Sublime

Divine creator, father, mother, son as one . . . If I, my family, relatives, and ancestors have offended you, your family, relatives, and ancestors in thoughts,

We are bonded with the ancestors as life to death, light to shadow. The choice is not whether or not to be in relationship with them, but whether or not these relationships will be conscious and reciprocal.

Remember: your loving and elevated ancestors have a vested interest in your well-being, and the more you begin to know them in the spirit of forgiveness, the more you can access (or draw upon) their support.

Human Kindness Foundation

Debra Chamberlin-Taylor,

unhealed emotional pain from a past relationship can keep a living person from relating to supportive ancestral spirits in the present.

Therapists who are trained to see people as complex human beings with multiple characteristics and potentialities can help them explore their system of inner parts and take care of the wounded facets of themselves.