I usually do not read newspapers, nor do I watch TV or the Internet for daily news.
A few years ago, I visited Japan for a lecture.
I stayed at the same hotel for about a week, and although I had not asked for it, an English newspaper was kindly inserted under my door every morning.
During my stay I did not even open it, I just pulled it out and left it right there on my desk.
One morning, however, as I sat down at my desk for a cup of coffee, I casually glanced at the front page of the newspaper in my hand.
At that moment, I felt as if a completely different mindset had overtaken me than the one I had had from the moment I woke up that morning until that moment. “Odd” would be the best word to describe this state of mind.
I don’t know what caused it.
The words on the front page were not about a major catastrophe or war, but about stock prices, as I recall. I don’t think it had any direct impact on me at the time.
However, the moment I saw it, I felt a depression-like sensation, as if my consciousness and body were falling toward the bottom.
That’s when the cleaning process began.
“I don’t know anything about what is really going on.”
I am reminded of what Morrnah has repeatedly said.
Exercise for health.
Read books to increase your knowledge.
Invest to increase money.
Watch the news to live wisely.
We reason, choose, and act on a variety of things every day, but beneath the surface of cause and effect are layers and layers of memories.
Our senses can only comprehend 15 bits of information per second through a mere letter, a single word, or an event.
In the subconscious mind, however, there are 11 million bits of information.
At the very moment when we are aware that we are accepting something as knowledge through a word in the news that we happen to see, our subconscious mind may be reliving countless tragedies, anxieties, and losses. What if, in the meantime, you are exposing your defenseless inner child to more horror stories than you can tolerate, no matter how much enrichment you are striving for?
So I shouldn’t watch the news?
Does that mean I should not read newspapers from now on?
It is your own decision. What you decide on is also cleaned.
And most importantly, we clean and then watch the news.
After cleaning, we meet people.
After cleaning, we go to the gym.
After cleaning, we look at our smartphone.
By doing something after cleaning, our subconscious is ready to incorporate whatever we see or hear into the cleaning process.
Being prepared is very important.
Whether I am climbing a mountain, surfing, or traveling, I have to be prepared with the minimum amount of equipment necessary for me to do something. That is “Ho’oponopono” for me.
Life should have been going somewhat well, but for some reason it hasn’t been going well lately.
I thought I had a very good relationship with my family, but a minor misunderstanding has caused the relationship to deteriorate.
I thought my future was secure, but the price of land has plummeted.
The trigger for the event, from the trivial to the major, may not be the economy, the family, or the times, but perhaps the words on the front page of a newspaper that you happen to see.
We don’t know what triggered it, what memories are being replayed.
When there are things before us that are beyond our control, from disasters to politics in other countries, from celebrity gossip to life changes caused by viral outbreaks, we seem to just let it happen, but in reality, our thoughts cling deeply to the solutions, along with a broken magnet. It begins to wander.
But at every moment, when we look within ourselves for the cause, when we begin to take action to take responsibility for the experience through cleaning, freedom and purpose will return to our own walk.
