Whew, been a while!

I have to tell you I kind of needed a break from my own mind, I got refreshed, went to AZ where I got a sunburn!!!!!!!  If you are in CO right now you know this is huge!!  I am revived I feel empowered and driven and ready to take on the world :) 

I saw one of my dearest friends, she is so beautiful I am drawn to her like a magnet!  I got to spend time with 2 people that I dearly love and cross an incredible threshold with my boyfriend Jake.  He has been such a gift to my life, and I too his.  This weekend away offered us a lot fo time together and by the end of that time we were sick of each other ha ha!!!  I mean over 4 days in the same sudio apartment, same car, same stores, same everything was a lot to handle, especially with the shifts that this planet is offering us.  Low and behold on our way to the airport we just begin to snap at one another; now neither of us was right or wrong anywhere along the lines it was just a release of tension.  

We were sitting in opposite areas of the airport, as I was sitting there I was thinking about something my friend Terra told me about over the weekend called Ho'oponopono ( I attached the article below), Jake came over to me to apologize and I explained to him the process of this Ho'oponopono which is acting in humility, love and gratitude and than I proceeded by using the technique on him.  Basically the technique is this:
I am so so sorry for what happened (whether you feel you are in the right or not) - HUMILITY
I love you - LOVE
Thank you so much for everything you are (whether you fully feel this at the moment) - GRATITUDE

This changed the full dynamic of the situation and the feelings.  After all there is really nothing worth fighting for.  Love and peace and acceprance flow with grace when allowed.  We just need to create the space for this to happen.  Soemtimes this space means biting the bullet of the ego and recognizing something far more important.  

Use this trick, read this article, soak in the vast ability to be at peace and when you use this process of Ho'oponopono recognize that you are making the world a better place!

I'm sorry and I love you



HO'OPONOPONO


By Joe Vitale






"Two years ago, I heard about a therapist in Hawaii who cured a complete


ward of criminally insane patients--without ever seeing any of them. The


psychologist would study an inmate's chart and then look within himself to


see how he created that person's illness. As he improved himself, the


patient improved.






"When I first heard this story, I thought it was an urban legend. How


could anyone heal anyone else by healing himself? How could even the best


self-improvement master cure the criminally insane? It didn't make any


sense. It wasn't logical, so I dismissed the story.


"However, I heard it again a year later. I heard that the therapist had


used a Hawaiian healing process called ho 'oponopono. I had never heard of


it, yet I couldn't let it leave my mind. If the story was at all true, I


had to know more. I had always understood "total responsibility" to mean


that I am responsible for what I think and do. Beyond that, it's out of my


hands. I think that most people think of total responsibility that ay.


We're responsible for what we do, not what anyone else does--but that's


wrong.


"The Hawaiian therapist who healed those mentally ill people would teach


me an advanced new perspective about total responsibility. His name is Dr.


Ihaleakala Hew Len. We probably spent an hour talking on our first phone


call. I asked him to tell me the complete story of his work as a


therapist. He explained that he worked at Hawaii State Hospital for four


years. That ward where they kept the criminally insane was dangerous.


Psychologists quit on a monthly basis. The staff called in sick a lot or


simply quit. People would walk through that ward with their backs against


the wall, afraid of being attacked by patients. It was not a pleasant


place to live, work, or visit.


"Dr. Len told me that he never saw patients. He agreed to have an office


and to review their files. While he looked at those files, he would work


on himself. As he worked on himself, patients began to heal.


"'After a few months, patients that had to be shackled were being allowed


to walk freely,' he told me. 'Others who had to be heavily medicated were


getting off their medications. And those who had no chance of ever being


released were being freed.' I was in awe. 'Not only that,' he went on,


'but the staff began to enjoy coming to work. Absenteeism and turnover


disappeared. We ended up with more staff than we needed because patients


were being released, and all the staff was showing up to work. Today, that


ward is closed.'


"This is where I had to ask the million dollar question: 'What were you


doing within yourself that caused those people to change?'






"'I was simply healing the part of me that created them,' he said. I


didn't understand. Dr. Len explained that total responsibility for your


life means that everything in your life- simply because it is in your


life--is your responsibility. In a literal sense the entire world is your


creation.


"Whew. This is tough to swallow. Being responsible for what I say or do is


one thing. Being responsible for what everyone in my life says or does is


quite another. Yet, the truth is this: if you take complete responsibility


for your life, then everything you see, hear, taste, touch, or in any way


experience is your responsibility because it is in your life. This means


that terrorist activity, the president, the economy or anything you


experience and don't like--is up for you to heal. They don't exist, in a


manner of speaking, except as projections from inside you. The problem


isn't with them, it's with you, and to change them, you have to change


you.


"I know this is tough to grasp, let alone accept or actually live. Blame


is far easier than total responsibility, but as I spoke with Dr. Len, I


began to realize that healing for him and in ho 'oponopono means loving


yourself.






"If you want to improve your life, you have to heal your life. If you want


to cure anyone, even a mentally ill criminal you do it by healing you.


"I asked Dr. Len how he went about healing himself. What was he doing,


exactly, when he looked at those patients' files?


"'I just kept saying, 'I'm sorry' and 'I love you' over and over again,'


he explained.


"That's it?


"That's it.


"Turns out that loving yourself is the greatest way to improve yourself,


and as you improve yourself, you improve your world.


"Let me give you a quick example of how this works: one day, someone sent


me an email that upset me. In the past I would have handled it by working


on my emotional hot buttons or by trying to reason with the person who


sent the nasty message.


"This time, I decided to try Dr. Len's method. I kept silently saying,


'I'm sorry' and 'I love you,' I didn't say it to anyone in particular. I


was simply evoking the spirit of love to heal within me what was creating


the outer circumstance.


"Within an hour I got an e-mail from the same person. He apologized for


his previous message. Keep in mind that I didn't take any outward action


to get that apology. I didn't even write him back. Yet, by saying 'I love


you,' I somehow healed within me what was creating him.


"I later attended a ho 'oponopono workshop run by Dr. Len. He's now 70


years old, considered a grandfatherly shaman, and is somewhat reclusive.






He praised my book, The Attractor Factor. He told me that as I improve


myself, my book's vibration will raise, and everyone will feel it when


they read it. In short, as I improve, my readers will improve.


"'What about the books that are already sold and out there?' I asked.


"'They aren't out there,' he explained, once again blowing my mind with


his mystic wisdom. 'They are still in you.' In short, there is no out


there. It would take a whole book to explain this advanced technique with


the depth it deserves.


"Suffice It to say that whenever you want to improve anything in your


life, there's only one place to look: inside you. When you look, do it


with love."






Segway:


Based on this article, if you choose to, you can go into this activity with the outlook that everyone is a reflection of things inside of you. When you are gazing into the eyes of your fellow USG members, see what you recognize inside them. Being incredible leaders, we have all faced challenges and we have all felt success. We have been pushed beyond limits and fallen short of goals. Do you recognize these qualities in each other?