Look in the Mirror

                                      By Naniloa Smith

"Look in the Mirror" an elderly woman doctor was quoted to say to the parents of the children who were coming in as patients. "It is you, the parents that are the problem. I was taking a class in Self Identity through Ho’oponopono and staying at the Hilton in Woodland Hills, California when I happen to catch this interview on one of those news channels. I was thrilled to hear this as I agreed and it followed the Hawaiian teaching that I was learning in this seminar.

BE 100 % RESPONSIBLE

Being 100% responsible for the ancient Hawaiians meant cleansing what you experienced or heard. Actually it meant preparing before going so that the experience is free of stress. Stress is defined as a memory, a replay that is coming forth. It can be erased (cleansed) by the Mind.

TO TEACHERS

How does this look in the classroom? The teacher or instructor begins the day with a cleansing process that includes all the students, land, buildings, projects, past problems, so that when the students enter, the air in the room is clear of what went on before. The cleansing includes all family, relatives, and ancestors of all involved. Being 100% responsible is to come in peace to not intrude on the land and others bringing crud and controlling and manipulative ways. It is asking to see what is right for the day, the activity, the place and a willingness to change.

Each opportunity is seen as an opportunity to be 100% responsible. It is not to blame the child or the school or parent, but for each one to cleanse (erase) what he sees. Each situation provides a monitor’s view of what is going on in the inner computer. A situation would not be seen or experienced if it wasn’t in the memory bank.

This provides a reverence and a respect for all beings and a seeing without judgment, blame, race or religion.

The cleansing and erasing is taught in the Self Identity through Ho’oponopono as updated by Morrnah Nalamaku Simeona here in Tucson and around the world.

TO PARENTS

What you haven’t erased from your memory bank and your family tree is going to show up in the child. Drugs, alcohol, choice of mate, abuse, violence are all just a memory. If the child isn’t doing well, "Look in the mirror" This is why I continue to teach classes for adults, as it is the problem in them that manifests in the child. You parents that want the best for your child, I recommend the Ho’oponopono to clean – to erase these memories from you so they don’t show up as problems in you and for your child.

The children are like our monitor, you know, of a computer that shows us what is there.

So when I want to know how I’m doing I call my daughter. If she is ok then I know that things are ok. When she is stressed at work, has anxiety about the job, etc. then I know it is what I need to work on.

A friend of mine who does the Self Identity through Ho’oponopono got a call from school about her son who had been caught in telling a lie. She erased on the way to the school. When she saw her child, she said to him, "Please forgive me for what I have done that caused you to lie." She shared that from that time on they had a connection that was so wonderful and trusting.

Prepare for your child. Take care of yourself. Look for the opportunity to make things right for yourself and your family.

(Printed in The Emerging Awareness of Southeastern Arizona Journal November 2000)