Imagine a swimming pool filled with clear water just inviting you to jump in. Then you watch someone go up to the pool and dump in a cup of muddy water. Does it spoil the pool for you?
As large as that pool is, the dirty water added to it means it is no longer clear and pure.
Imagine now that each molecule of water represents one person. Instead of dirty water, conflict between two people occurs. Just as the dirty water affects the entire pool, making it no longer pure, the relationship conflict affects the entire group of people.
Instead of right relationship, one to another, there is tension and conflict.
We Are All Interconnected
This analogy is meant to represent the interconnectedness of humanity and the damage that can be done by just “a little” conflict. Conflict damages the whole. It’s similar to the domino effect. You push one domino in a line of dominoes and they fall down one at a time.
When two people are in conflict the destructive effects spread. I hurt you. You’re angry and then take it out on the cashier at the store who is slower than I want. S/he gets angry and takes it out on her child when he is demanding. The youngster is no longer happy and reacts by pestering his little sister.
The truth is how we handle our bad moods has an exponential effect on others. We aren’t just short with the cashier. We’re short with everyone we come in contact. We have no idea how far the damage from one event can go.
The truth is that we are all interconnected one with another. We are, indeed, One.
Ho’oponopono: You and Another Are One
Ho’oponopono is an elegantly simple technique to bring healing to the whole. In Ho’oponopono you are healing the whole by healing yourself. There is no “other.” There is only you.
Let’s say you are having difficulty in a relationship. You’re upset by the words the other person used to wound you. You want to heal the relationship by healing the other person.
For this process, it’s important to realize that the other person is you. The one you are healing is yourself. Your focus is not outward on someone else. Your focus is within yourself. You and “the other” are not separate, you are one.
To heal the anger in another, you heal the anger within yourself. Once that is healed, the relationship will change. Your relationship with others will change.
