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I again enjoyed reading a fresh SSoA-article, even one from the Hawaiian ancestors. In the past I have proposed a kind of 'partnership' with the SSoA-organisation, but I didn't receive any response, so I'm just going to reflect on some issues that are being brought forth through their articles and compare them to the developments going on up here in the gibbon realms, without any interaction from the side of the SSoA. Perhaps people who both follow the SSoA-articles and the essays from this site can fill this gap, with articles like May and June Articles in the topics section.
ANCESTORS AND THE ASTRAL PLANES
As you may have noticed there has been a change underway as far as the perspective on the nature of the ancestors is concerned. instead of seeing them mainly as representatives of the past I have changed focus to their possible present state of being. I have adopted the view that perhaps many ancestors are actually 'stuck' in certain Monroe Bands, in which they keep on repeating the same things again and again.
In certain sections of this site I have introduced so called 'google ads' (see Ripening of Thoughts) and it immediately felt as if I was opening up close contacts with a bunch of ancestors or astral activity through 'astral resonance' (see Attracting Astral Activity). These ancestors tuned into me because of the like kind of thoughts. I allowed myself to think: "I would like to earn some money through my writings on this site" and then all kinds of thoughts entered my mind which I tend to attribute to ancestors from certain Monroe Bands.
IS FORGIVENESS ENOUGH?
It isn't hard to imagine what these kind of thoughts were all about. It was about ways to make MORE money, shouldn't I introduce these ads on the old pages? Shouldn't I visit a forum and make my visit more known? Shouldn't I add more ads at the top of pages? How much did I earn today? Which page is most popular? What can I do to get more, more, more!
It took me a while to realize that there actually are (and have been) quite a lot of people who made it a key focus of their life to make as much money as possible: who allow themselves to entertain these thoughts on how to increase the profit, how to reduce the costs and all thoughts associated, like the feelings of importance when you have an incrediblibly big bank account.
It is therefore not too far a stretch to imagine that people carrying around thoughts like this in their lives continue with these kind of vibrations after they die: day in day out they are trying to find ways to make more profit, even in the astral planes.
If you envision such a band with ancestors who are attuned to the kumara of greed (see Kumaras Revisited) I have come to doubt the effect of forgiveness on these heavily 'intoxicated' ancestors who believe that strongly in such a reality. I could forgive all my ancestors (or anyone in those bands) who spent so much time on making profit, making it more important than other people (see Exploiting People), who hold a higher esteem for a bank account than for human lives. Undoubtfully a lot of harmfulness has been caused by people who are driven by greed and it is therefore quite something to be able to forgive them for their deeds.
But right now I think that it will have little effect on those ancestors caught in those astral realities with a sign 'reality for the greedy ones' in front of their houses. In fact I think that by forgiving you might actually forgive if for yourself only, allowing yourself to disconnect from all those ancestors who are still stuck in the associated astral bands. By disconnecting you are not as likely to tune into the associated thoughts giving you the impression that you have ascended out of it. Perhaps you have ascended out of it, but it is questionable whether your ancestors have come along as well. Perhaps some have, but I tend to think many have not.
OFFERING A WAY OUT
It is not an easy task to get those souls stuck in these astral bands to consider moving out of their planes. Why would anyone start doubting the nature of the reality that they are in? Especially when that reality is shared with everyone around you? I think this is a key issue. Perhaps the SSoA-method of forgiveness is useful for some, perhaps the method of lining out the opposite ancestors is useful. In this case that would mean lining up the ancestors that are driven by greed against those ancestors that have been victims of greed. It would be quite a feat if you could get some ancestors to even stop their repetitive behavior to take a look at ancestors who are in another band, being the ones who believe that they are victims of others. Can they really see each other's realities? I wonder.
The best method I have come up with so far is to try to show the ones stuck in a certain astral reality that they are living a very repetitive life: that they are doing the same things throughout their astral days. If you could show them that it is possible to have a reality in which the road to more profit isn't really that important. To make a case for the extremely boring circumstances in which they live might trigger them into considering something else. If you would be able to create some doubt in their astral minds, it might open them up for other realities.
Another useful way could be that you first attract those ancestors from a certain reality and then you show them how you transmute the fundamental thoughts of their reality in your physical life. This may provide them with an example on how to transmute their own reality. If you could only teach those in the astral planes that it is their thoughts that keep them stuck in a certain reality; only changing the thoughts would allow them to step out of their reality.
CONCLUSION
I am trying to check the usefulness of the concept of 'living ancestors' who are stuck in their own repetitive astral realities. From this perspective you could wonder if ancestors are really able to truly listen to your intents to forgive them. Perhaps they are too much enmeshed into their realities to be able to understand what you are talking about. Perhaps it is useful to focus on ways to reach those stuck in their realities and to seed some doubt about the reality that they believe in. Of course the elements that cause doubt are elements from another reality that might be just as limited in their own right. I prefer to think however that there is some hierarchy in realities, with an increase of clarity and a decrease in distortion.
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Gibbon,
July 2006