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Spiritual Healing
Ho’ Oponopono, the Path to Peace
Michael Jackson’s song, Man in the Mirror, is easily one of my top ten songs. There’s magic in it. It is chalk full of Buddhism. It is the epitome of psychological research, as foundational as Jungian therapy- “if you want to change the world, take a look at yourself and make the change.” That may sound easy, but it’s actually harder to change yourself than you think. Partly because it is all too easy to get caught up in the world-wind and blaming external agencies. Yes, Whirlwind pun. What if there was a formula for you to test the theory of self-change equals world change?
This is not a gimmick. It’s powerful. It leads to change. You cannot not change yourself and not see a change in others. We are all intricately connected in a myriad of unseen ways. Imagine a mobile hanging over your baby’s crib. All those little floaties want to stay in their orbits because they’re attached. Change the weight of one, and the configuration will change. There might be resistance as the mobile itself wants to maintain the original orbit, but weight on one piece will necessarily change the configuration.
In all things related to your life there is one constant. YOU. So, yes, for once in your life, it is true- you are the…
