Please Stop Putting Your Fears in Me & Holding Me Back
Releasing the grip of the ancestors to step into the light
When we think of the ancestors, we often think of wise souls there to guide and support us on our journey. But what if it isn’t always true? What if those souls (or at least their memories within us) are actually holding us back? What if their fears and experiences are actually whispering inside of us telling us to stay hidden… or what will happen to us is what happened to them?
What if there comes a time when we must step forward regardless of what the ancestors would say?
Around ten years ago, I found myself at a healing retreat in Massachusetts. We were doing a meditation to release stored emotions — emotions that we had carried our whole lives… and maybe longer. We screamed into pillows, beat the earth, wailed, and jumped up and down a lot.
And then we became quiet. As I was standing, I suddenly saw a silver shackle around my neck. It was thick, it was choking me, and it was definitely keeping me from speaking my truth to the world.
I placed my hands at the front of it and asked for the strength to break it and pull it off of my neck. A white light began to shine all around the shackle, my hands slipped inside of it, and in a wondrously magical…
