Ho‘oponopono for the Error-Prone Self
a Guided Meditation in Making Oneself Right with Oneself
Music Cue:
https://youtu.be/-opAo7kjtSs
You have come to sit -
not to perfect.
not to perform.
but to return.
to the breath that falters.
to the spine that slumps.
to the mind that wanders.
to the self that forgets.
You are not here to be correct.
You are here to practice correction.
To those faltering, fractured, fragile, & fault-filled aspects of this imperfect being,
I softly speak -
“Ho’oponopono”
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I Love you.
my heart whispers -
“Ho’oponopono”
I am responsible
for my self, for my errors, for my relations
my mind reminds -
“Ho’oponopono”
I make no space for resentment
I do not bear the burden of anger
my spirit sings -
“Ho’oponopono”
for harmony, for health, for wholeness...
Ho’oponopono
Rigidity
You held too tightly -
to the breath.
to the spine.
to the expectation.
“Ho’oponopono”
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I Love you.
You are softened.
Not collapsed.
Not erased.
Softened.
Breath
The breath grew shallow - it skipped. it rushed. it hid.
“Ho’oponopono”
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I Love you.
You are reecognized, remembered, reunited. Not measured. Not judged. Recognized, remembered, reunited.
Distraction
The mind left the room - it followed a sound, a memory, a task. it did not ask permission. it did not leave a note.
“Ho’oponopono”
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I Love you.
You are returned. Not punished. Not scolded. Returned.
Posture
The spine curled - the shoulders rose. the jaw clenched. the body forgot its invitation.
“Ho’oponopono”
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I Love you.
You are re-invited. Not corrected. Not reshaped. Re-invited.
Avoidance
You turned from the ache -
from the memory.
from the Ancestral echo.
you chose numbness over knowing.
“Ho’oponopono”
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I Love you.
You are re-focused.
Not exposed.
Not forced.
Re-focused.
Comparison
You measured this moment -
against yesterday.
against someone else.
against an imagined ideal.
“Ho’oponopono”
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I Love you.
You are present.
Not elsewhere.
Not elsewhen.
Present in this incomparable, present now - this very moment.
Judgment
You called yourself names - you compared. you doubted. you turned meditation into a courtroom.
“Ho’oponopono”
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I Love you.
You are released. Not acquitted. Not condemned. Released.
Impatience
You wanted progress -
you wanted stillness to yield.
you rushed the silence.
you grew restless with discomfort.
“Ho’oponopono”
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I Love you.
You are slowed.
Not stalled.
Not punished.
Slowed.
Forgetting
You lost the thread -
of intention.
of lineage.
of the reason you returned.
“Ho’oponopono”
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I Love you.
You are remembered.
Not corrected.
Not scolded.
Remembered.
Conclusion
You have erred.
You have returned.
You have practiced Ho‘oponopono.
You are not the error -
you are the one who speaks to it.
you are the one who listens.
you are the one who forgives.
“Ho’oponopono”
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I Love you.
To those faltering, fractured, fragile, and fault-filled aspects of this imperfect being,
I softly speak -
“Ho’oponopono”
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I Love you.
my heart whispers -
“Ho’oponopono”
I am responsible
for my self, for my errors, for my relations
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I Love you.
my mind reminds -
“Ho’oponopono”
I make no space for resentment
I do not bear the burden of anger
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I Love you.
my spirit sings -
“Ho’oponopono”
for harmony, for health, for wholeness...
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I Love you.
Ho’oponopono
Ho’oponopono
Ho’oponopono
You are the one in need of meditation...
Ho’oponopono
and the one who offers it...
Ho’oponopono
Ho’oponopono
Ho’oponopono
Ho’oponopono
Mahalo.
Thank you.
