A healing walk with ancestors along the Trail of Tears
In order to be born, you needed:
2 parents
4 grandparents
8 great-grandparents
16 second great-grandparents
32 third great-grandparents
64 fourth great-grandparents... See more
At first we can use the method of visualization to see all our ancestors making a step with us. Gradually we don’t need to visualize any more. With each step we take, we see it is the step of all people in the past and future.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child
The imagery that lies trapped within us is the pressure of our ancestral past. In other words, these images are memories. Furthermore, these memories are not just personal memories, but collective memories that have lain repressed for millennia.
Richard Rudd • The Gene Keys: Embracing Your Higher Purpose
My culture does not honor the ancestors as a quaint spirituality of the past, but as a living source of strength for the present. They did it and so will we.