{"id":7663,"date":"2023-04-25T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T07:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hooponopono-asia.org\/en\/?post_type=about-ihaleakala&p=7663"},"modified":"2024-03-08T13:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T04:03:00","slug":"interview-in-memory-of-ihakeakala-hew-len-by-irene-schwonek","status":"publish","type":"about-ihaleakala","link":"https:\/\/hooponopono-asia.org\/en\/about-ihaleakala\/interview-in-memory-of-ihakeakala-hew-len-by-irene-schwonek\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Dr. Hew Len Memorial interview\u3011Vol. 11\uff1aIrene Schwonek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have only met Ihaleakala a handful of times.
However, the fact that I am here on this earth today would not have been possible without his presence.
So, instead of sharing my personal memories of Ihaleakala, I would like to share how Ho’oponopono, as taught by Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len, has changed my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I first heard about Ho’oponopono in June 2009 after listening to a podcast by Ihaleakala.
At the time, I was mentally unstable to the point of having a panic attack just going to the mailbox to pick up my mail. I was financially strapped and had trouble breathing every time a bill came in the mail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few hours after listening to the podcast, I signed up to ask a question that was advertised on the podcast. I wanted to ask Ihaleakala a question about a problem I was facing at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day I was able to participate from Germany in a podcast that was being recorded in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I talked about “panic attacks triggered by simply opening a mailbox.
Ihaleakala said to me, 
“You need to do cleaning all the time, not just when you are having a panic attack.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t really understand what that meant at the time.
But I realized then, somehow, that I had been desperately clinging to that thought, wishing to be free of this suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Three months later, in September, I attended a class near Munich.
It was within driving distance of my home. I was financially strapped, so if the class had been held elsewhere, it would not have been possible to attend the class. I was strangely convinced by what Ihaleakala said that nothing is a coincidence.\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first class with Ihaleakala was like visiting a different galaxy.
In response to a participant’s serious question, he replied, “Now is not the time to talk, it’s time to clean.
Now I understand the reason for that statement, but at the time I felt the answer was disrespectful to the participants. But at the same time with that feeling, I wondered what the heck was going on here, and I intuitively felt that something was happening, even though I didn’t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when I reflected on myself, as Ihaleakala said throughout the class that every experience is one’s own responsibility, I realized that Ihaleakala was not being rude to the other person.
The trigger that made me feel rude was something that happened in the class, but I realized that the thought was originally within me.
That realization was my first step in Ho’oponopono. When I truly realized that the cause of what happened was within me, I felt life return to my being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was the beginning of my cleaning. I am still grateful for that.
From there, I learned that I was being guided by a force beyond human knowledge, and from there I was able to clean when I faced difficulties, whereas before I had thought I was a helpless little being who would drown in the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economic hardship led me to Ho’oponopono, which became my reset button.
Otherwise, I would never have come to my essence of what Ihaleakala calls “purity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took a lot of cleaning. And it is that cleaning that allows me to live my life today, where I can still clean every memory through life, and where I can choose to clean whatever happens to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am truly grateful for this opportunity.
Every day, every moment, this gratitude never ceases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Irene Schwonek attended the Self I-Dentity Through Ho\u2019oponopono SITH\u00ae class in 2009. Irene has raised two children and is also a master LomiLomi practitioner, author, and a TV-producer for a children\u2019s channel in Munich. Click here<\/a> to read an interview with Irene Schwonek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Other articles in memory of Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 15, 2022\uff1aIn Memory of Dr. Hew Len<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 21, 2022\uff1aINTO DIVINITY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 15, 2023\uff1aWho is 100% responsible for the problems<On the one-year anniversary of the passing of Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 17, 2023\uff1aVol. 1 : Mary Koehler (Part 1)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 24, 2023\uff1aVol. 1 : Mary Koehler (Part 2)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 31, 2023\uff1aVol. 1 : Mary Koehler (Part 3)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 7, 2023\uff1aVol. 2 : Marvin Kala\u2019iki Grino<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 14, 2023\uff1aVol. 3 : WAI\u2019ALE\u2019A CRAVEN x<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 21, 2023\uff1aVol. 4 : Betty Pua Taira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 28, 2023\uff1aVol. 5\uff1aGulya Kekaulike Polikoff<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 7, 2023\uff1aVol. 6\uff1aNello Ceccon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 14, 2023\uff1aVol. 7\uff1aJean-Pierre Deluca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 28, 2023\uff1aVol. 8\uff1aDeborah Haleiwa Mangis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 11, 2023\uff1aVol. 9\uff1aMomilani Ramstrum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 18, 2023\uff1aVol. 10\uff1aPatricia Leolani Hill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 25, 2023\uff1aVol. 11\uff1aIrene Schwonek<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 9, 2023\uff1aVol. 12\uff1aMahayana I. Dugast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 16, 2023\uff1aVol. 13\uff1aDieliz Cecile Villegas Surita<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 23, 2023\uff1aVol. 14\uff1aWillem Vreeswijk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 30, 2023\uff1aVol. 15\uff1aJean Nakasato<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 13, 2023\uff1aVol. 16\uff1aC. Jarnie Lee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 27, 2023\uff1aVol. 17\uff1aConstance ZHoku=Pana Webber<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 4, 2023\uff1aVol. 18\uff1aKamaile Rafaelovich<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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