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Myth of the Generational Curse

You Are Not Responsible for your Ancestors

By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual WarriorPublished 3 years ago Updated 2 years ago 4 min read

Myth of the Generational Curse

Before you incarnate on earth, you meet with your guides, mentors and other energies to discuss the lessons you want to learn here and you develop and agree to a “soul contract.” You have a planning meeting so to speak. You meet with all of your guides as well as others you will interact with in your earthly experience, and will agree to contracts with all of your future loved ones, These lessons we agree to are to help us learn and have the experience of human form and to become more loving, compassion entities (although in energy form we are very loving). You choose the people (often from your soul family) whom you will incarnate and interact with, and you meet with their energies before you incarnate. When we incarnate, a portion of our energy stays in 5D and (your "higher self.") The key is when you are here in human form, you have the free will to learn your lessons or not. To learn your lessons, you have to apply the Principles of the Triad of Truth (releasing spiritual ego, surrendering will, and embracing faith). It has nothing at all to do with "generational curses" or andestors" Your lessons are yours, not Grandpa’s. His soul is responsible for his own lessons You have enough on your plate to deal with yourself and your lessons.

"Generational curse", or "ancestral curse" is just a trendy phrase made up to make you feel special about yourself and to avoid self-accountability. It is also a tool to incite fear and control (similar to the concept of "hell") "Oh poor me, these trials are not about me; they are about my ancestors, but I am fixing the problems my ancestors made because I am special and was assigned to do this. implying specialness and denying culpability. You are not responsible for dealing with the way others handled their lessons. Does not work that way.

In addition, this misconception and mistruth has also inadvertently opened up a HUGE door to a cottage industry allowing false shamans to come in, frighten people and defraud them. We’ve all gotten messages and emails saying some “doctor” (with no credentials) can remove these energies for money. It is dangerous and harmful. So, no, no, no. You are responsible for your trials because YOU AGREED to them, not your ancestors. Some of these lessons and trials are hard to understand why we would agree to this (death of a child, painful diseases, etc., but there are reasons for them. I have discussed these in another article listed on my website. These decisions are made in another realm with our higher selves who understand the reasons even when we with our very inferior intellect and understanding do not.

In our lives, when you are confronted with conflict or a decision, you have the choice to take the path of least resistance, i.e., follow your own free will or you learn to meditate and pray on it and follow Divine will (that is surrender and faith). When you allow your ego to push your own "free will" ahead of Divine Will is when things go sideways for you.

That said, your biological body through your parents can download certain thoughts, memories and behaviors from them and your ancestors. You can address those issues biologically and very effectively through an Emotion Code practitioner -- they are not witch doctors, but they are very effective in releasing negative energy trapped in the body (I know a good one I can refer you to), because on a cellular level, your ancestors memories, fears, and emotions can transfer to your through biological DNA and can cause harm, but their lessons are not YOUR lessons. It is a form of evolution, but a far from perfect one. However, coming to terms and dealing with the “fallout” of their lessons is a real thing, but you do NOT heal them or fix their issues. They will reincarnate to deal with that themselves. You can release their energy from your biological body, but you cannot heal their mistakes. I know that sounds contradictory. But one issue is biological and the other is false spirituality based on fear. Assuming you are here to "fix things" is nothing more than a rampant out of control spiritual ego, assigning yourself importance, when you actually have no importance or meaning except to learn your own lessons. We are all one with the Universe and no one has power (ancestral or otherwise) over the past, future or present, especially of others. We have human free will (which will almost always mess things up) and we have the option to follow the Divine's will, learn to love, accept, show compassion, etc. to facilitate our own ascension back to the Source.

Below are the 18 waves/steps you MUST make before you return and ascend back to the Divine. Not everyone attains these and must reincarnate again and again to learn these lessons. You are NOT here to fix the mistakes of your ancestors, you are not here to save the world, you are here to learn lessons of love, compassion, empathy.

Ascension:

There are 18 waves of consciousness that must be attained before ascension. They correlate with Ego, Surrender and Faith.

Levels/waves of consciousness are:

Ego (Ego must be released or "killed off"):

1. Shame

2. Guilt

3. Apathy

4. Grief

5. Fear

6. Desire

7. Anger

8. Pride

Surrender: (usually this is when you start to wake up and go through Kundalini Awakening and Dark Night of the Soul. This is when you release your own will and start to have faith)

9. Courage

10. Neutrality

11. Acceptance

12. Willingness

13. Reason

Faith (Embracing the knowledge that the Divine is in Charge and accepting the Divine's will over free will):

14. Love

15. Joy

16. Peace

17. Enlightenment

18. God Consciousness or Ascension

- Julie O'Hara 2023

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