Author name: Vishi Sethi

How did Ho’oponopono prayer help me Neutralize Past Memories and Bad Karma? Ho”oponopono is a process of letting go of toxic energies within you to allow the impact of Divine thoughts, words, deeds and actions. It is a process of forgiveness, repentance and transformation. We learn that everything that happens in our lives is only a projection of our ‘programs.’ Therefore, we must take 100 percent responsibility and ask for forgiveness for ourselves. Say these four statements over and over, nonstop, addressing them to the Divine:    I’m Sorry Please Forgive me Thank you I Love you Ho’oponopono simply means – “to make right” or to “rectify an error.” Ho’o means ‘cause‘ in Hawaiian and ponopono means ‘perfection.’ According to the ancient Hawaiians, error arises from thoughts that are tainted by painful memories from the past. Ho”oponopono offers a way to release the energy of these painful thoughts, or errors, which cause imbalance and disease. This process allows you to directly work with the original source who can transmute erroneous thoughts into LOVE. It’s simply a problem-solving process. But it’s done entirely within yourself. Try operating yourself and your relationships according to the following insights:    The physical universe or my life is an Actualization of my thoughts. If my thoughts are cancerous/destructive, they create a cancerous/destructive physical reality. If my thoughts are perfect, they create a physical reality brimming with LOVE. I’m 100 percent responsible for creating my physical universe the way it is. I’m 100 percent responsible for correcting the cancerous/destructive thoughts that create a diseased reality. There is no such thing as out there. Everything exists as thoughts in my mind. Whenever you encounter a problem – Ask yourself: “What is going on in me that I have caused this problem, and how can I rectify this problem in me?”   Problems are nothing but the replayed memories from the past. This means – to solve the problem one must delete those painful memories. To identify and delete those memories – one must notice that – every time they suffer from a problem, the source of the problem – is the erroneous thoughts within them. Therefore, as you begin the cleaning of the erroneous thoughts within you by practicing – Ho”oponopono – those thoughts are replaced by loving thoughts in you, in your family, relatives, and ancestors and everyone else associated with you. The cleaning process involves the appeal of repentance and forgiveness to the original source – GOD/LOVE. “I am sorry for the erroneous thoughts within ME that have caused me to attract this person or situation in my life; please forgive me.” In response to the repentance and forgiveness appeal of you, God begins the mystical process of transmuting the erroneous thoughts. In this spiritual correction process, LOVE first neutralizes the erroneous emotions that have caused the problem, be they resentment, fear, anger, blame, or confusion. In the next step, Love then releases the neutralized energies from the thoughts, leaving them in a state of void, of emptiness of true freedom. The result – as you are renewed and restored in LOVE, so is everyone involved in the problem. Where there was despair in you, now there is LOVE. Where there was darkness in your soul, there is now the healing light of LOVE. Apparently, this method of healing from inside out is called – Self-I-Dentity through Ho”oponopono (SITH). It’s all about taking 100 percent responsibility for everything in your life. It’s about cleaning yourself. As you clean yourself, the world gets clean, because you are the world. All outside of you is a projection and illusion – a mirror of yourself. So it is your responsibility to fix everything you experience, from the inside of yourself by connecting to Divine. The only way to fix the outer anything is by saying “I love you” and “I’m sorry” to Divine which is described as God, Universe, Life or Higher Power. Think about it this way, when you erase something from your computer, where does it go? It goes to the Recycle Bin, correct? It’s still on your computer but it’s out of sight! Your memories are like that. They are still in you just out of sight. What you want to do is erase them completely and permanently. You have two ways to Live your Life – From Memory or From Inspiration. Memories are old programs replaying! Inspiration is the Divine giving you a message. Memory is Thinking and Inspiration is Allowing! You want to come from Inspiration. The only way to hear the Divine and receive inspiration is to clean all memories. The only thing you have to do is clean. Divine is our Zero state – It’s where we have zero limits. No Memories. No Identity. Nothing but the Divine. In our lives we have moments of visiting the zero limits state, but most of the time we have garbage – called as memories playing out. Now the question comes:    How do you know whether something is a memory or an inspiration? How do you know if someone who gets cancer gave it to themselves or it was given to them by Divine as a challenge to help them? In other words how do you know “when an event is from your own mind or from the mind of the Divine?” THE ANSWER IS – ONE NEVER KNOWS – IT’S HARD TO SAY! And that’s why you have to constantly clean, clean, clean. You have to clean on anything and everything, as you have no idea what is a memory and what is inspiration. You clean to get to a place of zero limits, which is the Zero state. – Nothing exists at zero, no problems, including the need for the intention. – For example Weight concerns are simply memories replaying, and these memories displace Zero, you. To return to Zero, you, requires Divinity erasing memories behind weight concerns. – Only two laws dictate experiences: Inspiration from Divinity and Memory stored in

How did I beat SIBO? (My Story) All of this started when I was 16 years old (back in year 2000), studying in a boarding school (India) and was severely Constipated. To treat my Constipation, Doctors put me on Laxatives (Yellow tablets by Homeopathy, Cremalax and Dulcolax by Allopathy) and my health started deteriorating day by day. My symptoms were – Chronic Constipation, Low energy, Sinusitis, Brain Fog, Feeling Lethargic, Chronic Fatigue, Breathing problem, Forgetfulness, Problems in reading Textbook, Irritation on silly things, Bone and Muscle weakness, Dry Cough, Unexplainable Weight Gain, Chronic hunger, Sugar Cravings, Brain feeling deprived of nutrition even if I ate a lot, Problems in waking up early, Mood Swings, Feeling Frustrated, Inflammation in the joints, Binge eating and Emotional eating too. I SERIOUSLY NEEDED HELP!! After going to numerous Allopathic, Ayurvedic and Naturopathic doctors for 18 years in vain – I finally decided to see a Functional Medicine Doctor at the age of 37 (I moved to America in 2009). I had seen a few functional medicine doctors earlier but they could not help much. They could not diagnose what I was going through exactly. Finally, after lot of research, I found two great Functional Medicine (FM) Doctors that had all the answers for me. First FM Doctor diagnosed me with SIBO (Small Intestinal bacterial overgrowth – Methane and Hydrogen dominant), Leaky gut issues, deficiency of trace minerals, imbalance in gut flora, hiatal hernia and gastritis. Second FM doctor diagnosed me with SIFO (Small intestinal fungal overgrowth) also known as Candida overgrowth and Liver and Gallbladder Congestion. Now I knew I was in the right hands! I hope you all know that SIBO is a medical condition in which – bacteria starts to populate in your small intestine where all of your nutrients are absorbed – leading to chronic malabsorption of food. The right place for the bacteria is to reside in the large intestine. Same goes with SIFO – which refers to small intestinal fungal overgrowth which is very common. Now, the first FM doctor began a treatment for SIBO and the second one began a treatment for liver and kidney drainage which is a must for SIBO treatment. Yes, you must detoxify your liver and clean your kidneys before doing the SIBO protocol. This is one of the reasons my SIBO kept coming back. How I discovered this problem – When I ate food rich in protein (Tofu, cheese, tempe etc – I recently turned vegetarian) I experienced severe pain in my lower back that traveled up to my shoulder blades and all the way to my neck. Lower back pain is an indication of kidney dysfunction due to eating high protein diet (yes I used to eat meat, steak a lot. also I was on Herbal Life Protein shakes that made my condition worse). Mid back pain and pain on the right side right underneath the ribcage is an indication of fatty liver. Now when you are on SIBO treatment, you are asked to follow a protein rich diet along with low FODMAP food. So, my body could not tolerate protein due to liver and gallbladder congestion nor could I eat other vegetables or carbs because it aggravated the reaction instantly since those bacteria love to feed on carbs and sugars specifically. I knew I was stuck in a loop! And, had to do something to break it first because this was hampering the cleaning up of SIBO. How did I find that? I had one round of Conventional Antibiotics (Rifaximin 550 mg and Metronidazole 250mg) first for two weeks and saw a decline in symptoms in the first week. But in the second week it came back up again. YES, SIBO IS A RELAPSING MEDICAL CONDITION. Second, I tried the elemental diet (powder with pre-digested nutrients) for two weeks – lost weight, symptoms almost vanished but came back again when I resumed my normal diet. Third time, I tried the Herbal Antimicrobials (Candibactin AR and BR) for four weeks. This gave a temporary minimal relief. And, all this time I was trying to stay on low Fodmap and protein rich diet strictly. So my liver gave up on me. I had symptoms of ammonia breath, lower back pain, mid back pain, pain in my neck, and underneath the right rib cage. Hence, I knew I was stuck in the loop of liver and kidney dysfunction vs. SIBO treatment. Another challenge I faced in getting rid of SIBO and SIFO was that these bacteria and yeast create a biofilm in your body and start to reside inside that biofilm (symbolic to creating walls for themselves). So unless this biofilm is disrupted or completely removed, the antibiotics will not prove effective because they can’t break down the biofilm and so can’t kill or get to the bacteria. Another mistake you can make is to take probiotics while you are dealing with SIBO. Stay away from probiotics for it is like adding fuel to the fire. So my doctors had to back up a little, and take a different route in treating my SIBO and SIFO. Here are the following steps they finally took:    Detoxify Liver first Clean up the kidneys second Provide essential nutrients via supplements for healthy functioning of liver Work on disrupting the biofilm – very very important Try a stronger dose of Antibiotics (100% knock off results with Sulfamethoxazole-TMP DS – beware if not suited well it can give rashes in mouth or body – that’s the potential side effect) Take Anti-fungal for SIFO for two weeks (I took Flucanazole – 150mg and saw a huge difference) dosage is one tablet in 3 days. Stay on LOWFODMAP food for a month or so If things go well you are good – Fingers-crossed   SYMPTOMS OF SIBO                   Brain Fog Gas and Bloating when you eat sugar or drink alcohol Intensified Sugar Cravings Food sensitivity or allergy to gluten, dairy and/or peanuts

My SIBO was the Greatest Teacher of all!   We have all heard that SIBO is stress induced.  But Where does this stress actually come from? Is it the day to day stress related to our family, our partner, our boss, kids OR is it a carried over stress from our ancestors?   Where is this Stress stored in our body? And How does it prevent us from living a wholesome life?   THE PRESSING QUESTION – WHERE DOES THIS STRESS COME FROM?    This stress is passed on to us from our ancestors during our birth. It was passed onto your parents by your grandparents during their birth. And from your parents to you and your siblings during your birth. We take into consideration a cycle of three generations. Let’s discuss my example here – This means that before my mother was even born, my grandmother already had traces of my mother and me in her reproductive organs. And when my mother was born she was already carrying the traces of me and my siblings as an unfertilized egg in her ovaries. So you see the programming of the cells for my mother and myself was already induced in my grandmother when she was born. It’s like She (my grandmother) had been carrying that cellular information since her own birth which is passed onto us in the form of genes. Hence, the term genetic mapping of the family. This term is commonly used in biology to trace down the medical history of the family because clearly the 3 generations are seen to share the same biological environment. Similarly your inception can be traced in your Paternal line – your Father’s side! The precursor cells of the sperm you developed from were present in your father when he was a fetus in his mother’s womb. Your Father’s sperm continued to multiply when he reached puberty, whereas your mother was born with her lifetime supply of eggs. Now your mother and father met at the age of 25 or 30, got married, and you were born. This means one of the eggs from your mother was fertilized by your father’s sperm and eventually developed into who you are today. So until you were born your father and mother were both susceptible to traumatic events happening in their life. The events could be in the form of experiencing family stress, financial struggles, break-ups, divorce, health issues, physical fights with friends, arguments with their own parents, broken relationship with their own parents, hardships in general, anger, insecurity, miscarriage etc. Where does all of this go? It is stored in different organs of our body especially Liver – for liver is the biggest detoxifying organ in our body. And all of these organs are associated with corresponding chakras – the energy centers in your spiritual body. Therefore, all of this trauma if not resolved, in time, is passed on to the subsequent generation. The implications of which lead to an imbalance in your spiritual body – the yin and yang! These inherited energies or trauma is what makes you relive the past again and again unconsciously. You would even notice a pattern repeating in your life or feel like you are stuck and going in circles. It is this unresolved family trauma or the unspoken truth that often is the main reason behind your struggles – that most people are unaware of. This serves as one of the greatest roadblocks in stopping you from living a wholesome life and is the actual reason behind your undiagnosed diseases, unexplained financial struggles and unworthy relationships. Thus, SIBO/Candida or any other disease is the manifestation of this ancestral stress. It could also be a stress/fear that you picked up in this lifetime and are holding onto it unconsciously. Holding on to the waste in the form of stress or fear or bad food is characterized by constipation at the physical level and as karmic knots at the spiritual level. Therefore, treating the disease merely at physical level is not enough. All of the diseases must be attacked from the spiritual perspective as well. This is one of the reasons why SIBO and Candida are known as relapsing conditions. They keep coming back or will come back if not handled well at the spiritual level. Therefore, adding spiritual practices like Meditation, Yoga and Breath-work will/do prove highly beneficial in getting rid of these medical conditions permanently. All of these also activate your Vagus Nerve which helps in improving the Gut Brain connection. The more you clean up your subtle body the sooner your symptoms will dissipate and you won’t have to worry about the relapse. I learnt this the hard way from my personal experience. WHERE IS THIS STRESS STORED?    It is stored in the liver. Liver is the biggest detoxifying organ in our body. It not only detoxifies food toxins but also negative thoughts, emotions and beliefs. This is because all your body parts/organs are linked to energy centers from which they derive energy to function. These energy centers are called CHAKRAS. Chakras are the energetic control centers which cannot be seen but exist at the spiritual level. An imbalance in energies lead to imbalance in chakras and that imbalance is reflected as a disease in our physical body. In simple words – a disease is an indication of an imbalance of energies in our spiritual body. Basically, a disease is a body’s way of saying – Hey I need help, I’m out of balance!   Now, the mistake we make here is that we start treating the disease at the physical level. We start looking for best of the doctors one after the other. But sometimes the doctors are unable to diagnose the disease and most of the times our blood work shows nothing, comes out absolutely normal. But we know that inside us it feels like a mess. Then why and how does everything seem normal in the blood report or ultrasound or even in the