Besides forgiving others, including family, the most important, yet also the hardest part, was learning to forgive myself.
For most of my life, I blamed myself for simply existing.
I constantly judged myself, carried a deeply negative self-image, and felt small, powerless, mostly a victim of my own life.
Through Ho’oponopono, I began to understand that this pain came from memories stored in my body and subconscious mind.
Holding on to those old memories kept pain, hatred, and all kinds of heavy emotions alive, repeatedly creating the very problems I longed to release.
What did forgiveness bring me?