Workshop Explores Hawaiian Method

"Just take care of yourself- you’ll see improvements with your students" was the opening comment by Dr. Hew Len who, along with Morrnah Simeona, Presented the workshop, "Self Identity Through Ho’oponopono " at the Teacher’s Institute Day at Neal Blaisdell Center on February 10, 1988.

Over a hundred teachers crowded into the meeting room to hear how the process of Self Identity Through Ho’oponopono allows one to make changes just by using the mind. Morrnah Simeona has updated this ancient Hawaiian process for today’s use.

Dr Hew Len spoke of being a forensic psychologist at the Hawaii State Hospital and using the process to help patients. He told of a boy who had a drug problem and used to attack people. "He was kept in shackles and tied down until I began to work with him. Being a trained psychologist, trained to talk to people about their problems, I found the approach of using my mind to help others to be simple; I didn’t even need to see the patient."

Morrnah shared, "We teach people to erase thought forms; it is thought that creates a problem. In the beginning the Divinity created us perfectly. We were created with a blueprint – rhythm. When we are in this rhythm we are in balance and everything around us is great."

Morrnah continued, "Thoughts are real and can hurt people; we teach how to shield yourself from thought forms. The subconscious when not shielded, accumulates others problems and you can experience being drained. Another way is to clean up your stuff then life around you will clear up." She said that the early Hawaiians knew of this. The use of "ha", the Divine Breath is used. This too, was used by the early Hawaiians.

In this process we learn to let go of thinking and controlling as this also causes stress. When we learn to tap into the subconscious we can be intuitive and divinely inspired and begin to ask what is going on in the subconscious that is creating the problem. Permanent healing happens when thought forms are erased.

In my twenty years as a classroom teacher, I found that one of my difficulties was not taking time for myself. I welcome the words, take care of me. Wouldn’t it be a simple approach for us all to just take care of ourselves and have the world get better around us? I like that.