by Ana L. Palles

The image is of an enormous web that spans the planet and the universe.

The web has depth and breadth and the strands are pliable yet strong. It connects everything and everyone together. I see us as little globules of light along the different strands. The strands are glowing white, but as I look into space, they merge into a swath of dark and light vibrancy. Whatever movement we trigger, whatever we set in motion, vibrates the entire web. Flashing in front of my eyes at odd times, unbidden, the web appears as if observed through a microscope or an amazing magnifying lens. Sometimes, this image is so palpable that I think I can actually feel the vibrations along the web lines.

On a recent trip to California, a friend of mine arranged a dinner for us with a woman who had been describing something very comparable. My newfound friend in California sees a similar image, but her strands appear as bright saffron. In her vision, she believes that the colors of the strands change according to a particular area on the web, or perhaps due to a specific purpose or need.

What does this all mean? Is there any relevance? The answer may be in understanding the idea that we are all connected. Perhaps with a smirk we read about the Butterfly Effect, which describes that piece of chaos theory that deals with sensitive dependence – the much quoted idea that the beating of a butterfly’s wings affect weather patterns and even create tornados. Often, we think that are our actions and their effects are limited to our small world of family and friends.

But many teachers, both spiritual and scientific, point out that we are interconnected. Our interconnectedness ranges from the more obvious effects of environmental impacts to more subtle and sometimes surprising connections resulting in responsibility.

For example, the story of Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len in Hawaii, who was a staff psychologist in the forensic unit for the criminally mentally ill at Hawaii State Hospital several years back.

Dr. Len practiced a Hawaiian healing method called Ho’oponopono which teaches that all problems begin as thought. But having the thought is not the problem. The problem, according to Ho’oponopono, is that all our thoughts are imbued with painful memories of persons, places, or things. Cleansing and purifying these memories affects healing. One doesn’t purify the person, place, or thing, though. The focus of the work is on yourself, neutralizing the energy you associate with that person, place, or thing. So the first stage of Ho’oponopono is the purification of that energy. The result, according to Ho'oponopono principles, is that not only does that energy get neutralized, but that it also gets released. Thus healing occurs.

Dr. Len would not see patients. Instead, he would study an inmate’s chart and work on healing himself. As he worked on himself, he found that patients began to heal. Joe Vitale’s article quotes Dr. Len as saying: 

'After a few months, patients that had to be shackled were being allowed to walk freely,' he told me. 'Others who had to be heavily medicated were getting off their medications. And those who had no chance of ever being released were being freed.' I was in awe. 'Not only that,' he went on, 'but the staff began to enjoy coming to work.'

Eventually, with patients being healed and released, that particular hospital ward was closed. Dr. Len has been teaching this method around the world and at the United Nations.

Just how profound are these interconnections? Is it akin to a cellular membrane that becomes visible once we adjust the scale on the lens that we perceive through? Have the spiritual teachers and scientists been talking about the same things all along? How does even considering these possibilities influence how we choose to live our lives?

Such questions are exciting and imbue us with hope. Looking up at the stars at night, we can almost see that web connecting everything simply waiting for us to reach up in wonder.

Reference

www.spiritmythos.org
www.hooponopono.org