WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:02.730 --> 00:00:07.750 Welcome to today's episode, which is short and sweet. 00:00:08.550 --> 00:00:10.150 This is Meena Melissa Leigh. 00:00:10.530 --> 00:00:14.760 And this is the She Who Is Seeking Podcast and today we're 00:00:14.760 --> 00:00:17.220 going to talk about ancestry. 00:00:17.730 --> 00:00:19.770 And honoring our lineage. 00:00:20.700 --> 00:00:21.390 And. 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:27.750 Doing so in a way that really falls in line with this time of 00:00:29.490 --> 00:00:33.687 And here we . Hello. 00:00:33.867 --> 00:00:37.557 All of my beautiful seekers and friends. 00:00:38.097 --> 00:00:38.767 It's so exciting. 00:00:39.387 --> 00:00:40.827 We've had some rain. 00:00:41.697 --> 00:00:44.637 We've had some wind spin. 00:00:44.727 --> 00:00:45.897 Beautiful. 00:00:46.887 --> 00:00:51.087 And then the warmth will creep in for a few hours during the day. 00:00:51.807 --> 00:00:54.987 And then we're back to that delicious. 00:00:55.707 --> 00:00:56.367 Autumn. 00:00:56.367 --> 00:00:58.367 I feel in the air. 00:00:59.867 --> 00:01:00.307 And I love it. 00:01:01.217 --> 00:01:01.997 And. 00:01:03.467 --> 00:01:08.507 I am just really feeling this time of the year, feeling it. 00:01:08.537 --> 00:01:09.317 So. 00:01:10.487 --> 00:01:12.347 So deep that. 00:01:13.007 --> 00:01:15.707 The other things in life are just falling away. 00:01:17.207 --> 00:01:20.117 And this is feeling like that time of year. 00:01:20.117 --> 00:01:20.507 That. 00:01:21.467 --> 00:01:22.867 I get my house ready. 00:01:24.017 --> 00:01:28.267 To sort of turn inwards for the fall and the winter. 00:01:29.507 --> 00:01:32.667 And by that, I mean, my physical house. 00:01:34.037 --> 00:01:37.167 We're going to get a few things that need repairs done. 00:01:38.667 --> 00:01:42.987 Just so that those things aren't calling my attention anymore. 00:01:43.917 --> 00:01:47.227 And I'm doing the same thing with my body as far as. 00:01:47.997 --> 00:01:48.727 Nutrition. 00:01:50.227 --> 00:01:50.637 That's my dog. 00:01:52.127 --> 00:01:55.937 And just honoring the feelings that are calling me about. 00:01:57.437 --> 00:01:59.447 Getting more rest and more. 00:02:00.767 --> 00:02:05.567 Coziness and I've made soup three times this week alone. 00:02:06.227 --> 00:02:09.497 And just really feeling into all those things. 00:02:10.877 --> 00:02:16.647 And I just wanted to invite you to do some of the same. 00:02:17.567 --> 00:02:18.797 Work that I'm doing. 00:02:18.857 --> 00:02:22.097 If it feels good for you and that you feel called to do it. 00:02:23.597 --> 00:02:25.397 Always at this time of year. 00:02:26.897 --> 00:02:32.397 So every summer, even when it's really hot, I already start to feel the. 00:02:33.847 --> 00:02:34.667 Autumn coming. 00:02:36.167 --> 00:02:37.907 Even though there's no breeze. 00:02:37.937 --> 00:02:40.277 I can hear what that. 00:02:41.777 --> 00:02:43.517 When sounds like that. 00:02:43.517 --> 00:02:47.477 When that blows the leaves down the street. 00:02:48.977 --> 00:02:49.817 And. 00:02:51.317 --> 00:02:55.337 I always just feel really called to do a little bit of preparation, 00:02:55.337 --> 00:02:57.787 both in my mind, my body. 00:02:59.117 --> 00:03:00.187 My home. 00:03:01.337 --> 00:03:03.197 And so I'm doing that. 00:03:03.287 --> 00:03:07.007 And also I'm just really feeling. 00:03:08.507 --> 00:03:12.827 As though this adventure of trying to uncover my ancestry. 00:03:14.327 --> 00:03:17.777 Is just always kind of running in the background. 00:03:19.277 --> 00:03:19.667 And so. 00:03:20.867 --> 00:03:25.187 I have been trying to uncover a few of the missing links. 00:03:26.117 --> 00:03:27.317 Of my. 00:03:28.817 --> 00:03:33.797 Ancestry, those holes, those mysterious people. 00:03:34.397 --> 00:03:39.827 Who did not leave a heavy mark to trace. 00:03:41.327 --> 00:03:44.297 So I'm having a lot of thoughts about a lot of things, but 00:03:44.297 --> 00:03:46.307 they do seem to be interwoven. 00:03:46.307 --> 00:03:47.597 So I'm going to talk about them. 00:03:48.227 --> 00:03:50.807 And talk about what I'm doing and I'm going to invite you to do the same. 00:03:51.737 --> 00:03:52.407 And. 00:03:53.357 --> 00:03:58.907 Some of what I was thinking about earlier today with some of my book club friends. 00:03:59.627 --> 00:04:02.207 Is this idea of. 00:04:03.707 --> 00:04:05.657 The room of origin. 00:04:06.527 --> 00:04:07.247 Which. 00:04:08.357 --> 00:04:14.687 Is from the Unlikely Peace at Cucamaquic, by Martine Prechtel. 00:04:15.377 --> 00:04:17.627 I always feel like I say all of that wrong. 00:04:18.137 --> 00:04:19.967 But the book is beautiful. 00:04:20.027 --> 00:04:20.837 It's lovely. 00:04:20.867 --> 00:04:21.527 It's long. 00:04:21.797 --> 00:04:23.027 It's fantastic. 00:04:23.057 --> 00:04:24.017 I do recommend it. 00:04:24.407 --> 00:04:25.657 It does make you slow down. 00:04:26.837 --> 00:04:29.057 And really become. 00:04:30.557 --> 00:04:31.577 Conscious of. 00:04:33.077 --> 00:04:36.167 Trying to multitask how we're always doing that. 00:04:36.167 --> 00:04:37.277 And it makes you. 00:04:38.777 --> 00:04:40.137 Hmm, this dog. 00:04:40.157 --> 00:04:41.327 I am serious. 00:04:41.387 --> 00:04:41.487 Okay. 00:04:42.987 --> 00:04:45.387 She's smashing her face in a sheepskin. 00:04:46.227 --> 00:04:47.367 That's what that sound is. 00:04:47.877 --> 00:04:49.437 And I'm going to leave it in because. 00:04:50.067 --> 00:04:50.697 That's kind of funny. 00:04:51.357 --> 00:04:51.777 To me. 00:04:53.277 --> 00:04:56.217 And that's her snorting she's trying to get comfortable. 00:04:56.487 --> 00:04:59.007 That's all, you know, I think that's a sign. 00:04:59.037 --> 00:05:00.897 Let's all get. 00:05:01.677 --> 00:05:02.247 Comfortable. 00:05:03.747 --> 00:05:07.767 Whether you're on the go or relaxing. 00:05:08.637 --> 00:05:10.977 To sort of settle down into this idea. 00:05:12.477 --> 00:05:15.987 She's still not settling down, but I'm going So. 00:05:17.457 --> 00:05:19.437 Is this idea from the book. 00:05:20.937 --> 00:05:22.827 Talks about how. 00:05:23.667 --> 00:05:25.317 Everything has an origin. 00:05:25.317 --> 00:05:30.237 So for instance, You made. 00:05:30.897 --> 00:05:31.477 Tomato sauce. 00:05:32.307 --> 00:05:34.857 But where did the tomatoes come from? 00:05:35.517 --> 00:05:37.977 Where did the seeds come from? 00:05:39.477 --> 00:05:46.467 And who grew them originally or things that go back even further. 00:05:46.547 --> 00:05:48.437 If you have a. 00:05:49.637 --> 00:05:52.427 A treasure box full of little treasures. 00:05:52.457 --> 00:05:54.707 Where did each of those treasures come from? 00:05:55.067 --> 00:05:56.507 And who made the box? 00:05:56.537 --> 00:05:57.707 What kind of tree? 00:05:58.127 --> 00:05:59.737 Is it who cut down the tree. 00:06:00.407 --> 00:06:02.837 Whereas the tree from what did they cut down the tree with? 00:06:04.337 --> 00:06:08.807 Sort of like the spiritual chain of command of every. 00:06:09.557 --> 00:06:10.287 Object. 00:06:11.327 --> 00:06:14.987 And It would be extremely difficult. 00:06:15.707 --> 00:06:18.287 To just suddenly transition to. 00:06:19.187 --> 00:06:20.687 Being able to speak to that. 00:06:22.187 --> 00:06:25.397 However it did really make me think. 00:06:25.937 --> 00:06:31.217 What are the things that I have that I know the stories of, at least as far back 00:06:31.217 --> 00:06:41.567 as I can So for instance, My example today was I have this little wooden painted. 00:06:42.407 --> 00:06:43.047 Letter opener. 00:06:43.937 --> 00:06:47.477 That's on a cord and it was my. 00:06:48.227 --> 00:06:49.747 Fathers mothers. 00:06:50.717 --> 00:06:52.037 Great grandmothers. 00:06:52.817 --> 00:06:55.247 And so I don't know the. 00:06:56.477 --> 00:06:59.847 Origin of who carved it and of what would. 00:07:00.707 --> 00:07:01.937 And who painted it? 00:07:02.747 --> 00:07:05.987 However, it has been special to me always. 00:07:05.987 --> 00:07:08.147 And it's so tiny and so beautiful. 00:07:09.617 --> 00:07:10.747 And then there's other. 00:07:11.627 --> 00:07:16.457 Things that I have and you know, none of them might have any worth to anyone else. 00:07:16.457 --> 00:07:20.627 But another one I Is my mother had. 00:07:21.287 --> 00:07:25.187 This lipstick in the sixties and it's in this little gold tube 00:07:25.217 --> 00:07:26.867 that looks like a Roman column. 00:07:27.737 --> 00:07:29.597 And it's actually max factor. 00:07:30.077 --> 00:07:33.707 And it still smelled good when I was in high school, although it doesn't anymore. 00:07:34.547 --> 00:07:35.357 And. 00:07:36.197 --> 00:07:41.417 I just felt like I could imagine her putting on this. 00:07:41.897 --> 00:07:49.457 Frosted lipstick with her long, middle parted, straight ironed looking hair 00:07:49.457 --> 00:07:51.227 and her bell-bottoms and I just. 00:07:52.247 --> 00:07:57.617 Always felt like it was this key to the past. 00:07:58.617 --> 00:07:59.787 Connecting. 00:08:00.597 --> 00:08:05.817 Me as a teenager to her as a teenager through this item. 00:08:06.507 --> 00:08:09.777 That was so special to her and then became so special to me. 00:08:11.277 --> 00:08:16.977 And I am a sentimental person and I do love things of beauty and I do love. 00:08:17.397 --> 00:08:19.197 Hearing the stories of things. 00:08:19.617 --> 00:08:23.007 And so this felt like a beautiful challenge. 00:08:23.967 --> 00:08:26.607 To be able to start to slow down. 00:08:27.627 --> 00:08:29.697 And imagine what. 00:08:31.197 --> 00:08:32.817 What are the things. 00:08:33.147 --> 00:08:34.437 That I bring into my life. 00:08:34.947 --> 00:08:38.147 Where are they Who made them. 00:08:39.647 --> 00:08:41.987 And essentially what gave its life. 00:08:42.407 --> 00:08:43.607 For that to be made. 00:08:45.077 --> 00:08:46.667 What tree from where. 00:08:47.507 --> 00:08:49.577 Who cut it down, who carved the bowl? 00:08:50.777 --> 00:08:52.607 And all of these things and. 00:08:54.107 --> 00:08:55.407 You On the one hand. 00:08:56.057 --> 00:08:56.907 It greatly. 00:08:58.407 --> 00:09:01.147 Limits the consumption that you have. 00:09:02.247 --> 00:09:03.237 Which is great. 00:09:04.107 --> 00:09:09.447 And on the other hand, it really invites you in with this opportunity. 00:09:10.587 --> 00:09:14.067 To deeply bond with and cherish these things. 00:09:14.127 --> 00:09:14.907 Not. 00:09:15.387 --> 00:09:17.097 From a materialistic. 00:09:18.447 --> 00:09:19.247 Point of view. 00:09:20.157 --> 00:09:21.717 But all. 00:09:22.827 --> 00:09:24.387 All things have value. 00:09:24.417 --> 00:09:27.047 And when we only insist on bringing things. 00:09:27.957 --> 00:09:30.357 That have value into our lives. 00:09:31.857 --> 00:09:35.397 I mean in a way, partly it's like voting with your dollars, right? 00:09:35.517 --> 00:09:39.807 If people stop buying things in plastic, hopefully eventually they'll 00:09:39.807 --> 00:09:41.097 stop making things in plastic. 00:09:42.027 --> 00:09:44.697 If they stopped buying things that are from the dollar tree. 00:09:45.807 --> 00:09:46.527 Hopefully. 00:09:47.817 --> 00:09:49.677 There will stop being so many. 00:09:50.277 --> 00:09:52.467 Crappy things produced for the dollar tree. 00:09:53.697 --> 00:09:55.287 And on the other hand, 00:09:56.787 --> 00:10:02.457 As somebody who can see and really connect with the energy of things. 00:10:03.477 --> 00:10:06.547 And the connection of things and people. 00:10:07.167 --> 00:10:10.647 And the connection of the energy of a space. 00:10:12.147 --> 00:10:15.507 And what it feels like when it's too crowded or what it 00:10:15.507 --> 00:10:17.397 feels like when it's polluted. 00:10:17.757 --> 00:10:20.427 And clogged with items that are not loved or valued. 00:10:21.927 --> 00:10:26.097 It's one of those things that also is going to help with that, because if 00:10:26.097 --> 00:10:32.197 you have less things, And you love all the things that you have that shows. 00:10:33.267 --> 00:10:37.697 If you have a lot of things that are beautiful and that you love. 00:10:38.967 --> 00:10:40.767 That has a way different energy. 00:10:41.127 --> 00:10:46.797 Then some things that are sterile and unloved. 00:10:47.367 --> 00:10:48.477 You can live your life. 00:10:48.507 --> 00:10:49.827 However you want to. 00:10:50.517 --> 00:10:54.327 But when we are surrounded only with the things that are important and 00:10:54.327 --> 00:10:55.947 we let the other things fall away. 00:10:56.697 --> 00:10:57.687 Energetically. 00:10:58.167 --> 00:11:00.897 Physically, emotionally, spiritually. 00:11:01.647 --> 00:11:04.197 Then we're left with a tighter container. 00:11:05.697 --> 00:11:10.587 And we are able to be more in charge of our feelings about those 00:11:10.587 --> 00:11:12.047 things, which is really important. 00:11:12.847 --> 00:11:14.617 My invitation. 00:11:15.487 --> 00:11:17.647 Is that we all. 00:11:18.337 --> 00:11:19.597 Go through. 00:11:20.107 --> 00:11:26.617 And look for and find some of the things that we have that are. 00:11:27.667 --> 00:11:30.007 Gifts from our ancestors. 00:11:30.607 --> 00:11:36.397 That are meaningful because they are heirlooms of our family. 00:11:37.207 --> 00:11:40.747 Things that reflect the history. 00:11:41.137 --> 00:11:43.447 Of the people of our lineage. 00:11:44.497 --> 00:11:47.497 Whether that's letters or. 00:11:48.397 --> 00:11:53.377 A ring or a packet of seeds or in my case, 00:11:53.767 --> 00:11:56.407 I have these handmade tools that my Papa 00:11:57.907 --> 00:11:58.627 And. 00:12:00.127 --> 00:12:04.627 When you honor your ancestors at this time of year. 00:12:06.127 --> 00:12:10.657 Always some of that is At least, I imagine I always gather some of that. 00:12:11.077 --> 00:12:12.397 Some of those things up. 00:12:13.027 --> 00:12:19.387 For myself, but I generally only do it with items. 00:12:20.167 --> 00:12:22.387 That are from those who have passed. 00:12:23.347 --> 00:12:26.687 But my feeling this year is that. 00:12:27.457 --> 00:12:32.187 I want to gather some special things from my family. 00:12:33.277 --> 00:12:34.957 Who's still around as well. 00:12:35.465 --> 00:12:39.445 I just really want to be enveloped in this feeling of my lineage. 00:12:40.505 --> 00:12:42.845 Both looking into the past. 00:12:43.505 --> 00:12:47.145 And standing firmly rooted in this present. 00:12:48.645 --> 00:12:52.365 And looking forward into the future. 00:12:53.085 --> 00:12:55.065 Not with any expectations. 00:12:55.545 --> 00:12:58.065 Not with any list of demands. 00:12:58.575 --> 00:13:03.015 But just as the path that's laid out before me. 00:13:03.585 --> 00:13:06.135 One that I am so happy to be on. 00:13:07.635 --> 00:13:08.475 And. 00:13:09.975 --> 00:13:12.105 There's no better time. 00:13:12.555 --> 00:13:14.625 To begin this practice, then now. 00:13:15.375 --> 00:13:15.985 And. 00:13:16.755 --> 00:13:21.045 Especially since the veil is so thin and we have access 00:13:21.405 --> 00:13:23.485 to being able to see through. 00:13:24.375 --> 00:13:25.685 These then parts. 00:13:26.355 --> 00:13:29.085 Better at this time of year than any other. 00:13:30.585 --> 00:13:33.675 So if we sit in meditation, With. 00:13:34.695 --> 00:13:38.125 These tokens of. 00:13:39.625 --> 00:13:42.715 What our family has left to us. 00:13:42.775 --> 00:13:44.345 If we have any of these things. 00:13:45.535 --> 00:13:46.705 What will come through? 00:13:46.765 --> 00:13:48.295 What messages can you hear? 00:13:48.325 --> 00:13:51.845 How can you deepen your relationship with your family? 00:13:53.345 --> 00:13:54.905 How can you. 00:13:55.475 --> 00:13:57.235 Augment or refine. 00:13:57.995 --> 00:14:02.525 The way that you think about your current familial situation. 00:14:03.395 --> 00:14:07.625 And how can you more carefully craft and hone? 00:14:08.435 --> 00:14:11.015 What it is that you want to leave? 00:14:11.795 --> 00:14:13.135 Behind as a legacy. 00:14:13.865 --> 00:14:15.125 When you're gone. 00:14:15.935 --> 00:14:17.335 So many of us. 00:14:17.645 --> 00:14:20.435 Do have very important things to share. 00:14:21.935 --> 00:14:26.705 And I would say there's such a small number of people. 00:14:27.485 --> 00:14:29.165 Who have taken the time? 00:14:29.855 --> 00:14:30.525 To record. 00:14:31.415 --> 00:14:33.005 What those things are. 00:14:34.175 --> 00:14:35.425 And not all of us. 00:14:36.665 --> 00:14:41.375 Can slow down enough to really share those messages with people. 00:14:41.945 --> 00:14:44.525 In real time in a way that is. 00:14:45.725 --> 00:14:46.125 Meaningful. 00:14:47.625 --> 00:14:51.165 So why not spend some of this time reflecting? 00:14:52.575 --> 00:14:54.465 On what those messages are. 00:14:55.245 --> 00:14:58.765 And connect with the messages that you have received from your family. 00:14:59.715 --> 00:15:03.135 And the messages that you are receiving from spirit. 00:15:03.765 --> 00:15:08.055 Whether you do this in your book of shadows or a journal or in a 00:15:08.055 --> 00:15:10.485 letter to your future self or to. 00:15:11.535 --> 00:15:13.575 Your descendants. 00:15:14.265 --> 00:15:18.665 I just was really struck when researching my own lineage. 00:15:19.665 --> 00:15:24.975 How many holes there were and how little is known about some 00:15:24.975 --> 00:15:26.065 of the people in my family. 00:15:27.135 --> 00:15:28.565 And it made me. 00:15:29.295 --> 00:15:32.415 Really hunger for that knowledge. 00:15:33.015 --> 00:15:37.545 Not in a grasping way, but just in a way that was so open to the 00:15:37.545 --> 00:15:40.245 possibilities of what those things were. 00:15:40.965 --> 00:15:42.615 And I know that sometimes. 00:15:44.115 --> 00:15:45.735 Those things can be very. 00:15:46.965 --> 00:15:49.725 Scary to be open up to because. 00:15:50.205 --> 00:15:52.155 Not all of us are from. 00:15:53.055 --> 00:15:56.505 Lineages that are full of stellar behavior. 00:15:56.595 --> 00:15:57.635 If you know what I mean. 00:15:58.605 --> 00:16:00.735 So sometimes. 00:16:01.425 --> 00:16:06.705 We avoid looking deeply into the past because we're afraid of what we might see. 00:16:07.755 --> 00:16:08.835 But when we don't. 00:16:09.705 --> 00:16:10.435 Acknowledge that. 00:16:11.265 --> 00:16:12.935 And we don't honor. 00:16:13.815 --> 00:16:17.335 What it means to have that in our bones. 00:16:18.835 --> 00:16:20.725 In our blood in our. 00:16:21.385 --> 00:16:25.965 Epigenetics then I feel like that shows through. 00:16:26.815 --> 00:16:31.825 Sometimes that shows through as people who really have a 00:16:31.825 --> 00:16:33.365 hard time accepting themselves. 00:16:34.225 --> 00:16:34.865 On every level. 00:16:36.265 --> 00:16:42.625 And sometimes it shows through just in this very like bouncy, 00:16:42.685 --> 00:16:45.145 airy, ungrounded energy. 00:16:46.495 --> 00:16:51.385 It's almost as if they're just like treading the surface and too afraid to go 00:16:51.385 --> 00:16:56.935 deep because they don't want their feet to root into whatever that history was. 00:16:58.285 --> 00:16:59.965 But my invitation. 00:17:00.685 --> 00:17:02.785 Is to just sit and think. 00:17:03.745 --> 00:17:06.745 What are things that you could do that would feel really nourishing 00:17:06.745 --> 00:17:08.065 that would lead to insight. 00:17:09.325 --> 00:17:11.065 What are things that you could do? 00:17:11.965 --> 00:17:15.505 That could help you come to terms with some of those blink 00:17:15.505 --> 00:17:18.505 spots or some of those scary. 00:17:20.005 --> 00:17:21.775 Dark areas in your life. 00:17:22.705 --> 00:17:31.075 And how can you honor your ancestry and your family line as it is now. 00:17:32.575 --> 00:17:38.185 A lot of us have very complicated relationships with our family, our current 00:17:38.215 --> 00:17:40.505 family, people that are still alive. 00:17:42.005 --> 00:17:44.915 And there's varying degrees of. 00:17:46.415 --> 00:17:49.355 Whether or not, that's a good idea to deal with. 00:17:49.535 --> 00:17:50.735 That's totally up to you. 00:17:51.965 --> 00:17:57.455 But I just think that not looking N is never helpful. 00:17:57.965 --> 00:18:02.255 It is much more enlightening. 00:18:02.945 --> 00:18:06.935 To look into those places, even if you don't end up doing anything about it. 00:18:08.045 --> 00:18:15.095 If you just end up leaving that story in the past with a very conscious. 00:18:16.235 --> 00:18:17.335 Decision to do so. 00:18:18.835 --> 00:18:19.555 Then. 00:18:20.725 --> 00:18:23.905 You know, you've closed that you've tied up. 00:18:23.905 --> 00:18:24.955 Those loose ends. 00:18:25.705 --> 00:18:30.835 But it's my feeling that when we don't and we just leave all of those. 00:18:32.285 --> 00:18:36.775 Loose ends, bobbing in this tumultuous ocean. 00:18:37.675 --> 00:18:41.075 All of those frayed ends just become these tangled knots. 00:18:41.845 --> 00:18:43.825 And they are. 00:18:44.425 --> 00:18:45.055 Wet. 00:18:45.115 --> 00:18:49.585 And if you've ever seen what happens to wool yarn? 00:18:50.505 --> 00:18:53.085 When it gets tangled and then gets wet. 00:18:53.655 --> 00:18:55.605 It just turns into a very. 00:18:56.945 --> 00:18:59.195 Dense felted fabric. 00:18:59.225 --> 00:19:00.635 It is no longer these. 00:19:01.295 --> 00:19:03.875 Free strings that are. 00:19:04.775 --> 00:19:06.065 Able to be dealt with. 00:19:06.635 --> 00:19:12.305 And it's very difficult to detangle them when you've allowed them to get so mad. 00:19:13.805 --> 00:19:16.055 So that's what I'm going to be doing. 00:19:16.145 --> 00:19:22.655 And we are like a week out ish from Samhain the time couldn't be better. 00:19:23.045 --> 00:19:25.745 And whether or not you celebrate. 00:19:27.005 --> 00:19:29.745 or DIA de Los Muertos. 00:19:30.725 --> 00:19:33.945 Or, you know, actually lots of cultures. 00:19:34.745 --> 00:19:38.135 Celebrate and honor their ancestors at this time of year. 00:19:39.405 --> 00:19:44.445 I think that there is this collective knowledge and always has been 00:19:45.045 --> 00:19:49.065 about this thinning of the veil, whether you have that kind of 00:19:49.065 --> 00:19:50.965 word or languaging for it or not. 00:19:51.735 --> 00:19:56.165 It's something that you can just sense when you're quiet in this space. 00:19:57.665 --> 00:20:02.585 So I'd love to hear what you are planning to do at this time of year. 00:20:03.275 --> 00:20:07.085 And I would love to come back and talk again. 00:20:08.045 --> 00:20:10.325 About ancestry and. 00:20:11.825 --> 00:20:14.615 What that means to you and what it means to me. 00:20:16.115 --> 00:20:18.125 But I just decided to. 00:20:19.415 --> 00:20:22.605 Record this very short little episode and leave. 00:20:23.135 --> 00:20:26.805 Some extra time for you to just sit and think. 00:20:27.875 --> 00:20:28.535 About. 00:20:29.675 --> 00:20:31.865 What it is that you can do, and I'd love it. 00:20:31.865 --> 00:20:32.375 If you. 00:20:33.065 --> 00:20:39.305 Spend the next 15 or 20 minutes, at least just sort of thinking about 00:20:39.305 --> 00:20:40.705 that and coming up with a plan. 00:20:41.315 --> 00:20:42.105 It's that you actually 00:20:43.145 --> 00:20:45.005 And I love you so much. 00:20:45.035 --> 00:20:46.475 And this. 00:20:46.925 --> 00:20:51.455 Was a dinky little episode, but I'm going to get back to. 00:20:52.895 --> 00:20:54.905 Doing some exciting things that we'll talk about 00:20:56.405 --> 00:20:57.245 And. 00:20:58.505 --> 00:21:04.955 The music is by siren and the sea and it is called snake river. 00:21:06.185 --> 00:21:09.515 And you can find me over on Instagram. 00:21:10.445 --> 00:21:11.615 At she who is seeking. 00:21:13.115 --> 00:21:14.855 I would really appreciate it. 00:21:14.915 --> 00:21:18.815 If you shared any of the episodes with a friend. 00:21:19.775 --> 00:21:23.085 Or if you just wanted to leave me a message over on Instagram. 00:21:24.455 --> 00:21:27.725 And I'm going to tell you the phone number again, so you can leave me 00:21:27.725 --> 00:21:31.985 a message of voicemail the phone number is area code six, five seven. 00:21:32.615 --> 00:21:33.905 3 3, 5. 00:21:34.325 --> 00:21:35.795 4 6, 4, 0. 00:21:36.695 --> 00:21:37.295 And I don't know. 00:21:37.355 --> 00:21:38.765 We'll just see how this episode came out. 00:21:38.765 --> 00:21:41.825 I didn't have any notes written down or anything, and I knew 00:21:41.825 --> 00:21:43.205 it was kind of rambling, but. 00:21:44.015 --> 00:21:46.355 That's sort of the energy of this time of year, right? 00:21:46.505 --> 00:21:47.675 It's unpredictable. 00:21:48.245 --> 00:21:49.685 It is wild. 00:21:49.715 --> 00:21:50.585 It is. 00:21:51.785 --> 00:21:52.775 Hard to reign in. 00:21:54.275 --> 00:21:59.255 So I'm sending you so much love, and I really hope to hear about 00:21:59.255 --> 00:22:00.655 something that you decided to do. 00:22:02.155 --> 00:22:02.785 All right. 00:22:03.265 --> 00:22:07.675 Well, have a Blessed Samhain happy Halloween. 00:22:08.335 --> 00:22:11.705 A sacred DIA de Los Muertos, whatever you celebrate. 00:22:12.325 --> 00:22:16.905 I hope that you're able to do it in a way that feels nourishing and exciting to you. 00:22:18.055 --> 00:22:18.305 All right. 00:22:18.775 --> 00:22:20.125 Love you so much bye 00:22:22.662 --> 00:22:28.932 I decided to read a little bit about the origins house, which I think I called. 00:22:29.592 --> 00:22:31.002 Room of origins. 00:22:31.632 --> 00:22:34.182 Which kind of sounds like The Room Of requirement from Harry Potter. 00:22:34.752 --> 00:22:36.482 But it's called the origins house. 00:22:37.542 --> 00:22:40.882 And so this is from one of the final chapters. 00:22:41.562 --> 00:22:44.082 Of the book I was talking about. 00:22:46.722 --> 00:22:47.382 So he writes. 00:22:48.492 --> 00:22:51.642 The origin house is a grand place to have tea. 00:22:52.392 --> 00:22:59.022 To invite a friend or a relative one at To begin and there remember spoken 00:22:59.022 --> 00:23:01.122 aloud the story of the tea itself. 00:23:02.112 --> 00:23:04.062 The origins of the cups. 00:23:04.092 --> 00:23:04.962 It is drunken. 00:23:05.622 --> 00:23:08.382 The origins of the spoons that stir. 00:23:09.372 --> 00:23:10.682 Origins of the tea kettle. 00:23:11.322 --> 00:23:12.082 The tea pot. 00:23:12.672 --> 00:23:14.892 And especially the waters origins. 00:23:15.282 --> 00:23:18.012 Which should not be from a spigot unless you're prepared 00:23:18.012 --> 00:23:19.392 to explain the plumbing pipes. 00:23:19.392 --> 00:23:20.982 They're alloyed the city water system. 00:23:21.582 --> 00:23:23.952 Where the runoff originates and so forth. 00:23:25.182 --> 00:23:27.982 You must reiterate the origin story of everything. 00:23:28.512 --> 00:23:30.102 Including the space itself. 00:23:30.612 --> 00:23:33.282 And every aspect of what you serve to your guests. 00:23:34.422 --> 00:23:36.282 Then as they drink their tea. 00:23:36.792 --> 00:23:41.282 They're drinking in the story of all combined. 00:23:42.312 --> 00:23:43.682 Into a simple T. 00:23:44.472 --> 00:23:45.372 And the warmth. 00:23:45.972 --> 00:23:46.582 Of its story. 00:23:47.352 --> 00:23:48.082 Can reside. 00:23:48.822 --> 00:23:49.282 Within.