Meditation (June 2008)

Healing for the collective consciousness of our planet

In the context of global heating that is proceeding to some as yet unknown tipping point beyond which there will be no return, and humanity’s general indifference to our impending collective suicide – most likely taking with us all of life on this planet as we know it – I’ve been pondering what an individual within the collective consciousness can offer...

If you think I exaggerate re global heating, see
Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice
By David Shukman
Environment correspondent, BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7417123.stm

What could an individual possibly do in the face of this impending global disaster? How could an individual make a difference, in the face of the personal self-centeredness and addiction to and/or aspiration to achieve unsupportable Western lifestyles – that are built upon the exploitation of the human and natural resources of the rest of the world? In the face of leaders of nations who do not see beyond their next election campaign or whatever other process keeps them in power? In the face of corporations that put monetary profits above human and planetary concerns?

I’ve come to believe there is something significant that each of us can do.

I’ve been impressed with the approach of the Hawaiian practice of Ho’oponopono.
In a capsule version:
Ho’oponopono recommends that we view anything and everything that occurs in the world as a reflection of something within ourselves. When faced with anything that stirs our negative feelings, be they anxiety, fear, irritation, ire, anger, hurt, hatred or whatever, we can look inward and ask, “What within me might have brought me into contact/ awareness/ interaction with this negativity?” We might take this a step further, and ask, “What within me might have generated/ contributed to/ created some part of this negativity?” or just, “...this negativity?”

Having connected with that awareness, we can say in our heart,
“I am sorry.  Please forgive me. I love you.  Thank you.”

How can we know whether this is an effective contribution to the ALL? People report amazing feedback they get when using this in response to interpersonal negativity. At the very least, our own negativity is released and transmuted. But much more interestingly, interpersonal conflicts resolve themselves. Healings occur for what had appeared to be insoluble conflicts.

See interesting discussions of Ho’oponopono at links below
 
In view of the collective homicidal and suicidal madness of mankind, it feels to me we might add to the process:
“I resonate with any and all such feelings and memories in the collective consciousness of this world.”  I am sorry.  Please forgive me. I love you.  Thank you.”

Maybe, just maybe, we can heal the collective post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) of humanity that perpetuates the cycle of experiencing abuse --> hurt –-> anger --> perpetrating abuse on others --> etc.

I find at times that strong feelings are raised in connecting to that which the universe brings to my awareness, inviting me to clear these. At such times, WHEE or other EP methods can be helpful personally in dealing with these feelings. If the feelings do not feel overwhelming, one might use the adaptation from Ho’oponopono prior to releasing them; otherwise one may use this at any point during the clearing of intense feelings when it feels intuitively appropriate.

I am incorporating this into my personal and psychotherapeutic interactions with everyone I encounter.

I invite others to do whatever might feel right to you.
I resonate with any and all such feelings in the collective consciousness of this world.  I am sorry.  Please forgive me. I love you.  Thank you.

Healing through the collective consciousness is limited only by our beliefs and disbeliefs. There is no reason we could not extend this healing back to our common genetic ancestor, ‘Lucy,’ and beyond – to whatever and whomever might have brought her to be the survivor of some tragedy that wiped out all other genetic lines...

Blessings

Dan  

Daniel J. Benor, MD, ABHM
DB@WholisticHealingResearch.com

THE ANCIENT HAWAIIAN TEACHING OF HOOPONOPONO: THE MARRIAGE
Ihaleakala Hew Len, PHD
Teacher of Ho’oponopono
http://www.hooponoponotheamericas.org/article3.htm
Other articles available on this site.

HO'OPONOPONO by Joe Vitale
 http://educate-yourself.org/zsl/hooponopono25jul06.shtml
A doctor treats hospitalized mental patients by healing that within himself resonates with the problems of each patient.

WHEE - potent method of self-healing
  WHEE = Wholistic Hybrid derived from EMDR and EFT
  WHEE articles
     http://wholistichealingresearch.com/wheearticles.html
  Workshops, telephone seminars
     http://wholistichealingresearch.com/scheduledworkshops.html
  WHEE Workbook – paperback and e-book versions
     http://wholistichealingresearch.com/products.html
Benor, Daniel J. 7 Minutes to Natural Pain Release WHEE for Tapping Your Pain Away - the Revolutionary New Self-Healing Method, Fulton, CA: Energy Psychology Press (in press, August 2008).

Spiritual awareness and healing resources
   www.WholisticHealingResearch.com

Monthly E-Zines and frequent Newsletters of the IJHC and the WHR sites
  http://wholistichealingresearch.com/CurrentIssue.html