I’d like to offer a recent and personal example of how looking at the family ancestral hidden issues can bring relief to a strong-feeling issue.
A legal sounding email
I had been contacted about an Amazon online listing I had. The manufacturer sent me a legal-sounding email saying I was causing them damage by using their product name in the listing. Now, they were wrong with their concern and showed poor customer service in how they handled it, but my reaction was really over the top. The very idea of being called out by a legal sounding email just freaked me out. I was shaking, angry, and underneath the anger, scared.
A strong over-reaction
My reaction confused me. I haven’t been in trouble with the law and the only time I’ve interacted with lawyers was when I had called in a citizen’s arrest for someone who was driving dangerously. So I was really struck by the difference between my reaction and my past experiences.
Ineffective tapping
I went through the four levels of analysis we’ve been talking about these past few weeks. Current issue? Reflection of past experiences offering a window into the past? Collective issue and I’m just picking up on the community’s energy? Or is it a family energetics issue?
When I tapped on my anger and fear, I didn’t notice much drop in intensity from an over-the-top ten to a nine. I had no prior experiences that came to mind. Then I focused on the collective issue. I thought about everyone who has been scared or in trouble with the law or in a position of no-power. While I have compassion for these folks, I didn’t feel the fear strongly.
Then I focused on my family …
and immediately I thought of an ancestor who had had troubles with the authorities and was in a position of being caused harm if found. One of the absolutely essential principles of family energetics is respecting the actions of each person and looking for the love for the family system in those actions. So with an attitude of respect I tapped on the fear of the authorities that I was feeling while knowing it was in my bloodline and DNA, passed on from an ancestor.
Two rounds of tapping cleared me to a zero and I was able to be grateful for the original company’s email that set off this event.
The tapping looked like:
- Even though I feel terrified, and it’s not about me, I love and accept myself completely.
- Even though I feel terrified, and my ancestor lived with this daily his entire life, I love and accept how I feel.
- Even though I feel terrified, I am willing to feel this out of love for my ancestor.
Moving through the points:
This fear.
This terror.
This fear of getting caught.
This fear of doing something wrong. I’ve been living with this for so long now. I’m open to the idea of releasing this fear. Releasing this fear. Honoring this fear. This fear.
Listen in August 9th Upcoming talk
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August 9th at 2pm eastern I’m on In the Flow with Tracy Liebmann.
Join me as Tracy and I chat about Family Energetics, how I got into this work and some other observations. Available as an audio podcast.
