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ready-to-run reaction. In fact, I noticed he looked calm. I was no longer

working on the unit at that time but hadto find out what had

happened. I learned he had been out of seclusion and restraints for some

time and the only explanation was that some of the staff were doing the

ho’oponopono Dr. Hew Len had shared with them.

The other situation occurred while I was watching the news on

television. I had taken a mental health day off to get away from work

and relax.The court appearance of a CISU patient who had

molested and murdered a three- or four-year-old girl showed up on

the news.This patient had been hospitalized as he was deemed unfit

to proceed on the charges against him. He was examined and

evaluated by several psychiatrists and psychologists and given an

array of diagnoses which, back then, would have most likely gotten

him a not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) judgment. He would

not have had to go to prison and would have been committed to the

less restrictive setting of the state hospital with the possibility of a

conditional release.

Dr. Hew Len had interacted with this patient, who eventually

asked to be taught the SIH process and reportedly was very persistent

and consistent in its practice, like the ex-marine officer he was. He,

by now, had been deemed fit to proceed and had a court date to state

his plea.

Whereas most other patients and their attorneys had opted and

would probably always opt for the NGRI plea, this patient did not.The

day before he was to appear in court he dismissed his attorney.The

following afternoon, he stood in court facing the judge and regretfully

and humbly proclaimed,“I am responsible and I am sorry.” No one

expected this. It took a few moments before the judge could grasp what

had just happened.

I had played tennis with Dr. Hew Len and this fellow on two or

three occasions and, though the patient was most polite and considerate,

I had judgments. However, at that very moment, I only felt tenderness

and love for him and sensed a huge shift in the entire courtroom as

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