In 1976 she began to modify the traditional Hawaiian forgiveness and reconciliation process of hooponopono to the realities of the modern day. Her version of hooponopono was influenced by her Christian (Protestant and Catholic) education and her philosophical studies about India, China, and
Edgar Cayce. The combination of Hawaiian traditions, praying to the Divine Creator, and connecting problems with
Reincarnation and
Karma resulted in a unique new problem solving process, that was self-help rather than the traditional Hawaiian group process. She had no qualms about adapting traditional concepts to contemporary applications, though she was criticized by some Hawaiian purists. "Her system uses hooponopono techniques to create a working partnership among the three parts of the mind or self, which she calls by Hawaiian names, as well as by the terms subconscious, conscious, and superconscious." She presented trainings and lectures on hooponopono to the
United Nations, in nearly a dozen states in the U.S., and in more than 14 countries, among them Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Russia, and Japan. She presented to schools of higher learning, such as the University of Hawaii and
Johns Hopkins University, to medical facilities, religious institutions and business organizations. In 1982 she organized the
First World Symposium of Identity of Man. A reporter noted: "There was something very calming and soothing about Simeona's presence and her voice, a sense of serenity about her, as she talks about teaching people how to relieve stress and attain peace of mind." In late fall 1990, her last journey for lectures and seminars took her through Europe to Jerusalem. On January 16, 1991, she came back to Germany, where she lived quietly at a friend's house in Kirchheim, near
Munich, until her death on February 11, 1992. == Statue of Freedom ==