Talk:Ho'oponopono
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WP is not the place to put a sermon, as if it were true, nor the place to advertise one's religion or one's healing services. I have removed the sermon, the links, and inaccurate historical claims.
So far as I know, there is no evidence that ho'oponopono was practiced by pre-contact Hawaiians, nor any evidence of it before the 1950s. If there is published evidence, please cite it!
Contemporary Native Hawaiians believe a great many things are traditional that are in fact modern inventions or imports from other cultures. There is also a residuum of pre-contact practices. It is extremely difficult to sort out what is what. Oral tradition is no proof, because it is extremely vulnerable to distortion as it is passed along (at least informal oral tradition -- rhymed sacred texts, like the Kumulipo, are more durable). The only proof would be material that couldn't be distorted -- say, Hawaiian newpapers printed in the early 19th century. Zora 03:11, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New to Ho'oponopono
This weekend was my first strong exposure to Ho'opnopono. After having been agnostic for 15 years or more - this draws me out of my post-new age trauma and into a mind of curiosity on the topic of man, faith and the Divine.
The aspects of Ho'oponopono that I was exposed to have similarities to Jasmuheen's work In Resonance (book) and there is some obvious similarities to A Course in Miracles (book) and books by Marianne Williamson.
Skardicus 23:55, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
