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Part 2: How To Forgive & Let Go of Your Past with Sage Robbins & Mary B

22 min episode · 2 min read
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22 min

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2 min

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Key Takeaways

  • Ho'oponopono Practice: Use four phrases (I'm sorry, please forgive me, I love you, thank you) repeatedly without specific context to clear emotional energy and neutralize anxiety, guilt, or shame. Can be applied to yourself, others, countries, or situations you witness.
  • Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len's Prison Work: A Hawaiian doctor transformed mentally ill prisoners in the 1980s-90s by reading their files and repeating Ho'oponopono phrases hundreds of times without meeting them, demonstrating how clearing internal resonance affects external reality through energetic connection.
  • Six Steps Framework: Join with source/God, contemplate the problem, take complete responsibility for its existence in your life, commit to handling things differently post-forgiveness, mutually pardon and forgive, then give thanks with closing prayer for structured forgiveness work.
  • Alternative Release Phrase: When direct forgiveness feels hierarchical or someone has passed, use "The spirit in me connects to the spirit in you, I release you, I forgive you, I bless you, thank you" while visualizing them in golden or violet light.

What It Covers

Sage Robbins and Mary B explore Ho'oponopono, an ancient Hawaiian forgiveness practice using four phrases: I'm sorry, please forgive me, I love you, thank you. They discuss practical applications for healing relationships and releasing guilt.

Key Questions Answered

  • Ho'oponopono Practice: Use four phrases (I'm sorry, please forgive me, I love you, thank you) repeatedly without specific context to clear emotional energy and neutralize anxiety, guilt, or shame. Can be applied to yourself, others, countries, or situations you witness.
  • Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len's Prison Work: A Hawaiian doctor transformed mentally ill prisoners in the 1980s-90s by reading their files and repeating Ho'oponopono phrases hundreds of times without meeting them, demonstrating how clearing internal resonance affects external reality through energetic connection.
  • Six Steps Framework: Join with source/God, contemplate the problem, take complete responsibility for its existence in your life, commit to handling things differently post-forgiveness, mutually pardon and forgive, then give thanks with closing prayer for structured forgiveness work.
  • Alternative Release Phrase: When direct forgiveness feels hierarchical or someone has passed, use "The spirit in me connects to the spirit in you, I release you, I forgive you, I bless you, thank you" while visualizing them in golden or violet light.

Notable Moment

Sage identifies nine specific reasons people resist forgiveness: blaming others for misery, demonizing people, unrealistic expectations, addiction to past pain, repeating old stories, valuing being right over connection, believing others don't deserve forgiveness, and numbing through distraction.

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