11/19/2025
The Power of Ho’oponopono: A Path to Healing and Return
Ho’oponopono is more than a prayer. It is a sacred Hawaiian practice of reconciliation, restoration and realignment with truth. Rooted in the ancient wisdom of the Hawaiian people, the word itself means to make right, to correct or to restore balance. This is not just a mental or emotional healing technique. It is a vibrational practice that opens the field to remembrance, allowing us to return to our original harmony.
Traditionally, Ho’oponopono was practiced in community. Families would come together to resolve conflict, guided by a kahuna or elder who held space for each member to clear their field through open expression, deep listening and heartfelt forgiveness. The purpose was always to restore divine alignment, not to assign blame or seek justification. It was understood that anything out of order in the outer world was a reflection of a disruption within the collective energy. By clearing together, they could return to unity.
This practice came into broader global awareness through the work of Morrnah Simeona, a Hawaiian healer and spiritual teacher who adapted Ho’oponopono into a personal meditation. Her student, Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len, brought even more attention to this wisdom when he shared his experience of healing a ward of criminally insane patients without ever meeting them. Instead, he sat with their files and used the four simple phrases to cleanse his own internal perceptions: I am sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you.
These phrases are not formulas or affirmations. They are energetic keys. Each one vibrates a frequency of responsibility, humility, gratitude and unconditional love. When spoken from the heart, they dissolve the illusion of separation and purify distortions in our field. This is not about fixing something that is broken. It is about remembering that we are already whole.
Ho’oponopono is not confined to formal rituals. It is a way of living. You can whisper the prayer to yourself during moments of tension. You can use it when thinking of someone with whom you have unspoken heaviness. You can offer it to your own body when you feel pain. You can even use it toward situations in the world that feel overwhelming. You are not asking anyone outside yourself to change. You are clearing the lens through which you perceive.
In the ancient Hawaiian way, there is a deep knowing that everything is connected. Every thought, every action, every feeling ripples through the field. Ho’oponopono helps us move from reaction to response, from judgment to compassion and from fear to love.
In a time when many feel disoriented by conflict and separation, this simple practice reminds us that healing does not begin out there. It begins within. And the more we cleanse our inner space, the more the world reflects the peace we are choosing.
So speak it gently. Speak it with sincerity. Allow the words to return you to the place beyond words. That is the power of Ho’oponopono. And it is available in every breath.
Faith Spina
