The Christian Ho'oponopono Forgiveness Practice
Your Key to Forgiving Yourself, Accepting God's Forgiveness, Releasing Guilt and Fear, and Finding Inner Peace
Angela Parish
Published by Spirit Source Books, 3rd edition 2023
Why would a Christian be interested in Ho'oponopono, isn't it sacrilegious?
Absoluterly not!
The Hawaiian Ho'oponopono forgiveness practice is a simple and gentle technique that
has been used for centuries to help its students forgive - just as Jesus admonished us to
do - and live a joyful life free of unnecessary quilt, fear, and anger. It is an exceptionally
effective method to be able to forgive, which in turn, allows us to accept the love and
forgiveness of God that He so wants us to receive.
Ho'oponopono does not add to or change any teachings of our Savior and in the following
pages, Angela adapts the basic secular Ho'oponopono method for today's Christians and
reveals, through Biblical scripture, how it parallels what Jesus Christ taught so long ago.
She explains how Christians can use the Ho'oponopono to worship and feel even closer
to the Holy Spirit.
(The text above comes from the back of the book)
Review
In this book (Page 2-4) we read that Mary Kawena Pukui developed Ho'oponopono into a Hawaiian family process
to resolve conflicts. However, this is completely incorrect, Mary Kawena Pukui studied together with
the anthropologist E.W. Haertig and Catherine A. Lee only old Hawaiian traditions that she described in,
among others, the book Nana I Ke Kumu. Mary Kawena Pukui did not develop or change anything in Ho'oponopono.
From Mary Kawena Pukui the author goes straight to Dr. Hew Len, and forgets to mention Morrnah Simeona,
who herself developed the old Ho'oponopono, mixed with New Age, Buddhist and Christian elements, into a completely
new system that she also called Ho'oponopono.
Dr. Hew Len, a student of Morrnah Simeona, developed the Ho'oponopono mantra after the death of Morrnah Simeona in 1992.
Angela Parish clearly confuses Mary Kawena Pukui and Morrnah Simeona here.
In the following chapters we read how well the mantra developed by Dr. Hew Len fits in with Christian thought.
This is illustrated with various Bible quotes and reflections on forgiveness. Booklet/brochure that is more about Christian
concepts in which ho'oponopono is used as a peg; cultural appropriation...
Recensie
In dit boek (Blz.2-4) lezen we dat Mary Kawena Pukui Ho'oponopono ontwikkeld heeft tot een Hawaïaans familie proces om
conflicten op te lossen. Dit is echter volstrekt onjuist, Mary Kawena Pukui bestudeerde samen met de antropoloog
E.W. Haertig en Catherine A. Lee alleen oude Hawaïaanse tradities die ze beschreef in o.a. het boek Nana I Ke Kumu.
Mary Kawena Pukui ontwikkelde of veranderde niets in Ho'oponopono.
Van Mary Kawena Pukui gaat de schrijfster meteen door naar Dr. Hew Len, en vergeet Morrnah Simeona te noemen,
die het oude Ho'oponopono, vermengt met New Age, Boeddhistische en Christelijke elementen, wel zelf ontwikkeld
heeft tot een geheel nieuw systeem dat ze ook Ho'oponopono noemde.
Dr. Hew Len, een leerling van Morrnah Simeona, heeft na de dood van Morrnah Simeona in 1992 de Ho'oponopono mantra ontwikkeld.
Angela Parish haalt hier duidelijk Mary Kawena Pukui en Morrnah Simeona door elkaar.
In de opvolgende hoofdstukken lezen we hoe goed de mantra ontwikkeld door Dr. Hew Len aansluit bij het Christelijke gedachtengoed.
Dit wordt geillustreerd met diverse Bijbelcitaten en beschouwingen over vergeving. Boekje/brochure dat dus meer over Christelijke concepten
gaat waarin ho'oponopono als kapstok gebruikt wordt; culturele toe-eigening...
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