Calling on the Ancestors ~ Soul Support for difficult times

Recently I have been working with how do we stay centered in this time period of turbulent change, and loss. How do we avoid overwhelm, and stand with open-hearted strength to be with the enormity of these times. I am reminded to call on my ancestors. Through this deep experience I find my place, come into balance, and resonance with the greater knowing.  

I am happy to share this you: I create a sacred space by inviting in my parents to stand behind me, with my ancestors standing behind them. Allowing myself the time to connect deeply, together we face in the same direction, towards whatever may difficult to face. With the support of my own ancestors who have experienced the losses and traumas of their lives standing behind me, I feel strengthened, and connected to the foundation to life itself.

All Constellation Work is about seeing and feeling what is difficult, and connecting to the greater knowing present. When we do this there is a blessing for all, for myself, my ancestors, that which we are seeing, their ancestors, and all of our descendants. We are all one, and life goes on, even when it appears otherwise.

No matter what the issue, our ancestors want us to thrive. They are invested in the future through us. The challenges we face on a personal and planetary level seem overwhelming at times. To face them alone is absurd. All indigenous cultures are aware of the foolishness, and danger of living life as if the past does not affect the present.

I invite you to join in me this work, either by phone, or in person and discover the deep support and resolution that is available for most any issue. As we experience the hidden dynamics in our life and family, reconnecting to the truth and love of our ancestors, we are strengthened and free to take our rightful place in life.

Avatar and the Ancestors

Avatar Home Tree

Avatar was an amazing movie experience, but what really surprised and thrilled me was the story line of the people that inhabit the extraordinary planet Pandora. The Na'vi culture is based on a deep connection to the creative life force and their ancestors on which they rely for support and guidance. In the movie "The Home Tree" can be destroyed and they can carry on, but if they loose "The Ancestor Tree" that will mean they perish. The Na'vi people are in deep resonance with the ancestors, without that connection their civilization ceases to exist. The respect they hold for all life and being seen is so similar to our experiences of Constellation Work that someone suggested our healing sentence "I see you" was taken from that movie. Of course this deep and simple statement has long been a cornerstone of the work. To be seen and taken in just as you are is a key turning point in a Constellation.
It is very exciting that this message is being seen and received on a global level.
What is disturbing is that the Pandora world and its culture is apparently so foreign to a whole generation of young people that is causing deep depression and suicidal thoughts requiring care and support. As I reflect on our generations part in this response from the young, I am aware of the implications of our disconnection to our parents and our ancestors. The pop psychology of the last 20 -30 years has been to" cut the cords to Toxic Parents", take a new name, go study with some other culture and pretend we are free from our past. Of course this is not possible. Over and over the Constellations reveal the strength that comes from taking our parents and ancestors deep into our hearts just as they are. When we do the Constellation Work in" the knowing field" we have the remarkable opportunity to direct access to a truth, and a voice for those that came before, just as in the movie.

In the Constellation Work we have a primary experience of Unity, a connection to the Unified Field that connects all, and is seeking inclusion at all times.

The future is now.
Your Ancestors want you to thrive, what are you waiting for?

Circle of friends ~ Michael Diven

 

We sit around in a ring and suppose, but the Secret

sits in the middle and knows.   ~Robert Frost

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Constellation

 

Accelerated change and transition is all around us. How do we stay centered when it feels like the very ground we stand on is crumbling beneath our feet?  How do we avoid fear, attack, and blame?  Where do we find home, a job?  In this post I share the profound experience of a Nature Constellation for the oil and gas leak in the Gulf of Mexico.

A client came to the workshop day very ill. She had been in bed with fever, sore throat and laryngitis for several days. She shared with me privately that she had become sick and overwhelmed with deep sadness in relationship to the unfolding oil and gas leak situation in the Gulf of Mexico. Many in the group that day shared they also had been affected in various ways.

 

The client has been devoted to the work with a focus on family work. After a brief private interview where I discerned the overwhelm was not systemic in origin, and blame was not part of the issue I set up a  "blind" Constellation. Represented in the Constellation where *The waters of the Gulf of Mexico, *The flora, fauna,and wildlife of the Gulf of Mexico, * The oil and gas, and as always in an Abstract Constellation * A representative for an Unknown aspect operating.

 

It is my method of working to set up all Constellations "blind" (meaning the representatives do not know what they are representing) that leaves the chosen, free of projections, open to any truth that would want to show up on a soul level in relationship to the clients issue, of which they have no information.

 

The Representatives where chosen and placed in the circle by the client, allowing the roles to come to them, the movements started The waters take the center moving and twirling,Oil and gas was very joyful dancing and swirling around the room, The flora, fauna,and wildlife was more still and feeling the way around the circle. As their movement took more of the center, The waters slowly went down to the floor. Following this movement The Unknown aspect came to life following movements of connection to The waters. After a period of time the Unknown assisted the waters in standing once again and joining the others in the circle. 

 

As The waters rose up from the floor The flora, fauna, wildlife started a slow movement towards it. They came into a silent and profound embrace, and tears came to the observers in the room. Accompanying this movement was The oil and gas and The Unknown aspect encircling them with healing hands. After a long embrace The flora, fauna, wildlife started a very slow movement down to the ground where it lay for quite a time.

 

The others circled around it with hands held in a healing position. Very slowly The flora, fauna, wildlife came into a sitting position on the floor. With this movement it was clear to those present "life goes on" and as quickly as we had this thought The flora, fauna, wildlife was standing up supported by The waters. Slowly The oil and gas stood behind The flora, fauna, wildlife, I could see a distinct resemblance between the two, as if looking into the distant past. The oil and gas stood there for some time bringing to our awareness an incredible connection. In the ancient past these where one, being of organic origin, with most oil coming from plants and perhaps also animals, which were buried and fossilized in sedimentary source rocks. As this awareness moved out to the client once again tears flowed and the room was filled with beauty and awe. The past was present in the room in a profound new manner.

There was then a movement with all four Representatives as The waters, The oil and gas,The flora and fauna, wildlife, and The Unknown aspect came together to hold hands in a circle and slowly raise them to the sky. For quite sometime they stood in the circle in a peaceful silence. I ended the Constellation when all four where standing on their own as each had found their place and the room was filled with peace.

I shared with the group what I had set up and what they where representing. The Representatives where amazed and humbled as the issue set up was revealed. The representative for The oil and gas shared, in the role he was so joyful and just wanted to spread joy and energy around the Constellation circle.  

The client was awestruck and deeply moved by the Constellation movements and profound insights that where brought to light. With tear stained cheeks and a wide eyed smile she reported feeling much relief, hope and peace.