In my meditation this morning, I was practicing Ho’opanopano – an ancient prayer consisting of, “I’m sorry, please forgive me, thank you, and I love you” – all spoken with humility and deep love to The Divine.
When I got to the second part, “please forgive me”, I was surprised at what I found.
In this meditation, I was expressing being sorry for not living with an open heart and for not being in the ever-present flow of Spirit. And I was really feeling this. It was an admission, but it was also a releasing.
When I said, “please forgive me”, I heard a peace coming from Spirit, from the Universe, that I am not, was not, never have been, and never will be judged by God. God doesn’t judge. If God is all-that-there-is and unconditional love, then God cannot judge. I’ve believed that for quite some time. But what I got this morning was that it was I who needed to forgive me. I was the one doing the judging, not God.
And here was the surprise… Ho’opanopano is really a releasing process so that a person can take responsibility for their life and move on. I was right on the cusp of this, but I paused at the point that I “heard” Spirit say this through me – “I need to forgive me”.
Blessings to you this day in giving and forgiving,
Todd
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Thank you for sharing that story.
I am trying to do the same thing. My brother is financialy stressed. Whatever comes into my life I am responsible for. So because he is experiencing this there is something in me that is causing this. So I clean. It helps me and in the end will help him.
Learning…Enjoying…Sharing
David
P.S. If I am 100% responsible I also must clean on forginving myself . Thanks Todd
Thank you David. I absolutely love this prayer.
Blessings,
Todd