Are you right or peaceful?

Conscious creating has reached the mainstream. Use those two words in any group and it’s likely that there will be at the least recognition. I’ve been working with conscious creating for more than half my life. In that time, I’ve arrived at the same bottomline over and over again.

The subconscious mind.

Sure, I can choose consciously, visualize, do affirmations, pray, meditate, dream my vision into being, but what I still cannot do, after all these years, is be certain of what’s in my subconscious mind. At the risk of stating the obvious (but someone has to), it’s called the subconscious mind for a reason—it’s not conscious.

So my ongoing trek into consciousness has included a search for techniques that address the subconscious mind. Over the years, I’ve used many but never have I found one that works every time all the time. Until recently.

The work of Dr. Haleakala Hew Len, an Hawaiian shaman, is called ho’oponopono (pronounced ho-o-po-no-po-no) and it addresses the subconscious mind by teaching us to take one hundred percent responsibility for everything in our experience. Track this with me.

You fight with your spouse. 100% responsible.
The war in Iraq. 100% responsible.
A rash on your arm. 100% responsible.
The neighbor’s yappy dog. 100% responsible.
A job you don’t like. 100% responsible.
A driver cuts you off on the highway. 100% responsible.
You get a raise. 100% responsible.
You fall in love. 100% responsible.

One hundred percent responsible for all things in your experience. All.

This is not a new concept. The Absolutists in the world of Metaphysics have taught this since Aristotle. What was new to me was Dr. Hew Len’s take on it. No matter what shows up in my experience, if I take one hundred percent responsibility for it, I can change it. Not the experience itself perhaps, but at the very least, my reaction to it. And the way I do that is to use clearing techniques on my subconscious mind.

He recommends the use of four sentences all day every day and especially when something you consider a problem arises. Here they are in all their glorious magic:

Thank you. I’m sorry. Please forgive me. I love you.

I’ve been using them nonstop since 2007 turned into 2008 and I cannot bear enough witness to how quickly things are changing for the better in my life.

I use the words for peace on earth all the time. Dr. Hew Len has said, “You can choose to be ‘right,’ or to be peaceful. Being ‘right’ always leads to suffering.” I would so much rather be peaceful, wouldn’t you?