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What (or who) have you criticized recently?
How did you feel when you were criticizing?
Did you feel refreshed or wise?
Did you feel as if you were grasping something huge that you cannot grasp society?

In any case, Dr. Hew Len says, there is nothing wrong with criticism and judgment.
But when we criticize and judge, our inner family is divided by memory.
In other words, inspiration is not reaching us.

Why don’t we take a moment to observe ourselves when we criticize?
Are we solving a problem or repeating a problem?

Why do we want to do that?

Dr. Hew Len answers,

“Because I want to be free.”

You, me, the ancestors, the land.
Because all of them are waiting to be free.
And that can start with cleaning ourselves.

Ihaleakala Hew Len, Ph.D. heir to SITH Ho’oponopono and a leader in its spread throughout the world. He graduated from the University of Colorado in 1962, then the University of Utah, and received his doctorate from the University of Iowa in 1973, where he was Dean of Education and Director of Special Education. He later became President of the Medical College and Assistant Professor of Education, then Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii in 1974, and Executive Director of the Hawaii Association for the Mentally Handicapped in 1976, where he worked on rehabilitation of offenders and support programs for the physically handicapped. He was a frequent speaker at the United Nations, UNESCO, and World Peace Conferences, etc. He passed away on January 15, 2022 at the age of 82. He published many books (click here for the list of publications). Click here to read an interview with Ihaleakala Hew Len, Ph.D.

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