The past, distant and close, is embodied in all of us and this is a knowledge that affects us consciously or unconsciously as it interacts with our present in whatever way it can. We may be called upon to ‘pay our dues’ in some way unpaid from the past, to repeat sorrows and seeming injustices, or we may find ourselves delivering the produce of many harvests; delivering our gifts in the present so that our transgenerational lives can continue to work themselves out.
When you put into practise the act of remembering your true-self you touch the links and connections to your ancestors and may come to understand your present needs and challenges, or at least have a wider perspective on how to proceed to mend any broken threads of your intergenerational web; to rejoin and heal the wounds of disconnections and imbalance.
Many shamans work with stones. For example, it is an ancient tradition of the Q’ero shamans from the mountains of Peru. Their belief, as ours, is that there is spirit in all things.