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May 2, 2026 · Saturday

The quote

“Maitri begins with the simple, radical act of being kind to yourself.”

Pema Chodron · Tonglen

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…

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A practice for today

Before bed tonight, name one thing where the lesson of Hoʻoponopono. The Hawaiian art of cleaning memory, four phrases that repair what is broken inside.

From the Bhagavad Gita

Verse 18.66

सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज। अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः॥

“Abandoning all duties, take refuge in me alone. I will liberate you from all sins. Do not grieve.”

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