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David Brazier's avatar

The River of Compassion by Bede Griffiths is a good primer on the Advita.

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Joshua Bond's avatar

Healing the family tree seems to be something where we each are called upon to play a certain part. I was seven when my maternal grand-father died and he 'visited' me and handed over a load of 'unresolved stuff/trauma' (from his experiences of WW1, I guess, and more besides). And resolving it has shaped my entire life. The idea of being able to help set free our ancestors has given my life a lot of meaning - and a lot of anxiety too - but it's a journey I now accept - am even grateful for - though it's taken decades to reach this point.

"Since that time my stomach and digestion had caused me problems. I realised I was always holding my breath." This sentence caught my eye. My father also died of cancer - 36 years ago now - and I have a ditto experience. I will hold the question what the significance might be for me.

All blessings for 2025; Josh.

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David Brazier's avatar

Thank you Joshua, glad this was helpful and interesting. The journey to heal the family sanscara is a long one; this was the start of it for me and the ancestors came alive after the lodges - in the next few weeks I will write about the next stage of this healing. It seems this tarps down the blood line until someone is prepared to awaken and heal it consciously. In Sanskrit this is the loka of the Bawina (I have no doubt spelt that wrong). Emotional energy blocked causes cancer in some strange alchemy.

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Joshua Bond's avatar

Thank you - I can well believe that an "unlived life" (or 'blocked energy') causes cancer - which runs strongly in my family. Having sold our quinta (small-holding) a couple of months ago, after 16 years looking after it, I can well sense the next challenge arrives on the plate - the universe wastes no time :) Thank you.

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David Brazier's avatar

Bhāvanā

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Joshua Bond's avatar

Thank you. I'll look it up - I'm not familiar with this cosmology.

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