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trickykitty) wrote2011-09-17 10:41 am
trickykitty) wrote2011-09-17 10:41 am
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Different Type Of Cleaning
This interview, all 9 videos of it, is worth watching. Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len is a very interesting guy.
Dr. Hew Len describes how he has implemented Ho'oponopono ("to clean") into his life as a whole. His description of deleting 'data' and memories is right in line with my readings regarding letting go of thoughts in the Tao Te Ching and letting go of knowledge (as we know it) from Brain Tricks. I know each in their own way are technically different, but they seem to be describing the same concepts in totality and result.
What's interesting for me is listening to the questions and answers in that interview, particularly those being posed by Rita Montgomery. I once would have asked similar questions while trying to understand exactly what Dr. Hew Len is describing, and I probably would have done so with much more disbelief, skepticism, and sheer disrespect. Now, I can hear how the questions themselves seem almost ridiculous. Like Dr. Hew Len states, it's like asking an artist how he created his work, and the artist's response is simply, "I just did it." What's confusing to the artist is how someone could pose that question to him in the first place. I can imagine the interviewer Rita in her mind getting upset, as some of Hew Len's responses sound almost condescending. However, it's not him being condescending so much as she's in that Catch-22 position: If she understood she wouldn't be asking the questions she is asking, yet how can she understand without asking such questions? It's no different from the student of the Tao asking questions of the guru, and the responses sounding more like riddles than answers.
Here's another interview that I also liked.
Hot Fudge Sundae Interview.
To be fair, I came across this interview after watching Dr. Joe Vitale this morning. While I'm generally repulsed by all of Vitale's self-help sales stuff, I'm grateful that seeing him led to the Hew Len interview videos.
Dr. Hew Len describes how he has implemented Ho'oponopono ("to clean") into his life as a whole. His description of deleting 'data' and memories is right in line with my readings regarding letting go of thoughts in the Tao Te Ching and letting go of knowledge (as we know it) from Brain Tricks. I know each in their own way are technically different, but they seem to be describing the same concepts in totality and result.
What's interesting for me is listening to the questions and answers in that interview, particularly those being posed by Rita Montgomery. I once would have asked similar questions while trying to understand exactly what Dr. Hew Len is describing, and I probably would have done so with much more disbelief, skepticism, and sheer disrespect. Now, I can hear how the questions themselves seem almost ridiculous. Like Dr. Hew Len states, it's like asking an artist how he created his work, and the artist's response is simply, "I just did it." What's confusing to the artist is how someone could pose that question to him in the first place. I can imagine the interviewer Rita in her mind getting upset, as some of Hew Len's responses sound almost condescending. However, it's not him being condescending so much as she's in that Catch-22 position: If she understood she wouldn't be asking the questions she is asking, yet how can she understand without asking such questions? It's no different from the student of the Tao asking questions of the guru, and the responses sounding more like riddles than answers.
Here's another interview that I also liked.
Hot Fudge Sundae Interview.
To be fair, I came across this interview after watching Dr. Joe Vitale this morning. While I'm generally repulsed by all of Vitale's self-help sales stuff, I'm grateful that seeing him led to the Hew Len interview videos.