations. Depression,
thinking, blame, poverty, hate, resentment and
grief are “…fore bemoan moans,” as Shakespeare
noted in one of his Sonnets.
12 December 2005
Consciousness working alone is ignorant of
Divine Intelligence’s most precious gift:
Self Identity. As such, it is ignorant of what a
problem is. This ignorance results in
ineffectual solving problem. Poor soul is left
to incessant, needless grief for its
entire existence. How sad.
The Conscious Mind needs to be awakened to the
gift of Self Identity, “…wealth
beyond all understanding.”
Self Identity is indestructible and eternal as
is its Creator, Divine Intelligence. The
consequence of ignorance is the false reality of
senseless and relentless poverty,
disease, and war and death generation after
generation.
24 December 2005
The physical is the expression of memories and
Inspirations taking place in the Soul
of Self Identity. Change the state of Self
Identity and the state of the physical world
changes.
Who’s in charge…inspirations or memories
replaying? The choice is in the hands
of the Conscious Mind.
7 February 2006 (A Leap into 2006)
Here are four (4) Self Identity Ho’oponopono
problem solving processes that can be applied to
reestablish Self Identity through voiding
memories replaying problems in
the Subconscious Mind:
1. “I love you.” When your Soul
experiences memories replaying
problems, say
to them mentally or silently: “I
love you dear memories. I am
grateful for the
opportunity to free all of you and
me.” “I love you” can be repeated
quietly
again and again. Memories never go
on vacation or retire unless you
retire
them. “I love you” can be used even
if you are not conscious of
problems.
For example, it can be applied
before engaging in any activity such
as
making or answering a telephone call
or before getting into your car to
go
somewhere.
Love
your enemies, do good to those who
hate you.
Jesus as reported by Luke: 6 |
2. “Thank you.” This process can
be used with or in place of “I love you.” As
with “I love you,” it can be repeated mentally
again and again.
3. Blue Solar Water: Drinking
lots of water is a wonderful problem solving
practice, particularly if it is blue solar
water. Get a blue glass container with
a non-metallic Cover. Pour tap water into the
container. Place the blue glass
container either in the Sun or under an
incandescent lamp (not a florescent
lamp) for at least an hour. After the water is
solarized, it can be used in
several ways. Drink it. Cook with it. As a rinse
after a bath or shower.
Fruits and vegetables love being washed in blue
solar water! As with “I love
you” and “Thank you” processes, blue solar water
voids memories replaying
problems in the Subconscious Mind. So, drink
away!
4. Strawberries and blueberries: These fruits
void memories. They can be
eaten fresh or dried. They can be consumed as
jams, jellies and even syrup on
ice cream!
27 December 2005 (A Leap Back Into 2005)
I got the idea a few months back of a talking
glossary of the essential “characters”
in Self Identity Ho’oponopono. You can get
acquainted with each of them at your leisure.
1. Self Identity: I am Self Identity. I am
composed of four elements: Divine
Intelligence, Super Conscious Mind, Conscious
Mind and Subconscious Mind.
My foundation, Void and Infinite, is an exact
replication of Divine Intelligence.
2. Divine Intelligence: I am Divine
Intelligence. I am the Infinite. I create Self
Identities and Inspirations. I transmute
memories to void.
3. Super Conscious Mind: I am Super Conscious
Mind. I oversee the Conscious
and Subconscious Minds. I review and make
appropriate changes in the
Ho’oponopono petition to Divine Intelligence
initiated by the Conscious Mind.
I am unaffected by memories replaying in the
Subconscious Mind. I am
always one with Divine Creator.
4. Conscious Mind: I am Conscious Mind. I have
the gift of choice. I can allow
incessant memories to dictate experience for the
Subconscious Mind and me
or I can initiate the release of them through
incessant Ho’oponopono. I can
petition for directions from Divine
Intelligence.
5. Subconscious Mind: I am Subconscious Mind. I
am the storehouse for all of
the accumulate memories from the beginning of
creation. I am the place
where experiences are experienced as memories
replaying or as Inspirations.
I am the place where the body and the world
reside as memories replaying and
as Inspirations. I am the place where problems
live as memories reacting.
6. Void: I am Void. I am the foundation of Self
Identity and the Cosmos. I am
where Inspirations spring forth from Divine
Intelligence, the Infinite.
Memories replaying in the Subconscious Mind
displace me but not destroy
me, precluding the inflow of Inspirations from
Divine Intelligence.
7. Infinite: I am Infinite, Divine Intelligence.
Inspirations flow like fragile roses
from me into the Void of Self Identity, easily
displaced by the thorns of
memories.
8. Inspiration: I am Inspiration. I am a
creation of the Infinite, of Divine
Intelligence. I manifest from the Void into the
Subconscious Mind. I am
experienced as a brand new occurrence.
9. Memory: I am memory. I am a record in the
Subconscious Mind of a past
experience. When triggered, I replay past
experiences.
10. Problem: I am problem. I am a memory
replaying a past experience again in
the Subconscious Mind.
11. Experience: I am experience. I am the effect
of memories replaying or
Inspirations in the Subconscious Mind.
12. Operating System: I am the Operating System.
I operate Self Identity with
Void, Inspiration and Memory.
13. Ho’oponopono: I am Ho’oponopono. I am an
ancient Hawaiian problem
solving process updated for today’s use by
Morrnah Nalamaku Simeona,
Kahuna Lapa’au, recognized as a Living Treasure
of Hawaii in 1983. I am
composed of three elements: repentance,
forgiveness and transmutation. I am
a petition initiated by the Conscious Mind to
Divine Intelligence to void
memories to re- establish Self Identity. I begin
in the Conscious Mind.
14. Repentance: I am repentance. I am the
beginning of the Ho’oponopono
process initiated by the Conscious Mind as a
petition to Divine Intelligence to
transmute memories to void. With me, the
Conscious Mind acknowledges its
responsibility for the memories replaying
problems in its Subconscious Mind,
having created,accepted and accumulated them.
15. Forgiveness: I am Forgiveness. Along with
Repentance, I am a petition from
the Conscious Mind to Divine Creator to
transform memories in the
Subconscious Mind to void. Not only is the
Conscious Mind sorrowful, it is
also asking Divine Intelligence for forgiveness.
16.Transmutation: I am Transmutation. Divine
Intelligence uses me to neutralize
17. Wealth: I am Wealth. I am Self Identity.
18. Poverty: I am Poverty. I am memories
replaying. I displace Self Identity,
precluding the infusion of Inspirations from
Divine Intelligence into the
Subconscious Mind!
Before bringing this visit with you to an end, I
would like to mention that reading this article
satisfies the prerequisite of attending a Friday
lecture if you are considering taking a Self
Identity Ho’oponopono weekend class.
I wish you Peace beyond all understanding.
O Ka Maluhia no me oe.
Peace be with you,
Ihaleakala Hew Len, Ph.D.
Chairman Emeritus
The Foundation of I, Inc. Freedom of the Cosmos
Thank you KR, HW, OH and JV for previewing and
commenting on drafts of the article. And thank
you OH a second time for preparing the article
for the Foundation website. I am grateful.
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