Shortly after I began practicing Ho’oponopono, incredible things started to happen, things I would never have believed before. The most noticeable among these experiences was the ‘return of lost items.’ I would like to share a few of these experiences with you.

• My son’s bicycle, which he used for commuting to school, went missing. I was almost certain it had been stolen, yet I cleaned the anger, sadness, and resignation that welled up in my heart. I sincerely wished, ‘Bicycle, I’m sorry, please forgive me. I wish for you to go on the most free path for you. If you wish to return to our home, please do so.’ A few days later, I received a call from a police station in an unfamiliar area informing me that the bike had been found and stored there, and they asked me to come and retrieve it.
• I realized I had lost one of the amber earrings my mother had given me somewhere during my commute. As I cleaned just like I did with the bicycle, a week later, I found it behind a stone in the flower bed near the entrance of my workplace.
• I had a piece of jewelry my father had given me as a souvenir, which had been missing for a long time. I had forgotten about it for about 20 years, but recently I suddenly remembered it. I thought it was too late to find it now, but I cleaned as I did with the bicycle. To my surprise, I found it in a drawer of my vanity, a place I had searched multiple times before and after it went missing.
• I lost the cap of my blue bottle for Blue Solar Water. I spoke to the cap in my heart and cleaned. I thought that maybe I had carelessly dropped or placed it somewhere, and since it was a small item, someone in my family might have thrown it away. I cleaned each of these specific thoughts. After a while, to my astonishment, the cap appeared next to the blue bottle.

I no longer find these occurrences unbelievable. I now understand the meaning of what I learned from books, that objects have their own identities. I am truly grateful to each of them for choosing to return to me of their own free will. Even if they choose not to return to me, I have come to accept it. I have learned to sincerely pray that each item finds its optimal place, even if that place is not with me.

Thank you so much for reading.