Ho’oponopono is a traditional Hawaiian practice for conflict resolution, reconciliation and peace. Deeply connected to Hawaiian culture and traditions, it emphasizes the importance of aligning with one's higher power to find peace.
Briefly, the prayer that we’re familiar with (which, as I learned from this week’s guest, is just a small part of the ho’oponopono process) is: “I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you.”
Deceptively simple. Incredibly powerful. The ho’oponopono prayer is, in fact, a completely different view of forgiveness or conflict resolution than we typically hold. As my guest, Native Hawaiian and ho’oponopono teacher Pihanalani Kililikane Kamaunu explains, “Forgiveness doesn’t have anything to do with the other person,” or the person you’re “forgiving.”
“It’s about getting right with ourselves,” she says. Put another way, when we hold onto a hurt or grudge or non-forgiveness of someone, “it’s like taking poison and expecting the other person to suffer,” Pihanalani explains.
It is all about energy: releasing what no longer serves us and making room for what could be better.
We explore the practice of Ho'oponopono and its connection to ancestral healing and cultural restoration. We touch on the significance of compassion, empathy, and the power of Aloha in addressing historical injustices and moving forward with trust and faith.
And honestly… the protocol is NOT easy. Like most spiritual practices, if you don’t mean it, it isn’t effective. You have to do the work. Of self-reflection, of letting go. Of truly meaning the words. Of seeing more than one side to a situation, taking responsibility for our part and, above all, finding compassion, for ourselves and others.
Of putting our peace and well-being above being right.
And that can feel like a bitter pill to swallow… that is, until you taste the freedom on the other side.
But don’t take my word for it… Watch our candid, sometimes vulnerable conversation, and decide what is pono for you. xoxo
ABOUT PIHANALANI
I am a Kanaka Maoli ManaWahine. I am from Molokai and was raised in Honolulu and near Austin, TX. I currently have been residing on Maui for 4+ years. My Grandma Judy led the restoration of using the Ho'oponopono process during the Hawaiian Renaissance in the 1960's-80's. She worked under Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center(QLCC) in the revival of practicing Ho'oponopono. My Grandma was well known for her superb work at mediating many successful Ho'oponopono sessions during this time.
Throughout my lifetime, I have participated in many Ho'oponopono sessions with people I love and also have successfully mediated a few. There are two types of Ho'oponopono Process. One is done between 2 or more individuals. There is also a Ho'oponopono Process that can be done individually for one’s own personal alignment with what is Pono.
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