Marble Dust

I’ve been rereading Zero Limits by Dr. Joe Vitale and Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len. It’s a recent book which lays out the practice of ho’oponopono, the Hawaiian art of reconciliation through forgiveness. As my readers know, I’ve been working with the updated process for over a year now, and it’s truly transformational.

One of Dr. Hew Len’s basic premises is that we operate from one of two places in consciousness. Either memory or inspiration. In order to operate from inspiration, we have the ho’oponopono sentences/mantra to clean, clear and cleanse our memories.

Thank You.

I’m sorry.

Please forgive me.

I love you.

I find them transcendent. If ever I am stuck in memory, these ten words clear the memory every time. Sometimes it takes longer than others depending upon how stuck I am in beliefs and reactions to the memory but they’ve never failed me in over a year.

In fact, I’ve just recommitted myself to even deeper, more consistent practice of the words than ever before. Living in reaction to memory, even good memories, isn’t living present to the now which is the only place where inspiration can come calling. The only place!

An email newsletter I receive had this little tidbit of wisdom the other day:

The best memory is that which forgets nothing but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. Persian Proverb

And thest. Marble dust is insidious, and so is memory. Despite the wisdom of the Persian proverb, what we truly want is This is not to say that we don’t or can’t learn from the past; we can. It is to say instead: I let the past be the past. I show up here and now. And wow! The excitement and wonder I feel about my life when I live in a constant state of Divine Inspiration. This is the place of miracles, Beloved, and you have a reservation in your name!

Isn’t that delicious!

And then I got to thinking. Have you ever been around an artist who worked in marble? The most significant thing about it is the dust. Marble dust is insidious, and so is memory. Despite the wisdom of the Persian proverb, what we truly want is to relegate memory to Memory Lane, and show up in the present moment for inspiration to flash into our awareness.us!