Greetings Sage, I'm glad to learn you were able to feel my compassion for you and that some aspects of what I conveyed were compelling to you. And yet I hear you perceive it to be dangerous to attribute health problems to energetic or psychological causes, and you believe this approach has been used to oppress women for ages. Since the article and testimony I submitted had to do with reproductive health, you find it to be in some way damaging. I think in an effort to be open and teachable, I'd be interested in learning more about how you think these sort of things can be damaging and oppressive? I'm relieved that you found my intentions to be honorable.
Hi Sage, I'm not sure if you remember me. My name is Lynda. My daughters, Abigail & Melissa McCourt attended Westtown School and our family lived on campus. I know both of your parents as well. I have been reading you postings and your aunts; thinking of you both & praying for you. I can't help but wonder if some of the issues you are both contending with may in any way have to do with some unresolved ancestral family lineage. Is this something you may have considered? I was wondering if you have explored any avenues of Generational Healing? I wanted to submit this article to you for contemplation as you came to mind today as I read it. Please know this is not meant to indoctrinate you in any way, rather perhaps to open up some possible avenues of healing and deliverance. I speak from experience of having gone through much suffering (mental, emotional, physical & spiritual) and of having had some Generation/Ancestral Healing Masses/Services done on behalf of myself, children & other family members, which greatly helped. Please know my heart feels the heaviness of all you have been carrying and I'd be interested in knowing your thoughts regarding this topic. Much love to you! For your consideration here is the article:
Featured Article: Ancestral Healing by Rev. Kerry
We Are All Connected...
Years ago I was working with a young woman in her 20's with a diagnosis of amenorrhea, a condition where the body fails to produce sufficient estrogen. Among the many symptoms were fatigue, mood swings and her menstrual cycle had ceased. This had been the case for ten months. Despite seeking medical treatment from her gynecologist her condition persisted, with no known cause nor cure.
As I began working with her I was intuitively shown that her great-great-grandmother had been put into an arranged marriage with a man she did not love. When I felt into the physical body of this, then young woman, I could feel the emotional despair. It was as if she had been given a life-long prison sentence. Telling her parents "no" was not an option in those times, nor was divorce. In her hopelessness she quietly resigned herself to a life without without love.
The interesting part, from an energetic healing standpoint, was that while she was obviously able to have children, the emotional trauma she experienced was unknowingly passed down for generations in her family until it reached my client, the young woman before me with amenorrhea. So I asked her, does your condition, or similar female reproductive problems, run in your family? She told me it did, her mother and aunts seemed to have similar challenges.
We Are Not Who We Think
Beneath the facade of who we believe ourselves to be, we are not. That is, we are not our emotions. We are not our thoughts. We are not even our body. Rather, we a conglomeration of all that has come before us. Every thought, every emotion, every feeling we could ever feel is not ours. If you could trace back the energetic signature of any emotion or feeling you have ever had, or ever will have, you will find its origin at the beginning of time. A sort of bucket of "emotional possibilities" where we, as humans, draw from to help us experience life.
The illusion is that we believe our feelings, our emotions, our sensations are unique; that they belong to us. Further, we feel that we are responsible for their creation. And, as such, we feel an obligation to heal them, as if they were our own. This type of thinking often limits our ability to bring healing to ourselves and others, because we view life in terms of separateness—your experience and my experience. We unwittingly believe we are apart from one another.
Energetic DNA
The reality is that we are not apart from one another. What happens to one happens to another. I call this transference of energy, energetic DNA. It is the energy of one merging with another, and it is a fact of life. It is how we were made. And there is no need to protect ourselves from this phenomenon.
To describe this in more detail what happens is whenever an emotion or feeling is stopped, it creates an energetic blockage. With respect to Ancestral Healing this blockage could have occurred in our own past, in one of our past lives, in someone related to us who is currently living, in someone related to us who is deceased, even for hundreds or thousands of years, or someone not related to us at all.
Healing Ourselves and Our Linage
The beauty of this design is that once we understand this phenomenon, the interconnectedness of life, we can more readily heal others and ourselves. The age old myth that your stuff belongs to you, my stuff belongs to me, and never the two shall meet is exposed for what it is—simply an illusion.
As we broaden our awareness and our ability to feel all the elements of life, we bring deep healing to ourselves, to our family, and to our ancestors. This is the essence of what I call Ancestral Healing, and it is your birthright. Not only were you designed to do this, but it is my experience that this generation is here for this specific purpose—to heal all of humanity back till the beginning of time. I am convinced this will become known as our generational hallmark, the generation that walked in two worlds and healed all humanity, including our ancestors.
Summary
Returning to the story of my client with amenorrhea. Once this young woman let herself feel the despair, the hopelessness her great-great-grandmother felt, the energetic blockage was released. It was as if her great-great-grandmother simply needed someone to help her complete that experience of her life. A week later my client's estrogen levels returned to normal and her menstrual period began flowing again. You could call it a miracle, or perhaps more simply a deeper understanding of how interconnected we really are...even across generations!
Conclusion
What we call humanity is really One. We are all in this together, both those we call the living and those that have passed before us. May you, your family and your ancestors be blessed throughout all time.
I appreciate your compassion for us. There are many aspects of your message that are compelling to me, especially interconnectedness and generational trauma. Mending these breakages can certainly help in the healing process. At the same time, I think it can be dangerous to attribute people's (especially women's) health problems solely to energetic or psychological causes; in fact, this approach has been used to oppress women for centuries. This article focuses on women's reproductive health, which I feel very strongly should be taken more seriously in the medical field, and I think stories such as this can be damaging. I mean no offense--I know you have only the best intentions and I don't believe this was your message. I am inspired by your message to look into more energetic healing. Thank you for sharing, and thanks for reading!
Thank you so much, Jordan. It definitely feels vulnerable to have posted something so personal and important to my identity, but like you said I think it's a part of my story worth sharing. I hope it gives people context for some of the more current topics we're writing about. I really appreciate your support, and I'd be very curious to hear what you think after reading the rest of the essay!
Sage, I had not heard the rappelling story. Such beautiful hilarity mixed with the pain of displeasing gentle parents-so relatable.
While I had heard many of the parts of part 2 a)some parts are new and b) to have them all on view in one piece of writing- I’ve never seen so clearly how all the parts relate. It’s allowing me to fill in the the image I have of you with some granular understanding.
It is brave and beautiful to be so vulnerable. Obviously if you’re posting this you feel clear enough that sharing it is important- and I am curious how you feel having written it, and now, having posted it.
Eagerly awaiting parts 3&4, and each and every post you two publish💙
Greetings Sage, I'm glad to learn you were able to feel my compassion for you and that some aspects of what I conveyed were compelling to you. And yet I hear you perceive it to be dangerous to attribute health problems to energetic or psychological causes, and you believe this approach has been used to oppress women for ages. Since the article and testimony I submitted had to do with reproductive health, you find it to be in some way damaging. I think in an effort to be open and teachable, I'd be interested in learning more about how you think these sort of things can be damaging and oppressive? I'm relieved that you found my intentions to be honorable.
Beautifully written and raw and relatable! Thanks for being brave enough to share this. Look forward to the continuation.
Thank you so much, Dyresha!
Hi Sage, I'm not sure if you remember me. My name is Lynda. My daughters, Abigail & Melissa McCourt attended Westtown School and our family lived on campus. I know both of your parents as well. I have been reading you postings and your aunts; thinking of you both & praying for you. I can't help but wonder if some of the issues you are both contending with may in any way have to do with some unresolved ancestral family lineage. Is this something you may have considered? I was wondering if you have explored any avenues of Generational Healing? I wanted to submit this article to you for contemplation as you came to mind today as I read it. Please know this is not meant to indoctrinate you in any way, rather perhaps to open up some possible avenues of healing and deliverance. I speak from experience of having gone through much suffering (mental, emotional, physical & spiritual) and of having had some Generation/Ancestral Healing Masses/Services done on behalf of myself, children & other family members, which greatly helped. Please know my heart feels the heaviness of all you have been carrying and I'd be interested in knowing your thoughts regarding this topic. Much love to you! For your consideration here is the article:
Featured Article: Ancestral Healing by Rev. Kerry
We Are All Connected...
Years ago I was working with a young woman in her 20's with a diagnosis of amenorrhea, a condition where the body fails to produce sufficient estrogen. Among the many symptoms were fatigue, mood swings and her menstrual cycle had ceased. This had been the case for ten months. Despite seeking medical treatment from her gynecologist her condition persisted, with no known cause nor cure.
As I began working with her I was intuitively shown that her great-great-grandmother had been put into an arranged marriage with a man she did not love. When I felt into the physical body of this, then young woman, I could feel the emotional despair. It was as if she had been given a life-long prison sentence. Telling her parents "no" was not an option in those times, nor was divorce. In her hopelessness she quietly resigned herself to a life without without love.
The interesting part, from an energetic healing standpoint, was that while she was obviously able to have children, the emotional trauma she experienced was unknowingly passed down for generations in her family until it reached my client, the young woman before me with amenorrhea. So I asked her, does your condition, or similar female reproductive problems, run in your family? She told me it did, her mother and aunts seemed to have similar challenges.
We Are Not Who We Think
Beneath the facade of who we believe ourselves to be, we are not. That is, we are not our emotions. We are not our thoughts. We are not even our body. Rather, we a conglomeration of all that has come before us. Every thought, every emotion, every feeling we could ever feel is not ours. If you could trace back the energetic signature of any emotion or feeling you have ever had, or ever will have, you will find its origin at the beginning of time. A sort of bucket of "emotional possibilities" where we, as humans, draw from to help us experience life.
The illusion is that we believe our feelings, our emotions, our sensations are unique; that they belong to us. Further, we feel that we are responsible for their creation. And, as such, we feel an obligation to heal them, as if they were our own. This type of thinking often limits our ability to bring healing to ourselves and others, because we view life in terms of separateness—your experience and my experience. We unwittingly believe we are apart from one another.
Energetic DNA
The reality is that we are not apart from one another. What happens to one happens to another. I call this transference of energy, energetic DNA. It is the energy of one merging with another, and it is a fact of life. It is how we were made. And there is no need to protect ourselves from this phenomenon.
To describe this in more detail what happens is whenever an emotion or feeling is stopped, it creates an energetic blockage. With respect to Ancestral Healing this blockage could have occurred in our own past, in one of our past lives, in someone related to us who is currently living, in someone related to us who is deceased, even for hundreds or thousands of years, or someone not related to us at all.
Healing Ourselves and Our Linage
The beauty of this design is that once we understand this phenomenon, the interconnectedness of life, we can more readily heal others and ourselves. The age old myth that your stuff belongs to you, my stuff belongs to me, and never the two shall meet is exposed for what it is—simply an illusion.
As we broaden our awareness and our ability to feel all the elements of life, we bring deep healing to ourselves, to our family, and to our ancestors. This is the essence of what I call Ancestral Healing, and it is your birthright. Not only were you designed to do this, but it is my experience that this generation is here for this specific purpose—to heal all of humanity back till the beginning of time. I am convinced this will become known as our generational hallmark, the generation that walked in two worlds and healed all humanity, including our ancestors.
Summary
Returning to the story of my client with amenorrhea. Once this young woman let herself feel the despair, the hopelessness her great-great-grandmother felt, the energetic blockage was released. It was as if her great-great-grandmother simply needed someone to help her complete that experience of her life. A week later my client's estrogen levels returned to normal and her menstrual period began flowing again. You could call it a miracle, or perhaps more simply a deeper understanding of how interconnected we really are...even across generations!
Conclusion
What we call humanity is really One. We are all in this together, both those we call the living and those that have passed before us. May you, your family and your ancestors be blessed throughout all time.
Namaste,
Rev. Kerry
Hi Lynda,
I appreciate your compassion for us. There are many aspects of your message that are compelling to me, especially interconnectedness and generational trauma. Mending these breakages can certainly help in the healing process. At the same time, I think it can be dangerous to attribute people's (especially women's) health problems solely to energetic or psychological causes; in fact, this approach has been used to oppress women for centuries. This article focuses on women's reproductive health, which I feel very strongly should be taken more seriously in the medical field, and I think stories such as this can be damaging. I mean no offense--I know you have only the best intentions and I don't believe this was your message. I am inspired by your message to look into more energetic healing. Thank you for sharing, and thanks for reading!
Thank you so much, Jordan. It definitely feels vulnerable to have posted something so personal and important to my identity, but like you said I think it's a part of my story worth sharing. I hope it gives people context for some of the more current topics we're writing about. I really appreciate your support, and I'd be very curious to hear what you think after reading the rest of the essay!
Sage, I had not heard the rappelling story. Such beautiful hilarity mixed with the pain of displeasing gentle parents-so relatable.
While I had heard many of the parts of part 2 a)some parts are new and b) to have them all on view in one piece of writing- I’ve never seen so clearly how all the parts relate. It’s allowing me to fill in the the image I have of you with some granular understanding.
It is brave and beautiful to be so vulnerable. Obviously if you’re posting this you feel clear enough that sharing it is important- and I am curious how you feel having written it, and now, having posted it.
Eagerly awaiting parts 3&4, and each and every post you two publish💙
A superb piece of writing, I really felt it ❤️
Thank you so much!