A piece of wisdom from
January 13, 2026 · Tuesday
The quote
“The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection.”
— Johann Hari · Relationships
The concept
Hoʻoponopono
The Hawaiian art of cleaning memory, four phrases that repair what is broken inside.
In the late 1970s a Hawaiian woman named Morrnah Simeona took the ancient family-reconciliation practice of hoʻoponopono and stripped it down to a self-administered version with four phrases, I am sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love…
A practice for today
When the next difficult feeling arrives, ask yourself: the lesson of Hoʻoponopono. The Hawaiian art of cleaning memory, four phrases that repair what is broken inside.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 5.22
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते। आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः॥
“The pleasures born of contact with external objects are wombs of suffering. They have a beginning and an end. The wise do not delight in them.”
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