radiant. trying.

I just read a post on HelpOthers.org.

It tells a tale of a therapist who healed mentally ill patients without even seeing them. As he looked at the patients’ files, he worked on himself. As he worked on himself, the patients would be healed.

Below is an extract of the post where I’ve edited the author’s thoughts and conversation with the therapist, Dr Len into a conversation.

Author: What were you doing within yourself that caused those people to change?

Dr Len: I was simply healing the part of me that created them

HUH?!

Dr Len: Total responsibility for your life means that everything in your life- simply because it is in your life – is your responsibility. In a literal sense the entire world is your creation.

Author thoughts: Being responsible for what I say or do is one thing. Being responsible for what everyone in my life says or does is quite another. Yet, the truth is this: if you take complete responsibility for your life, then everything you see, hear, taste, touch, or in any way experience is your responsibility because it is in your life. This means that terrorist activity, the president, the economy or anything you experience and don’t like – is up for you to heal. They don’t exist, in a manner of speaking, except as projections from inside you. The problem isn’t with them, it’s with you, and to change them, you have to change you.

Dr Len: I know this is tough to grasp, let alone accept or actually live. Blame is far easier than total responsibility. If you want to improve your life, you have to heal your life. If you want to cure anyone, even a mentally ill criminal you do it by healing you.

Author: How did you went heal yourself. What were you doing, exactly, when you looked at those patients’ files?

Dr Len: I just kept saying, ‘I’m sorry’ and ‘I love you’ over and over again.

Author: That’s it?!

Dr Len: That’s it.

Read the rest of the post.

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The author mentioned that Dr Len was practicing Ho ‘oponopono. I googled more about it and found out that it was an ancient Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness. It feels sort of Zen-like and calming to me. We could use more of such forgiveness in the world. Hey, if it reduces all the chaos that we are having right now, all the better!

More information on Ho ‘oponopono from wikipedia and ancienthuna.com