Ho’oponopono: A Hawaiian Prayer For Forgiveness, Peace, and Love
Ho’oponopono (pronounced HO-oh-Po-no-Po-no) is an ancestral Hawaiian healing ritual that teaches you to cleanse your consciousness of negative memories, unconscious fears, and disempowering programming and to honor yourself (and others) with forgiveness, peace, and love.
The philosophy behind this practice is that we’re all responsible for what shows up in our reality.
It helps you to understand and heal the experiences in your life that you’ve “attracted” or participated in, or have been affected by. When we own our feelings and experiences, we’re able to reconcile and release them.
The H’oponopono Prayer
There are four aspects in this prayer: repentance, forgiveness, gratitude, and love.
First, you must recognize your own responsibility for the events occurring in your life, acknowledge how that event made you feel, and repeat the following phrases out loud or silently to yourself:
I’m Sorry
Please Forgive Me
Thank You
I Love You
Be aware of how you feel — it is normal to feel resistance or uneasiness at first.
Repeat this several times (about 7 - 8 times), and take notice of how the negativity is replaced with inner peace, love, and harmony — and sometimes even miracles take place.
You can apply this prayer to traumatic past events, destructive thought patterns, family dynamics, daily annoyances, or any other negative event in your life.