What is the difference between Ka Hana Pono & Hooponopono?
The philosophy of Pono is the ancient Hawaiian value system of being right with all things because all things are connected. Fulfilling the need to be in lokahi, oneness – with one’s self, with others, with Spirit – was the ancestors’ main objective in life. It was necessary to be in harmony with everything, because they saw everything as irrevocably interconnected. This need for unity became an integral part of their belief system, and they valued the lokahi above all else. It was their ideal. But, as with all ideals, they knew that individual circumstances would arise that would cause them to fall short of the mark. So ho’oponopono was established to put them back to rights with any situation that took them out of harmony. Pono, the philosophy of harmony, was understood in the ancient culture, and ho’oponopono was used as a way to align the human inevitability of falling short of the ideal, with the spiritual ideal itself. Most Westerners, and even many contemporary Hawaiians, have m
