{"id":11016,"date":"2025-08-27T12:54:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hooponopono-asia.org\/en\/?post_type=interview&p=11016"},"modified":"2025-08-27T19:02:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:02:45","slug":"what-opens-when-we-relate-to-things-as-an-identity","status":"publish","type":"interview","link":"https:\/\/hooponopono-asia.org\/en\/interview\/christine-leimakamae-chu\/what-opens-when-we-relate-to-things-as-an-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"What Opens When We Relate to Things as an Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back when I was still married, my husband and I started a construction business together. In the beginning, everything was from scratch, and we faced many financial difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day, when a client payment came in, my husband would show it to me, and each time I would say, \u201cLet\u2019s dance with money!\u201d and actually dance with it.
Some might find that strange, but for me, it was an expression of pure joy in the moment\u2014welcoming \u201cMr. Money\u201d as an identity that had come to visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The late Morrnah Nalamaku Simeona used to tell me, \u201cTell money that you love it.\u201d
She would also say, \u201cMoney hears every word and thought you have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMoney has its own will.\u201d
That\u2019s why Morrnah taught me to treat money as its own identity\u2014with care and respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a well-known story from Morrnah\u2019s own experience.
One day, she picked up a 5-cent coin to feed a parking meter. Just as she was about to insert it, she suddenly heard a voice say, \u201cWait a minute! What do you think you\u2019re doing to me?!\u201d
To her astonishment, the voice was coming from the coin itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a moment of revelation\u2014this round, ordinary coin she had taken for granted had its own thoughts and will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morrnah spoke to the coin gently: \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid. I\u2019m going to use you now. This is where you\u2019re going.\u201d
And with that, she cleaned with it as she sent it on its way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some may raise their eyebrows at such stories.
But at the time, I had just encountered Ho\u2019oponopono and was earnestly facing questions like \u201cWho am I?\u201d and \u201cHow do I want to live?\u201d
Because of that, I couldn\u2019t treat my relationship with material things\u2014like money\u2014lightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, I\u2019ve related to money through a dialogue of cleaning.
That doesn\u2019t mean everything suddenly went well, or that the business took off immediately.
But having the perspective that \u201cmoney is an identity\u201d helped me avoid being overwhelmed by bank balances or financial anxiety. I no longer lost myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is an identity called \u201cmoney\u201d right in front of me.
By facing each feeling and situation that arises between us and cleaning with them, I can return to my true role.
As I continue cleaning in each moment, I believe both I and the money will remember our roles and move forward together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we treat things like money\u2014things we assume have no voice\u2014as precious beings, we ourselves begin to recover our true function.
Intuition, health, and the abundance I need all begin to surface as each being awakens to its true self through cleaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peace,
Christine Leimakamae Chu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christine Leimakamae Chu attended her first Ho\u2019oponopono class in 1998 and currently teaches classes in the United States and Canada. She is raising three children, working as an accountant, and practicing Ho\u2019oponopono daily in her parenting and in her work. Click <\/em>here<\/a> to read an interview with Christine<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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