Ancestors, Egguns, Spirits,
Yoruba
Repressed Memories & Shamans View of The Underworld
18/07/12 10:07
I love irony. Irony is the reason why I was captivated by the
character Hannibal Lecter in the movie “Silence of the
Lambs.”
He was a brilliant psychiatrist, who also happened to be a violent psychopath serving a life sentence in prison. He committed murders do to his insatiable appetite for human flesh. He was brilliant and also incredibly manipulative. He was able to dismantle the workings of the inner mind, skillfully digging into the human psyche like it was a tenderized piece of meat.
Dr. Lecter was deeply enthralled by the human mind, because he understood what was hidden in there, our deepest fears and darkest desires.
Many of the scenes in the movie take place in a dimly lit cell, with the character’s faces moving in and out of shadows, just as we move in and out of consciousness. We create a dimly lit cell in the dark recesses of our minds. In it, we have a depository of all of our repressed thoughts and emotions.
Ironically, these areas of the human psyche were developed to help people become more aware of their problems.
The shamans called this area the underworld. We visit this world when we have terrible dreams or nightmares. We visit this world when we re experience the trauma and painful memories of our past. Shamans would help people heal by visiting these worlds in dream like states. They also visited these worlds to set intentions and to help people manifest and not repress their desires.
Ironically, the more we evolved, the more we began to repress these desires.
Today, instead of the dream state being a haven for visualization and manifestation. It is a prison cell. It is a dark place where people express their freakish and perverted desires. Besides, in the dream world, people can behave any way they like. It has become the fantasy world, a place of escapism. In this place, there are no judgments or repercussions. However, there is one small problem.
The dream world is incredibly powerful.
In the dream world, we use much more of the brain than in waking life. Also, our intentions are not set in the physical world. Our intentions are set at a much higher level of consciousness. Just think about it. We have to solve our problems and set our intentions from a different “reality” where the physical rules don’t apply. This reality is the dream like state. So what happens?
Our repressed desires seep out from the dream state into the physical world.
This is when the physical world and the dream world merge. People are no longer able to separate the two. So they become these “freaks of nature.” They become the people who wear restraint mask with a matching jacket. They become the people who need to be rolled around on a man made dolly. They become the perverts, the pedophiles, and the murderers. They become like the sick perverted thoughts that are trapped in the mind. They become cannibals who eat on human flesh.
He was a brilliant psychiatrist, who also happened to be a violent psychopath serving a life sentence in prison. He committed murders do to his insatiable appetite for human flesh. He was brilliant and also incredibly manipulative. He was able to dismantle the workings of the inner mind, skillfully digging into the human psyche like it was a tenderized piece of meat.
Dr. Lecter was deeply enthralled by the human mind, because he understood what was hidden in there, our deepest fears and darkest desires.
Many of the scenes in the movie take place in a dimly lit cell, with the character’s faces moving in and out of shadows, just as we move in and out of consciousness. We create a dimly lit cell in the dark recesses of our minds. In it, we have a depository of all of our repressed thoughts and emotions.
Ironically, these areas of the human psyche were developed to help people become more aware of their problems.
The shamans called this area the underworld. We visit this world when we have terrible dreams or nightmares. We visit this world when we re experience the trauma and painful memories of our past. Shamans would help people heal by visiting these worlds in dream like states. They also visited these worlds to set intentions and to help people manifest and not repress their desires.
Ironically, the more we evolved, the more we began to repress these desires.
Today, instead of the dream state being a haven for visualization and manifestation. It is a prison cell. It is a dark place where people express their freakish and perverted desires. Besides, in the dream world, people can behave any way they like. It has become the fantasy world, a place of escapism. In this place, there are no judgments or repercussions. However, there is one small problem.
The dream world is incredibly powerful.
In the dream world, we use much more of the brain than in waking life. Also, our intentions are not set in the physical world. Our intentions are set at a much higher level of consciousness. Just think about it. We have to solve our problems and set our intentions from a different “reality” where the physical rules don’t apply. This reality is the dream like state. So what happens?
Our repressed desires seep out from the dream state into the physical world.
This is when the physical world and the dream world merge. People are no longer able to separate the two. So they become these “freaks of nature.” They become the people who wear restraint mask with a matching jacket. They become the people who need to be rolled around on a man made dolly. They become the perverts, the pedophiles, and the murderers. They become like the sick perverted thoughts that are trapped in the mind. They become cannibals who eat on human flesh.
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The Spiritual Cast System & The Real Meaning of The Family Tree
07/07/12 23:08
Don’t worry! I didn’t make a typo.
The title is absolutely correct. There is a spiritual cast system that exists in the world today. Before you read on. It is important to know that I am not going to talk about the social caste system. We’ve all heard about the poverty, the rigid divisions of social classes, the inability for upward mobility, and the lack of opportunities that stunt production and growth.
However, I am going to talk about the spiritual cast system.
This cast system involves us being born into a certain ancestral lineage. We come into this world, pre-programmed and pre-packaged, with batteries included. We were all given a certain amount of energy (ashé) to fulfill our mission, calling, or purpose in life.
We actually inherit programs from our ancestors.
These programs are in the form of thoughts, behaviors, emotions and memories. They are installed in our DNA and in our genetic code. The double-sided helix represents the ladder, the symbol of ascension that enables us to transcend beyond our basic programming.
But the double-sided helix also represents that chains that bind us.
It symbolizes the manacles that attach us to family members, even to relatives that we can’t stand, like Uncle Mike the jailbird and cousin Tammy, the drunk. It is difficult to break ties from family members because we all share one common link, our bloodline. What’s so bad about the spiritual cast system is that our relatives in previous lives could be our lovers or best friends in present lives. In many situations, we are reincarnated with the same people, with the same bad programing. These are the ancestral links or bloodlines that divides the world into rigid “spiritual classes.”
The first spiritual class is the lowest of them all.
They are like the untouchables in India, only they create their own misery by allowing themselves to inherit toxic thoughts and ideas. Their bloodlines are tainted. Yet, they are either too stupid or too lazy to do anything about it. These are the people who are completely immobilized, as if both their legs were in a cast. They honestly believe that they have no control over their lives. So they live and die in a mental state of dire poverty. And thus, they become like the beggars who cut off their limbs to plead for meager scraps of food.
The second class has one leg up.
They have a little more freedom and believe that they have some control over their lives. These people operate as if they are wearing a single hip spica cast. They have one good leg, but they have no idea what to do with it. These are the people who let opportunities pass them by. These are the people who make it halfway to their destination and quit. These are the people who allow others to dissuade them from their goals. These are the people who don’t fully trust themselves because they have inherited beliefs from their bloodline that they are not good enough. These are the people who spend their whole life making lateral moves because they never gain the courage to take the leap forward.
The last class is like the spiritual aristocrats.
They are disconnected and oblivious to all of things going on around them. They operate as if their neck was in a cast. They are as itchy and stuffy as the cast that is wrapped around them. Their views of the world are obscure because they can’t turn their heads fully to one side or the other. They can only look straight ahead. So they see the world from just one direction. These are the people who have inherited thoughts of entitlement. They have a superiority complex and honestly believe that they have the right to exploit others. They can’t turn their heads far enough to see the person who is plotting behind them. So they are utterly surprised when they are dethroned.
We are all born with inherited ideas and beliefs.
It is installed in our DNA. However, it is through awareness that we understand the things that inhibits our growth and blocks us from fulfilling our purpose and goals in life. With lots of hard work, we can change the information that is located in our ancestral link and bloodline, and create a world where everyone has an equal chance for growth and the pursuance of opportunities.
The title is absolutely correct. There is a spiritual cast system that exists in the world today. Before you read on. It is important to know that I am not going to talk about the social caste system. We’ve all heard about the poverty, the rigid divisions of social classes, the inability for upward mobility, and the lack of opportunities that stunt production and growth.
However, I am going to talk about the spiritual cast system.
This cast system involves us being born into a certain ancestral lineage. We come into this world, pre-programmed and pre-packaged, with batteries included. We were all given a certain amount of energy (ashé) to fulfill our mission, calling, or purpose in life.
We actually inherit programs from our ancestors.
These programs are in the form of thoughts, behaviors, emotions and memories. They are installed in our DNA and in our genetic code. The double-sided helix represents the ladder, the symbol of ascension that enables us to transcend beyond our basic programming.
But the double-sided helix also represents that chains that bind us.
It symbolizes the manacles that attach us to family members, even to relatives that we can’t stand, like Uncle Mike the jailbird and cousin Tammy, the drunk. It is difficult to break ties from family members because we all share one common link, our bloodline. What’s so bad about the spiritual cast system is that our relatives in previous lives could be our lovers or best friends in present lives. In many situations, we are reincarnated with the same people, with the same bad programing. These are the ancestral links or bloodlines that divides the world into rigid “spiritual classes.”
The first spiritual class is the lowest of them all.
They are like the untouchables in India, only they create their own misery by allowing themselves to inherit toxic thoughts and ideas. Their bloodlines are tainted. Yet, they are either too stupid or too lazy to do anything about it. These are the people who are completely immobilized, as if both their legs were in a cast. They honestly believe that they have no control over their lives. So they live and die in a mental state of dire poverty. And thus, they become like the beggars who cut off their limbs to plead for meager scraps of food.
The second class has one leg up.
They have a little more freedom and believe that they have some control over their lives. These people operate as if they are wearing a single hip spica cast. They have one good leg, but they have no idea what to do with it. These are the people who let opportunities pass them by. These are the people who make it halfway to their destination and quit. These are the people who allow others to dissuade them from their goals. These are the people who don’t fully trust themselves because they have inherited beliefs from their bloodline that they are not good enough. These are the people who spend their whole life making lateral moves because they never gain the courage to take the leap forward.
The last class is like the spiritual aristocrats.
They are disconnected and oblivious to all of things going on around them. They operate as if their neck was in a cast. They are as itchy and stuffy as the cast that is wrapped around them. Their views of the world are obscure because they can’t turn their heads fully to one side or the other. They can only look straight ahead. So they see the world from just one direction. These are the people who have inherited thoughts of entitlement. They have a superiority complex and honestly believe that they have the right to exploit others. They can’t turn their heads far enough to see the person who is plotting behind them. So they are utterly surprised when they are dethroned.
We are all born with inherited ideas and beliefs.
It is installed in our DNA. However, it is through awareness that we understand the things that inhibits our growth and blocks us from fulfilling our purpose and goals in life. With lots of hard work, we can change the information that is located in our ancestral link and bloodline, and create a world where everyone has an equal chance for growth and the pursuance of opportunities.
It Is Time for Enlightenment
19/06/12 13:52
The book the “The Power of Now” changed the topography of
spiritual pop culture.
The “Power of Now” allowed people to coin really cool phrases like, “It is what it is,” and “The only time that we have is now.” You know that a book is a pop culture phenomenon when Wall Street yuppies are admitting that they have a problem with their ego. The book was a major success, partly because it shattered our view of what time really is.
Everything is in the now!
There is no such thing as the past, present, or future. The book helped us to have a better understanding of how the cosmos really work. The flow of time is really just a standard of measurement that was created by modern man. Our ancestors lived much simpler lives. When the sun came up, they got up and worked. When the sun went down, they prepared to go home and rest.
However, our ancestors had a different perception of time.
They didn’t believe that the past was etched in stone, or the future was virtually unpredictable. They understood that everyone experiences time differently. They knew that time could speed up, or slow down, depending on how a person chose to perceive it. Most importantly, they knew that the past, present, and future existed all at the same time. This is the power of now!
Now there are some people who would disagree with this concept.
After all, we have been condition to believe that the past is the past. We can’t change it. The past is a series of events that are cloaked and darkness. However, the past works very much like a Polaroid camera. The past is just a series of snapshots. You have to shake it in order for it to develop. We have to jog our memory and trigger certain emotions and thoughts that will enable us to re-experience a certain event. In short, we are able to travel and re-visit the past, through our bank of memories.
Now, there are many who would argue that the past is just an illusion. However, since the past, present, and future are all connected in some kind of way. The past cannot be an illusion without the present being an illusion. Are you confused yet? I have a much easier way to explain this concept. Everything in our Universe already exist! It exists whether we know about it or not. The things that we don’t know about are shrouded in darkness. They are virtually dormant until we decide to shed light on it and bring it to life.
What is lightness?
Lightness is awareness, enlightenment, attaining a higher level of consciousness. What does this have to do with changing the past? Everything! We not only have our own bank of memories. We also inherit memories from our ancestors. These memories are a part of us and are stored in our DNA. Because we believe in a linear conception of time, we don’t believe that we can access these memories. So these memories are cloaked in darkness and are unchanging.
The spirit possession is commonly used to shed light on dark memories that have been lost in the past.
Traditionally, the spirit possession has allowed us to “travel” to the past, to rediscover lost memories that are needed to help us heal. We carry so much pain and we are not able to heal properly, because we no longer have access to our source, our ancestors. It was God who said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Let us shed light on our past and maybe we can bring something wonderful to life.
If you are looking for a crash course on how to be fearless, check out my e-course. The Seven African Powers: The Stepping Stones to Enlightenment. Or, if you have additional questions call for a consultation. I am always ready and willing to help! www.newafricanspirituality.com
The “Power of Now” allowed people to coin really cool phrases like, “It is what it is,” and “The only time that we have is now.” You know that a book is a pop culture phenomenon when Wall Street yuppies are admitting that they have a problem with their ego. The book was a major success, partly because it shattered our view of what time really is.
Everything is in the now!
There is no such thing as the past, present, or future. The book helped us to have a better understanding of how the cosmos really work. The flow of time is really just a standard of measurement that was created by modern man. Our ancestors lived much simpler lives. When the sun came up, they got up and worked. When the sun went down, they prepared to go home and rest.
However, our ancestors had a different perception of time.
They didn’t believe that the past was etched in stone, or the future was virtually unpredictable. They understood that everyone experiences time differently. They knew that time could speed up, or slow down, depending on how a person chose to perceive it. Most importantly, they knew that the past, present, and future existed all at the same time. This is the power of now!
Now there are some people who would disagree with this concept.
After all, we have been condition to believe that the past is the past. We can’t change it. The past is a series of events that are cloaked and darkness. However, the past works very much like a Polaroid camera. The past is just a series of snapshots. You have to shake it in order for it to develop. We have to jog our memory and trigger certain emotions and thoughts that will enable us to re-experience a certain event. In short, we are able to travel and re-visit the past, through our bank of memories.
Now, there are many who would argue that the past is just an illusion. However, since the past, present, and future are all connected in some kind of way. The past cannot be an illusion without the present being an illusion. Are you confused yet? I have a much easier way to explain this concept. Everything in our Universe already exist! It exists whether we know about it or not. The things that we don’t know about are shrouded in darkness. They are virtually dormant until we decide to shed light on it and bring it to life.
What is lightness?
Lightness is awareness, enlightenment, attaining a higher level of consciousness. What does this have to do with changing the past? Everything! We not only have our own bank of memories. We also inherit memories from our ancestors. These memories are a part of us and are stored in our DNA. Because we believe in a linear conception of time, we don’t believe that we can access these memories. So these memories are cloaked in darkness and are unchanging.
The spirit possession is commonly used to shed light on dark memories that have been lost in the past.
Traditionally, the spirit possession has allowed us to “travel” to the past, to rediscover lost memories that are needed to help us heal. We carry so much pain and we are not able to heal properly, because we no longer have access to our source, our ancestors. It was God who said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Let us shed light on our past and maybe we can bring something wonderful to life.
If you are looking for a crash course on how to be fearless, check out my e-course. The Seven African Powers: The Stepping Stones to Enlightenment. Or, if you have additional questions call for a consultation. I am always ready and willing to help! www.newafricanspirituality.com
The African Way of Letting Go of Stress
18/02/12 23:22
The number one killer in the United States is
stress.
Unfortunately, through the process of evolution, our environments have changed. We live differently than our ancestors did centuries ago. We breathe in a great deal of pollutants; our foods are saturated with sugar, salt, and preservatives. And we are constantly operating at high stress levels. We live our lives in total and complete fear. We are afraid of losing our jobs, our houses, our businesses, and our relationships. We are conditioned to live our lives in fear, and they only way to relieve stress is to let it go.
I’ve traveled throughout the world, and I have seen my fair share of poverty.
I’ve seen poverty in East Berlin, in Europe, and South Africa. I remember driving by the little shanties, and eyeing the villages with children running around barefoot. They had no running water, electricity, and very little food. Yet, they were smiling, happy to see Americans drive by them in a large charter bus. I was a different person back then. However, I knew that these people had so much less than I did, and they still managed to find happiness in their despair.
Sometimes people have to really lose it all in order to understand the true meaning of life.
We live a lot better than most people in the world. We have all the gadgets we need and more food and water than we can possibly consume. But these things have worked more to imprison us then to set us free. We can’t find joy in our lives because we are always imagining the worse possible situations. We tell ourselves that stress is good. That it allows us to accomplish more and surpass our limitations.
But stress causes our bodies to be so tight and rigid, that we have to expend a great deal of energy just to complete one task.
Furthermore, stress and anxiety are negative states of mind that don’t really allow us to manifest and attract the things that we need in life. Instead, we attract the very thing that we don’t need, more stress. I learned a lot from my travels in Africa. Life is incredibly simple when we learn to let go. The Africans revered death, because to them it wasn’t the end, but a new beginning.
I believe that they incorporate this concept of death into their everyday lives.
They understand that the world has to contract and expand in order to evolve. To them, their failures and misfortunes weren’t considered bad, but necessary for evolution. So they weren’t afraid of losing anything. Maybe it was because they had nothing to lose? Or maybe because they were no longer afraid of losing what they had? An African, living in one of the villages told me that they have hope that things will get better.
Today, I realize that it just wasn’t just about hope.
It was about the sacred and internal knowledge of the African people. They understood that their misfortune was so much like death; they had to mourn it, let go, and bury it into the ground. They understood that they can transform even the worse situations into something good, and surrendering their problems was analogous to allowing a soul to transcend into the heavens. I love you mother Africa, and will work to keep hope alive.
Yamaya Cruz is the author of When The Shadows Began To Dance. She writes about African spirituality, chakra healing, shamanism and much more.
Unfortunately, through the process of evolution, our environments have changed. We live differently than our ancestors did centuries ago. We breathe in a great deal of pollutants; our foods are saturated with sugar, salt, and preservatives. And we are constantly operating at high stress levels. We live our lives in total and complete fear. We are afraid of losing our jobs, our houses, our businesses, and our relationships. We are conditioned to live our lives in fear, and they only way to relieve stress is to let it go.
I’ve traveled throughout the world, and I have seen my fair share of poverty.
I’ve seen poverty in East Berlin, in Europe, and South Africa. I remember driving by the little shanties, and eyeing the villages with children running around barefoot. They had no running water, electricity, and very little food. Yet, they were smiling, happy to see Americans drive by them in a large charter bus. I was a different person back then. However, I knew that these people had so much less than I did, and they still managed to find happiness in their despair.
Sometimes people have to really lose it all in order to understand the true meaning of life.
We live a lot better than most people in the world. We have all the gadgets we need and more food and water than we can possibly consume. But these things have worked more to imprison us then to set us free. We can’t find joy in our lives because we are always imagining the worse possible situations. We tell ourselves that stress is good. That it allows us to accomplish more and surpass our limitations.
But stress causes our bodies to be so tight and rigid, that we have to expend a great deal of energy just to complete one task.
Furthermore, stress and anxiety are negative states of mind that don’t really allow us to manifest and attract the things that we need in life. Instead, we attract the very thing that we don’t need, more stress. I learned a lot from my travels in Africa. Life is incredibly simple when we learn to let go. The Africans revered death, because to them it wasn’t the end, but a new beginning.
I believe that they incorporate this concept of death into their everyday lives.
They understand that the world has to contract and expand in order to evolve. To them, their failures and misfortunes weren’t considered bad, but necessary for evolution. So they weren’t afraid of losing anything. Maybe it was because they had nothing to lose? Or maybe because they were no longer afraid of losing what they had? An African, living in one of the villages told me that they have hope that things will get better.
Today, I realize that it just wasn’t just about hope.
It was about the sacred and internal knowledge of the African people. They understood that their misfortune was so much like death; they had to mourn it, let go, and bury it into the ground. They understood that they can transform even the worse situations into something good, and surrendering their problems was analogous to allowing a soul to transcend into the heavens. I love you mother Africa, and will work to keep hope alive.
Yamaya Cruz is the author of When The Shadows Began To Dance. She writes about African spirituality, chakra healing, shamanism and much more.
The African Science of Death
17/02/12 22:45
I never had so much fun learning about quantum
physics.
I hated science in high school, loathed it college, and didn’t touch it with a ten-foot poll in graduate school. Everything changed, when I started to learn about African religions. Quantum theories suddenly became interesting. I fell in love with the three laws of thermodynamics, because it so accurately described our ancestors’ view of the world.
African ideas about death are incredibly similar to the laws of quantum theories.
The first law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed. It is merely transformed. Virtually all-African religions believe that life did not end with death. In fact, death was a new beginning that allowed people to transcend to different realms. There is no solid line between life and death. And the world of the living, and the world of the dead are not always mutually exclusive. Our ancestors understood energy, long before it was studied in the West.
The second law involves a more complicated concept called entropy.
Entropy measures information that tends to decrease or increase over a long period of time. This means that some of the oldest civilizations in the world have the most unavailable information. Information in today’s world is known as energy. Our ancestors called it ashé. They called it ashé, and they describe death as the decrease of power, life force, or ashé. They believed in different levels of life and death. If someone was experiencing misfortune, it meant that his or her vital force, or ashé, was diminishing in power.
The third law states that when energy decreases to zero, entropy or chaos become more constant.
This is because atoms can only store a limited amount of information. This means that missing data is possibly stored in anti-worlds or parallel realities. Our ancestors understood that death does not alter or end the life force of an individual, but causes it to change its condition. Like a body disintegrating in a grave, the information, vital force, or ashé began to transform into a collective force called “ancestors.”
I am amazed that even today, many people believe that African religions are all about silly superstitions and myths that cannot be validated.
Slowly, we are beginning to understand many of the concepts of African religions through the science of quantum physics. There is a whole world out there and we can start to explore it by reconnecting to our ancestors.
Yamaya Cruz is the author of When The Shadows Began To Dance. She writes about African spirituality, chakra healing, shamanism and much more.
I hated science in high school, loathed it college, and didn’t touch it with a ten-foot poll in graduate school. Everything changed, when I started to learn about African religions. Quantum theories suddenly became interesting. I fell in love with the three laws of thermodynamics, because it so accurately described our ancestors’ view of the world.
African ideas about death are incredibly similar to the laws of quantum theories.
The first law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed. It is merely transformed. Virtually all-African religions believe that life did not end with death. In fact, death was a new beginning that allowed people to transcend to different realms. There is no solid line between life and death. And the world of the living, and the world of the dead are not always mutually exclusive. Our ancestors understood energy, long before it was studied in the West.
The second law involves a more complicated concept called entropy.
Entropy measures information that tends to decrease or increase over a long period of time. This means that some of the oldest civilizations in the world have the most unavailable information. Information in today’s world is known as energy. Our ancestors called it ashé. They called it ashé, and they describe death as the decrease of power, life force, or ashé. They believed in different levels of life and death. If someone was experiencing misfortune, it meant that his or her vital force, or ashé, was diminishing in power.
The third law states that when energy decreases to zero, entropy or chaos become more constant.
This is because atoms can only store a limited amount of information. This means that missing data is possibly stored in anti-worlds or parallel realities. Our ancestors understood that death does not alter or end the life force of an individual, but causes it to change its condition. Like a body disintegrating in a grave, the information, vital force, or ashé began to transform into a collective force called “ancestors.”
I am amazed that even today, many people believe that African religions are all about silly superstitions and myths that cannot be validated.
Slowly, we are beginning to understand many of the concepts of African religions through the science of quantum physics. There is a whole world out there and we can start to explore it by reconnecting to our ancestors.
Yamaya Cruz is the author of When The Shadows Began To Dance. She writes about African spirituality, chakra healing, shamanism and much more.
Honoring our ancestors
13/08/11 16:50
In many traditional beliefs such as shamanism and
Yoruba,
it is customary to pay tribute to our ancestors.
Our ancestors can also be referred to as the Egguns in Yoruba, or spirits in other mainstream religions. For centuries, medicine men and traditional healers have understood the connection that we all have with our ancestors. Now, scientists are beginning to understand the connection as well.
Everyone knows about DNA.
It is the code of life that houses unique genetic information. Now, people can do a simple swab test for $200 or $400 and discern who their ancestors were and what tribe they originated from. Some people may decide to do this because they want to understand themselves fully. Others may do it because they are just curious, or struggling with an identity crises. However, knowing our ancestors may be far more important than we realize.
Epigenetics goes beyond DNA, because it instructs our body on how to react to particular, environmental situations.
Our DNA is set in stone. However, epigenetics instructs our DNA on how to act and not act in certain situations. In early studies of epigenetics, scientist found that children who were severely abused or neglected did not develop as quickly and efficiently as children who were loved and nurtured.
This is because the epigenetic cells instructed their DNA, to turn off the cells needed for development.
Instructions used to turn on and turn off DNA become embedded in a person’s genetic code, and can be passed down from generation to generation. This concept explains why some people have a predisposition to alcoholism. It also explains hereditary diseases such as lupus and schizophrenia.
Encoding starts as early as conception.
Cells from the mother’s mitochondria are inherited from her egg. Cells from the father’s mitochondria are inherited as well but they do not contribute as greatly to the growth of a fetus as the mother’s cells. People inherit thousands of generations of mitochondrial DNA from their mother’s lineage. In fact, most people can trace their lineage back to a mitochondrial African mother who lived more than 140,000 years ago.
So this means that we are carrying the hardships and traumas of our ancestors.
Shamans and spiritualist have understood this for years. Many shamans go through rigorous rituals like soul retrieval to bring balance back to the body and soul. Other spiritualist might create baths, or proscribe other herbs to change the vibrational frequencies within the body. Throughout history, in virtually all cultures, people have understood the importance of cleansing toxins from their bodies. They understood that negative emotions, bad foods, and stress adversely affected all parts of the body.
Just imagine a home that you inherited from your great grandmother.
It was passed down to you and no one ever bothered to clean it. It smells. It’s filthy and cluttered. You can’t move, and after awhile the dust, mildew and bacteria make you sick. You can make a choice to continue living in the mess and pass it on to your children. Or you can decide to clean it up. We need to understand that we are in control of our bodies. We are not only responsible for ourselves, but our ancestors who came before us, and our children who will come after us.
If you are looking for a crash course on how to be fearless, check out my e-course. The Seven African Powers: The Stepping Stones to Enlightenment. Or, if you have additional questions call for a consultation. I am always ready and willing to help! www.newafricanspirituality.com
Our ancestors can also be referred to as the Egguns in Yoruba, or spirits in other mainstream religions. For centuries, medicine men and traditional healers have understood the connection that we all have with our ancestors. Now, scientists are beginning to understand the connection as well.
Everyone knows about DNA.
It is the code of life that houses unique genetic information. Now, people can do a simple swab test for $200 or $400 and discern who their ancestors were and what tribe they originated from. Some people may decide to do this because they want to understand themselves fully. Others may do it because they are just curious, or struggling with an identity crises. However, knowing our ancestors may be far more important than we realize.
Epigenetics goes beyond DNA, because it instructs our body on how to react to particular, environmental situations.
Our DNA is set in stone. However, epigenetics instructs our DNA on how to act and not act in certain situations. In early studies of epigenetics, scientist found that children who were severely abused or neglected did not develop as quickly and efficiently as children who were loved and nurtured.
This is because the epigenetic cells instructed their DNA, to turn off the cells needed for development.
Instructions used to turn on and turn off DNA become embedded in a person’s genetic code, and can be passed down from generation to generation. This concept explains why some people have a predisposition to alcoholism. It also explains hereditary diseases such as lupus and schizophrenia.
Encoding starts as early as conception.
Cells from the mother’s mitochondria are inherited from her egg. Cells from the father’s mitochondria are inherited as well but they do not contribute as greatly to the growth of a fetus as the mother’s cells. People inherit thousands of generations of mitochondrial DNA from their mother’s lineage. In fact, most people can trace their lineage back to a mitochondrial African mother who lived more than 140,000 years ago.
So this means that we are carrying the hardships and traumas of our ancestors.
Shamans and spiritualist have understood this for years. Many shamans go through rigorous rituals like soul retrieval to bring balance back to the body and soul. Other spiritualist might create baths, or proscribe other herbs to change the vibrational frequencies within the body. Throughout history, in virtually all cultures, people have understood the importance of cleansing toxins from their bodies. They understood that negative emotions, bad foods, and stress adversely affected all parts of the body.
Just imagine a home that you inherited from your great grandmother.
It was passed down to you and no one ever bothered to clean it. It smells. It’s filthy and cluttered. You can’t move, and after awhile the dust, mildew and bacteria make you sick. You can make a choice to continue living in the mess and pass it on to your children. Or you can decide to clean it up. We need to understand that we are in control of our bodies. We are not only responsible for ourselves, but our ancestors who came before us, and our children who will come after us.
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