In Maui, a realtor drove us around to look at houses. Along the
way, we did a lot of talking about healing, spirituality, the movie The
Secret, and personal growth. It was all interesting, but something en-
lightening took place on one segment of our drive.
The realtor had read my now-famous article on Dr. Hew Len
and the ho’oponopono Hawaiian healing process he used to heal an
entire ward of mentally ill criminals.
Like everyone else, the realtor found the article inspiring.
Like everyone else, he didn’t quite understand it.
As we drove around the beautiful island of Maui, I listened to the
realtor complain about a house he couldn’t sell.The buyer and seller
were fighting over it, causing a lot of anger, resentment, and more.
The sale was caught up in their bickering, and wasn’t going to close
anytime soon.The realtor was obviously frustrated by their actions.
I listened for a while and then felt inspired to speak up.
“Would you like to know how Dr. Hew Len might handle this
situation using ho’oponopono?’ I asked.
“Yes!” the realtor exclaimed, obviously curious. “I’m definitely
interested.Tell me.”
“This ought to be good,” Nerissa said.
“Well, I’m not Dr. Hew Len,” I began, “but I am writing a book
with him and I’ve trained with him. So I think I know how he might
handle this.”
“Tell me!”
“What Dr. Hew Len does is look within himself to see what is
within himthat is sharing the experience he sees on the outside,” I
began. “When he worked at that mental hospital, he looked at the
patients’ charts. Whether he felt repulsion at their acts or something
else, he didn’t deal with the person; he dealt with the feelings heex-
perienced.As he cleared what was within him,theybegan to get clear
and heal.”
“I like this,” the realtor said.
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