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This page tries to explore the possibility that perhaps we all are part of two groups during our physical lives. Not only is there the bond to the ancestors through genetically bound lineages, but we might also have a group of souls connected to us which don't have any genetic connection, because they are connected through a kind of 'soul-connection'.
What I want to do is look at some possible characteristics of both groups, what do they have in common and what are the differences?
GENETIC ANCESTORS GROUP
Anyone familiar with the SSoA knows the importance of the ancestors within this perspective. These ancestors are connected to human beings by means of genetic lineages. They would hold information that is pivotal to the ascension process of the physical body. To put it rather simply, in order to get access to these records, one needs to work through the associated karma and thought form. Everytime you understand a piece of karma and you are able to transcend it by forgiveness, or by balancing out the related thought form, you ease the load of the related ancestors and you might gain access to information that is stored in the lineages. This information can contain information on how to transmute your biology to the next phase of the process.
By ascending you would be able to transmute karma before it needs to be manifested again in the physical, in the lives of those associated with these ancestors. One method that can be used to clear ancestral karma is by lining up your ancestors in two rows facing each other. One row of ancestors acted in a certain way during their lives, and others acted in the opposite way. You might imagine a line of ancestors who had raped women during their lives, who face a line of ancestors who were raped during their lives. Through understanding and forgiveness the associated karma could be lightened or even removed.
There are a few things that are unclear to me as far as the genetic ancestors are concerned. It is said in the SSoA-writings that they drained Earth of chi in the past. This is in line with the idea from the WiH-book that says that astral beings need chi in order to survive as well (see Afterlife). I am a bit puzzled by the idea that the astral planes would have been removed altogether which would have led to a reunification of the non-physical ancestors with their present-day ancestors, those who are living their physical lives today.
I have trouble visualising this, especially when you look at the energy-dynamics. If billions of discarnate ancestors would suddenly be reunited with people in the physical, this would imply an enormous drain on the physical bodies of those with whom their reconnected, wouldn't it?
Another thing that is not clear is the nature of this connection: how are we connected to our genetic ancestors, and what happens when we die? Are we turning into just another ancestor amongst the billions who needs to look for someone with the same kind of lineages in order to continue its existence? Or does the ascent of the biological body provide possibilities to 'feed' more ancestors in the non-physical (or astral planes)? What happens during soul fusion as far as the ancestors are concerned? Is there a possibility that these ancestors can somehow merge together? A lot of questions which are still unanswered.
SOUL GROUP
Another group that I would like to introduce is a soul group, or as Robert Monroe coined this group, the 'I-there', referring to the idea that all these souls together are a part of him, as he is a part of them.
These soul groups would mainly consist of souls that have lived their lives on Earth in the past (and perhaps some in the future, but my linear mind has trouble understanding this concept fully) and who have bonded together to become a bigger group, a Higher Self. This Higher Self would have the awareness of all the souls that it consists of leading to a higher level of awareness, but the separate souls would all retain their own memories at the same time.
The idea would be that a Higher Self would enter this world in order to experience what it is like to live in a 3D-world as a human being. By experiencing all kinds of lives throughout all kinds of eras, a lot of soul fragments, each holding their own memories and experiences, would eventually return to the Higher Self that it once was part of. The Higher Self would then grow through all these incarnations and the associated experiences.
Some souls would get that distorted that they remain stuck into various Monroe Bands (see Monroe Bands), and it can take a lot of 'time' to get these souls back into connection with their Higher Self, their soul group, but they would all be needed in order for the Higher Self to retract completely from Earth, in order to move into higher dimensions or densities, or to visit other worlds.
Interesting in this perspective is that it seems that a new personality, a new incarnation would first consist of a few souls of the Higher Self in the beginning of a human life, before it starts to turn into a separate consciousness itself during its life. Then after a life this newly formed personality would enter the Monroe-band which resonates most with the life that was lived.
WORKING WITH BOTH GROUPS
How to explore the existence and nature of both these groups? And how to work with them? What is the goal of the genetic ancestors, and what is the goal of the Higher-Self souls? So far it seems that the ancestors would 'need' the physical in order to survive. The Higher Self soul, however, don't seem to need the physical in order to survive. They would even be able to move out of the physical altogether, without any need to be dependent on the physical for their sustenance.
The Higher-Self would be dependent op the physical in the sense that they provide incarnations with experiences, and once more incarnations are consciously able to connect to their Higher Self, it would be possible to collect those souls that are stuck in the lower Monroe bands. When everything is collected the Higher Self can 'take off' and leave Earth.
I will not mention much about the ways to work with the genetic ancestors. You can study the SSoA-teachings to learn about them. It is yet unclear what is the possible connection between these two groups of souls/ancestors. If you have anything valuable to add to these lines of thinking, please feel free to write them to me.
Gibbon,
May 2006
UPDATE JULY 2006: Perhaps there is yet another category, see One Life Memory Stick