Morrnah Simeona

Morrnah Nalamaku Simeona ( born May 19, 1913 in Honolulu, Hawaii, † February 11, 1992 in Kirchheim near Munich) was a recognized kahuna lapaau (herbal healer ) in Hawaii and taught a modernized version of the traditional hooponopono in the U.S., Asia and Europe.

Kahuna lapaau

Morrnah was the daughter of Kimokeo and Lilia Simeona, both indigenous Hawaiians. Her mother Lilia was one of the last recognized kahuna LAAU Kahea or " priestess who healed with words". Morrnah was initially naturopath with lomilomi massage and headed for ten years their practice at the Kahala Hilton and Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Among her customers at the Hilton were Lyndon B. Johnson, Jackie Kennedy and Arnold Palmer. In 1983 she was recognized as a kahuna lapaau (herbal healer ) and honored with the title "Living Treasure of Hawaii " ( Living Treasure of Hawaii) by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii.

Hooponopono

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In 1976 she began the hooponopono to renew a tradition of the ancient Hawaiians for mutual reconciliation and forgiveness, and to adapt the social realities of today. Your version was ( baptized Catholic, Protestant parents) both by their Christian upbringing influenced as well by their philosophical studies about India, China and Edgar Cayce. The combination of Hawaiian traditions, prayers to the Divine Creator and the connection problems with reincarnation and karma resulted in a unique and novel method for problem solving, as was the case previously led group process to a self-help therapy more remodeling. She had to bring any concerns, traditional concepts with contemporary consistent, although it has been criticized by some Hawaiian purists. "Your system uses hooponopono techniques to achieve an active cooperation between the three aspects of consciousness or self, which they were both Hawaiian name as well as the terms superconscious, conscious and subconscious. "

She lectured and held seminars on hooponopono at the United Nations ( 1983), in a dozen states in the U.S. and in more than 14 countries, including Germany, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland, Japan and Russia; well at universities such as the University of Hawaii and Johns Hopkins University, hospitals, religious institutions and economic establishments. In 1982, she organized the First World Symposium of Identity of Man (First World Symposium on the identity of the people ). A reporter noted: "There was something very soothing and relaxing alone Simeonas presence; and when she talked about teaching people how to rid yourself of stress and gain inner peace, swung a natural sincerity in her voice. "

In order to spread their hooponopono process, she founded 1980 The Foundation of 'I', Inc. ( Freedom of the Cosmos ), changed its 1986 Pacifica seminar from the 1970s into a corporation and in 1990 founded Pacifica seminar in Germany. Simeona wrote three textbooks: 'Self -Identity through Hooponopono, Basic 1 ' ( p. 128 ), ' Basic 2 ' (to use only after two years of practice ) and ' Basic 3' ( after five years ). Simeona recommended waiting for parts 2 and 3 to initially develop by ' Part 1 ' deep respect for the Divine Presence. In 1990, the English original of ' Basic 1', 8th edition, officially translated into German and French, and printed as a paperback version.

In late autumn 1990, she led her last voyage with lectures and seminars across Europe to Jerusalem. On January 16, 1991, she returned to Germany, where she lived in silence in the house of a friend in Kirchheim near Munich, where in 1992 he died.

The Statue of Liberty

On March 25, 1992 U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka held ( D - Hawaii), before the Senate a eulogy on Simeona, which was printed in the Congressional Record. He points out that it inspired the renovation of the plaster model of the Statue of Liberty, which stands on the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol (not to be confused with the Liberty at the harbor entrance of New York City). After she collected U.S. $ 25,000 and donated, the decomposed into several parts and damaged model was removed from the warehouse and in its original condition. It was early in 1993 a place of honor in the Russell Senate Office Building, and finally in Capitol Visitor Center, where, as Akaka noted as a reminder of Morrnah Simeona serves.