But not everyone felt the same as me.
One night I went on a teleseminar and told everyone about my
experiences with Dr. Hew Len, most of which I’ve told you here.
They listened attentively. They asked questions. They seemed to un-
derstand what I was explaining. But to my surprise, at the end of the
call they resumed their normal way of thinking.While all agreed that
we need to take 100 percent responsibility for our lives, they were
again talking about others.While all agreed that the cleaning method
Dr. Hew Len taught me was powerful, they again went back to old
habits.
One person said, “I don’t want to say ‘I’m sorry,’ because what-
ever I say after ‘I am’ is what I will become.”
I wanted to say, “Well, we can clean on that,” knowing that her
statement was just a belief. But I simply said, “Dr. Hew Len says do
whatever works for you.”
I admit at first I found this frustrating. But then I realized Ihad
to clean on this, too. After all, if I take 100 percent responsibility for
what I experience, I am experiencing them. And if the only tool with
which to clean is “I love you,” then I need to clean on what I see in
others, as what I see in others is in me.
This may be the hardest part of ho’oponopono to understand.
There’s nothing out there. It’s all in you. Whatever you experience,
you experience inside yourself.One person challenged me on this issue by asking, “What about the
50 million people who voted for the president I don’t like? Clearly I
had nothing to do with their actions!”
“Where do you experience those 50 million people?” I asked.
“What do you mean where do I experience them?” he coun-
tered.“I read about them, I see them on television, and it’s a fact they
voted for him.”
“But where do you experience all of that information?”
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