by Yvonne Green

Created on: September 03, 2009

The practice of Ho'oponopono comes from a very old Hawaiian tradition. The word Ho'oponopono is a Hawaiian word meaning 'make right' and it's a way of making things right in our lives. Originally it was used in family situations where there was discord among members of a family. A mediator would be brought in, and Ho'oponopono would be used to make things right between them. The earliest documentation of the practice is by a lady called Mary Kawena Pukui who wrote about it being used during her childhood. During Ho'oponopono, families would participate in prayer, confession, discussion, repentance, restitution and forgiveness.

In the 1980's Morrnah Simeona developed an updated version that can be used individually for our own healing and personal development. This new version is called 'Self-Identity Through Ho'oponopono' or 'SITH' for short. With Ho'oponopono, we can 'peel back the layers' of our personality and reveal our true selves, 'making right' the things that are wrong in our life along the way.

When we practice Ho'oponopono, we are encouraged to take one hundred per cent responsibility for everything in our lives. This applies not only to the good things that happen to us but the bad things too. If we see someone who is suffering in some way, then we have brought that person into our life and we are responsible for them being there. We are not responsible for that person, or for their suffering, but we are responsible for them being in our present moment. If we are suffering ourselves, in any way whatsoever, then we are responsible for that. If we are happy, we are responsible for that too. Ho'oponopono is the Law of Attraction in action every second of our lives. To take one hundred per cent responsibility means viewing every situation we find ourselves in as a projection of something inside of us, and not an external circumstance.

The idea behind Ho'oponopono is that everything that is wrong in our lives is simply our bodies, (with health problems) or our circumstances (with life problems) replaying old memories, feelings or beliefs. Our subconscious has recorded every event that has happened to us so far in our lives. Every word, action, and deed both good and bad is held there along with the beliefs and thoughts we were brought up with. And some of those beliefs are still influencing our lives and the way we live them today. For example, how often were you told as a child, "Money doesn't grow on trees"? Or "We all have to work hard to make

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