Why The Love We Receive From Ancestors Is The Most Sacred

The love we receive from our ancestors is the most timeless, spiritual love we will ever receive. It’s an unmatched form of sacred reciprocity.  That’s because our ancestors live within us; we’re their prayers come to life. 

Whenever we pour into ourselves, we’re pouring into them. And by honoring them, we honor ourselves. But can we nurture this love and still be aligned with Spirit? 

Ancestor veneration is not to be confused with ancestor worship or deification. We’re still aligned with Spirit when we show love to ancestors. 

Honoring our blood or chosen ancestors can look like celebrating their birthday, saying a prayer, or making small daily altar offerings to remind them how loved they are. 

In her book “The Book of JuJu,”  spiritualist and author JuJu Bae writes, “Loving my ancestors (known and unknown) – knowing that I have this entire spirit team of people rooting for me – has allowed me to experience a connection that I didn’t know was possible.”

How do you show love to your ancestors? How do you show love to yourself? These ways of loving inform each other.

That timeless, unconditional love we’re taught to seek in others actually lives within us, through our ancestors. And the unconditional love we co-create is what will continue to align us with Spirit.

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