Honor Thy Fathers and Thy Mothers

The Importance of Ancestral Veneration

Before we get into the actual layout of the whats, how's and when of Ancestral Veneration I would like to discuss the Importance of the act of Honoring your Ancestors(Known and Unknown). We ALL have ancestors! The ones through which we arrived here on this planet. There is a Very long line of energy that we had to travel to get to this present moment and stage of life.

Somewhat like time traveling, we come through a wholeness of REALITY  that has been subdivided into different lifetimes. We travel from land to land, lifestyle to lifestyle, planet to planet, world to world and even from male to female and from female to male. Collecting experiences, skills and higher forms of consciousness along the way. And this is Eternal. The natural order of things!

Open doors, through which we as spirits/souls travel are our Ancestors.

Our Mothers and Fathers and the ones before them has enabled us to flow through this pool of energy
that we call Ancestors. The bloodline through which we travel. The ones known and unknown.
The blood of the family being the Energetic Ocean in which you swim.

But what are Ancestors?

Many people from different cultures have different ideas on this topic. I can only give you my opinion and tell you what has worked for me. Yes, Mothers and Fathers are Ancestors. Yes, Grandmothers and Grandfathers
and the ones before them are Ancestors. But to me, so are uncles, aunties and cousins.
And in a way, so are ALL of the people that has Positively influenced my life and gained my admiration.

Ancestral Veneration teaches us that we should have no fear of death. It can also teach us that Life continues after this "so-called" death TRANSITION. It can show you that through the perpetual exchange of birth and "death" that we continue to survive. Reincarnation, as it is called, allows us to see/experience life through the eyes of females, males, children, adults, professionals, laymen, elderly, mothers, fathers, etc. !

The Creator certainly want us to experience LIFE. Jesus said, " I come to bring you life and bring to you more Abundantly". How could we possibly experience all of this in ONE lifetime? We COULDN'T!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you are beginning to see the Importance of studying how to honor your ancestors.
Helping to elevate your Ancestors and bringing them peace can't help but help you and bring you peace in return. Why? Because you are part of this Energy pool that connects ALL of you together.

A psychic link so to say. A bond that is well established between you.
To help them is to help yourself. But the same is said of them. The more they help and uplift you without a
selfish heart the more they help themselves.

You can even direct your veneration towards individual or specific Ancestors and not the whole if you wish.

You, me and the Ancestors can and often do elevate up to the status of being an Angel or a well respected Deity in the spirit worlds. And there are ways that we earthly beings can hep this along.

On the other side of this there are some Ancestors that you DO NOT want to entertain at your alter.
Those that died with very bad habits, violent, Liars, troublemakers, etc. still have the tendencies to carry those same traits to the spirit worlds with them and until they "grow" out of it they still have them.

Later, we will discuss the what ifs in relation to trickster spirits. What are trickster spirits? Remember that
spirits that are not remembered, honored and elevated or cared for sometimes lie and even cause harm to others because they have been forgotten or neglected. They can lie to you when they sense you have a desire to communicate with your deceased loved ones. They may pretend to be your deceased loved one or
someone who is there to guide or help you. They too want light, love and attention. But they use deceitful ways to get it. They use tricks.