I came accross this "thing" called Hoʻoponopono (ho-o-pono-pono). It’s is an ancient Hawaiian practice of clearing your self of negative "vibes", stress and conflict. Like Hawaiian meditation.
While there’s alot more to it, a silent little chant can almost
instantly put you in a "receptive" state of mind, to eliminate
frustration, anger, confusion, dissapointment, regret and all those
other "bad vibes." Some say this process of clearing your mindset,
resetting your outlook, helps to bring the positive influences/people/things you want to have in your life.
The cool thing about this is you don’t have to believe it to have it work for you.
What you do is say the following chant, whenever you need clarity or peace of mind; when you feel angry or upset:
I love you, I’m sorry, please forgive me, thank you.
Say this phrase silently to yourself, say it as often as possible and preferably say it all the time.
I made some little cards to keep with me to remind myself to keep on
doing this (it does work!). I keep one in my wallet, one in my bag,
one with all my camera stuff. The image helps keep is real in my mind.
– being visual etc…This little card is just a tangible way of
connecting with this technique. They are a bit smaller than business
cards (you fold them in half), very discreet, and because they are with
you all the time, are your constant link to the goodness in the world.
Here is what they look like – I chose a few of my more contemplative images for the front.
And since I shared this hint this with a group of photographers they
all wanted a template so they could make their own, I thought you might
like to try one of these as well. An early Christmas gift! You can
right click (or just click depending on your browser) to get a free
printable ho-opono card of your own. Unzip the file. It’s a jpg image
so it prints on any printer on regular paper. If you have access to a
colour printer you can contemplate in colour!
Try it – download one or all three, unzip, print it out, fold it in half and keep it with you at all times.
When you’re angry, tired, scared, frustrated etc. take it out, look at
the picture and say the chant (conveniently on the back in case you
forget it )
Let me know what happens.
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