ANCIENT WISDOM OF OUR LINEAGE (READING)

Belonging ourselves home

Honouring our whole path
through remembering where we come from

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“The opposite of connection is trauma. We all suffer somewhat in the journey deep within our bodies to a system that is unequal, covertly & subtly oppressive. How do we ‘do’ our vulnerabilities in a society that promotes shame? Shame is a fundamental part of trauma, with embodiment & connection being the opposite of the spiral of shame. We mirror-neuron each other & need heartfelt connection to feel safe within our bodies, & can heal individually and within relationships.”

– Kate Schubert, Gestalt Psychotherapist.

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I have always felt like I am not from this plane, the Earth as we feel it & see in current times. & so this can intensify the journey of coming home to myself.

Making my Soul priority one of deepening my connection to the energy of the Earth & the lands has been teaching me about Trust, & what it means to know I am always held as long as I have breath.

Living in reciprocity with the lands in which we walk–no matter how permanent or impermanent our sense of place & home–is an essential part of our connection to our sense of foundational safety & primal protection within ourselves & communities.

My true healing has come since I have been willing to truly examine what my connection is to Lands. I believe my lack of a sense of connection to the Earth & to the energy of land through my earlier 20s is a shared disconnect & a very real collective unconscious pain. I believe it is directly linked to a lack of empowered & normalised initiation rights in the scary transition from childhood to adulthood, which then creates a collective lack of true belonging through cultural rituals, practices & traditions that encompass connection to Spirit & Nature.

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Image via Bhon Bhon Blossom, creator of the Ritual sage wand from the Inner Temple Shop here

In ancient times our cultures were deeply rooted in connection to place, with deep spiritual connections formed with Lands and their ancient wisdoms, as well as the spirit that runs through all things.

There is great wisdom to be discovered within our ancient & wild instinctive ways. In modern times the greatest loss ins’t the sense of separation that is a direct result of the program of the need for more, but the cause–colonisation & the way it happened.

Australian lands hold the keys to the oldest known indigenous culture known, living in deep respect & reciprocity with the lands, animals & spirit running through everything. The rise of a profit driven economy has led to a great loss, a deep forgetting & sleep. This forgetting & trauma is passed down through generations whether we are a descendant of the victim or a descendant of the perpetrator.

The patterns– in the form of unprocessed & undigested traumas–remain within our bodies & souls emotional memory. We are also born into a pre-existing pattern when we come in here as a newborn.

The truth is that shame on either end of this spectrum is the least productive & effective program. Shame comes online wherever there has been trauma held within the body. As Dr Gabor Mate so finely puts it, our traumas are not what happens to us, but what happens inside of us as a result of the trauma / pattern.

Our unprocessed traumas come online every time something triggers it in the present moment. The trigger is like one dot in a line of dots in which are connected by the original trauma event. This also links us to the age that this part of us held at the time of the trauma happening. So we can begin to see with this analogy that when we learn to hold our triggers with space, compassion & curiosity, a whole world of healing can open up to us instantly.

If our triggers or wounds are not then held with the gentleness that you would hold an innocent child with, then they continue to unconsciously play out & perpetuate, & are passed down the line.

The truth is that many of us move into & through our days simply reaction-based. We react from our shame, our triggers & un-held vulnerabilities, rather than what is actually unfolding in the present moment. I could ask my partner from a clear, connected & loving place if he wants pasta for dinner tonight & it could trigger something online for him. Our triggers are the gold to our wounds. Our wounds are connected by a sacred thread to our healing.

Triggers can happen in the most unexpected, seemingly unimportant ways. But it doesn’t mean that it’s not important or that the space necessary for it’s healing & releasing shouldn’t be created or prioritised. The best thing we can ever do for ourselves or anyone else is create the space & safety necessary to heal the traumas that we hold within our body.

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