Performance & The Subconscious Mind Part 21 Dr. Hew Len and Ho’oponopono
April 18, 2011 by Richard Matteson
Hi,
Communicating With The Subconscious Mind
Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len “Peace begins with me”
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 146
Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth,
… … … these rebel powers that thee array
Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth,
Painting thy outward walls so costly gay?
Why so large cost, having so short a lease,
Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend?
Shall worms, inheritors of this excess,
Eat up thy charge? Is this thy body’s end?
Then soul, live thou upon thy servant’s loss,
And let that pine to aggravate thy store;
Buy terms divine in selling hours of dross;
Within be fed, without be rich no more:
So shall thou feed on Death, that feeds on men,
And Death once dead, there’s no more dying then.
I’ve been painting (see next blog- it’s about painting). I’m trying to give free reign to my creativity. So I pay a few bills late, lose track of time and go into my little world. It’s not easy to let go, simple to understand but not easy to do.
By letting go- we become free. Dr. Hew Len, a native Hawaiian, practices his own form of Ho’oponopono (ho-o-pono-pono) based on his studies with Morrnah Nalamaku Simeona in the early 1980s. Ho’oponopono is the ancient Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness.
Hew Len, humbly attired in his baseball cap and Hawaiian shirt (see photo above), is fond of quoting Shakespeare. He says the question is: To be or not to be…free. Who cares about the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune! Then he quotes Sonnet 146 (above) and refers to “these rebel powers” as the opposing forces of the mind which prevent us from being free, being clear, of loving ourselves so we can love others.
As performers, after all the world is but a stage, we have trouble escaping the past- our fears, our hurts, our memories. Hew Len is all about cleaning his memories. Once we become clean we reach the zero state where all things are possible. We have to clear the memories which Hew Len calls “data.”
The most important question he says is, “Who am I?” Then, “What is the data in me?” The only performance anxiety is the memory of anxiety. The memory is the data, the data is running you. When the data is erased you are in a zero state- no data playing- no memories playing. Then you can build. Most of us are stuck in old data. We’re not even aware of it- we can erase the data and get back to zero.
Here’s some information about Ho’oponopono, Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len and Joe Vitale from the I Dream Catcher site:
Ho’oponopono originated from Hawaii and was originally taught by Morrnah Nalamaku Simeona. Morrnah was a healer and in 1983 she received a great honor by being designated as a living treasure of Hawaii. She was teaching Ho’oponopono to small and large groups of people as well as to hospitals, colleges and even to United Nations personnel. She also founded “The Foundation of I” to promote principles of Ho’oponopono around the world.
Historically Ho’oponopono healing system required the presence of mediator – senior qualified practitioner who would guide a healing process for practitioner. It is often that the group of people need be to interacting with each other in a certain way for the process to take place.
Morrnah updated Ho’oponopono in a way that healing and transformation process no longer required presence of any other person but the practitioner himself. Neither any specific interaction is required between practitioner and other people.
The miracle powers of Ho’oponopono self-healing and self-improvement practice would still be unknown to the world at large if not for the works of Joe Vitale, published as “The Attractor Factor” and especially his exceptional quality “Zero Limits” book.
Joe Vitale is best known as internet marketer, writer and speaker on the subject of self improvement. While internet marketing is something that perceived by many (including myself) with a great degree of skepticism – Joe Vitale’s experience on the subject of self improvement as well as his in-depth research about Ho’oponopono deserves the highest marks. It’s from Joe Vitale’s “Zero Limits” book that the world found out about true miracles and powers of Ho’oponopono as well as about Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len.
Dr Ihaleakala Hew Len Dr. Hew Len was the most avid student of Morrnah Simeona and practitioner of updated Ho’oponopono technique. He was the first person who got documented and confirmed proof of the healing miracles initiated by the Ho’oponopono process. Dr. Hew Len observed Hooponopono healing powers himself when Morrnah Simeona healed his daughter from painful bleeding shingles (skin disease) that she suffered from for more than a decade without anyone or anything helping.
Being traditionally educated university-trained physician he decided to look deeper into the process that Morrnah Simeona was using. He signed into her seminar in 1982 and not without certain degree of struggle (“…she was talking to spirits and sounding nuts!…” – ‘Zero Limits’, page 42) managed to complete the training. She was staying and learning from Morrnah all the way till 1992 when she passed away. Paying utmost attention to her teaching and practices Dr Hew Len managed to simplify and improve Ho’oponopono process even more and with amazing results.
From 1984 till 1987 he worked as a staff psychologist for Hawaii State Hospital overseeing high security unit housing male criminally insane patients. Now, to make things clear – these are the type of guys you don’t want to turn your back on. These guys committed murders, rapes, assaults and due to their degree of “insanity” were locked into psychiatric high security facility. Violence against each other and staff members were common.
Fast forward to 1987 (3 years later) wrist and ankle restraints were no longer used in this facility. Violence almost ceased to exist, only involving mostly new patients. New off-site activities were introduced to former violent patients. The spirit and order in the unit was greatly improved and eventually the whole unit was closed because there was no need. People just got improved, healed and released or moved into other non-violent wards.
According to Hew Len, “I didn’t heal them. I healed part of myself that created them”.
Because you allow yourself to focus on certain thoughts, you think, “I’m creating this experience and I take 100% responsibility for my thoughts.” Once you take responsibility you need to clean your negative memories. By cleaning yourself, you change your relationship with others. The focus is on changing yourself, not others.
The Ho’oponopono cleaning process seems to be very simple because it consists of repetitions of the following phrases:
I Love You
Please forgive me
I am sorry
Thank you
However, what most people don’t understand is: this is a dialogue meant for you only. It is the dialogue between your conscious mind (represented by the mother) and your subconscious mind (represented by the inner child) which is moderated by your superconscious mind or collective conscious (represented by the divine or God).
You are saying to your inner child, “Please forgive me for neglecting you. I am sorry you are suffering these memories. Help me get rid of them.”
You are saying to your inner child, “Thank you for helping me (us). I appreciate you helping me clean my memories so I can get back to my original state which is purity of heart.” According to Hew Len, “This lifetime is a gift of cleaning and going back to the home state.”
When you were a child, you weren’t afraid of criticism- you weren’t afraid to perform- you were in the zero state, no limits. You get there by establishing the connection to your inner child and working to cleanse your memories so you can perform, guided by your higher self- the part of you that is inspirational and is connected to the divine.
You can see many interviews on youtube with Dr. Hew Len. You can check out Joe Vitale’s workshops with Hew Len and his Zero Limits book.
Remember, when you reach nothing, you’ve got something- unlimited potential and purity of heart.
Stay tuned to the outer limits and this blog,
Richard Matteson