I feel like too much emphasis is put on it - a lot of people don't know a lot about their family because of family break downs and estrangements, children born out of wed lock so later generations don't know exactly who their grandfather was, the loss of family related possessions over the years, inaccuracies in recording of family in historical records, the need to 'prove' that you have the right to follow a certain tradition or path, and worst of all, the dreaded concept of 'racial' purity. For these reasons, I don't pay attention to it much because there are enough difficulties in life without borrowing stuff from things you can't prove or change. Just live life.

I really enjoyed this different sort of chat Philip, thank you 😊 I do like to look at things in slightly less conventional ways, I feel it helps us to get wider understanding and is less likely to end up with us being stuck with a load of confirmation bias to wade through to get anywhere. Although I must say the suggested focus on the "children" as the future in a literal sense as it is often meant, as someone without children this can feel a little isolating sometimes. Many blessings /|\

Thank you for this Philip! How absolutely brilliantly refreshing! A xx

😊❤I love this slant on reincarnation. You really made me think. Thank you🙏

Oh lovely. Big shout out to Ben as you said something that really resonated with me and nice to hear from you. Thank you, book sounds great! Thank you Philip, interesting talk

My father was a policeman. His mother was American Black, but his father came from Ireland. He seemed to me a bit fey; an uncanny sense for when there was danger or someone was lying. He's say it was his WWII service and living on the streets and just being a policeman in Brooklyn. Saw the dangerous ones, even when they were well dressed and smiling and not making eye contact. Said one day, having a discussion my mother provoked, asking him if he really didn't believe in God? He kept calmly saying "No." Then she adamantly asked where he thought he would go when he died. He paused for a bit then then loudly said, "I think we go into a hole in the ground and then we are DEAD DEAD DEAD!" and my mother was thoughtful amd silent for quite a long time (for her) and said, "Well Edgar, I guess you are a much better person than I thought you were."

😔 My father, in his last 2 years when he was dying, did a lot of work on himself, silently examined his mistakes and still beamed more love at the end. I was with him in the last 2 hours as he laid in bed, forcing down each breath and asked my permission to stop the fight. He was tired. "Would you think badly of me if I just stopped the fight?" I told him it was ok. He thanked me and laid back and sang this song in a lovely deep voice: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJKriodunJ6Hmbcsi=0aUL2-CktdYBGCWd. He felt that he had faded so fast. But he comes to me from time to time, simply asking at the RIGHT moment, "Do you really want to do that?"

Very very nice

Thank you♡

My paternal Grandmother died in the local Mental asylum in 1924 , ‘ Madness in the family’ ? She’d had 14 children. Not spoken about in the family, I saw the family Aunts, uncles ,cousins living with this knowledge and shame / grief . I discovered the information in my 40s I was compelled by her to recover her . Poor diet , a background of strikes ‘ Coal mines ‘ war , poor education and family planning,it was ‘Post Natal depression’ , understood now 100years later . I gave information to the wider family changing their lives I’m sure a relief that we aren’t all carrying the ‘nutcase gene ‘ . Setting her free and her ancestors. We live in thanks of her …we go on into the future. 🙏🏽

I think we don't have to choose between ancestors & children as we can give love to both while our main focus can be on the present..ancestors that choose to connect can have information & guidance that can help our understanding & so help us taking positive steps in the world as they have a different perspective and they care about the future too

I can’t agree more. Thank you Phillip. Bless you.

I find ancestor work important because they affect our present world in ways we're not always aware of until we start doing the work. Doing the work helps us live out our present better and that sorely needed healing is passed on by us in the future. Otherwise, we risk perpetuating and passing on the same harmful patterns; if we do the work, we have a chance of a better future. If we do the work this generation, then our descendants will need to do less of it.

Lovely to see this pop up, it was a little while ago we did this chat Philip, nice to see it show up here and so nice to have finally met you and had a chinwag! In retrospect, I don't think you were being too too provocative, just casually stirring the pot ;) Thankyou for inviting me for this chat, I hope people enjoy.

To me, the people that rule is are evil. The regular people are the angels. Money and power are the dark magic. Thats the struggle we all now face in the world.

I've been feeling this for a while now, and last night it was driven home that no matter where they are, they are getting on with the new and it would be an intrusion to bother them with anchors here.

I see ancestors as ever present !!!! And we call on them when we need them like angels 👼

Thank you for a very interesting conversation!🙏

Milk lines?

❤ beautiful! Thank you so much xx

I raise goats in the north of Alberta. I have a compound for my small animal's. I put them in at the night. I have animals from the wild all around. But I have times it's yours and times it's mine. If we keep the domestic animals we must protect them . If we plan to protect their are ways to prepare. We all kill mice . And if we have to or we can't keep a home . Practically speaking preparation and planning is essential. It is irresponsible to the animals you bring if your to lazy or ignorant to protect them. It disrupts nature to feed domestic animals to wildlife . Lovely video on all other aspects other than the animal husbandry.

Hello from Oklahoma

The carving of the pumpkin has nothing to do with Celtic or British Hallowe'en activities. It is something that the Americans do.

how lovely to sit here on Samhain night and listen to this journey....thank you from the Verde valley of Arizona

What an absolutely lovely meditation! So happy to join you from Oregon in the Pacific Northwest. Happy Samhain.

🙏🪔🎃 Blessed Samhain. Thank you. May Peace prevail on Earth.

Blessed Samhain everyone!

Happy Samhain everyone! 🎃

That was beautiful thank you

That was beautiful 🌲 i definitely needed that. Hope everyone has a blessed Samhain!

Much love from New Zealand (South Island) what an absolute treat to come across you this fine morning of Beltane. Beautiful meditation. Namaste ✨

Thank you that meditation was lovely... Made me sob a little. But it is good to feel. From northern Alberta Canada.

Thank you

Corinth, Mississippi - US

thank you thank you thank you may peace prevail on earth 🔥🔥

Happy new year you beautiful souls ❤

thank you

The wheel of the year and harvest/manurity is perfect for me as my birthday is in August so I was likely conceived around winter solstice/xmas. Ever since I was a kid I veiwed the year as a wheel or clock as its layout in my mind goes clockwise through the months. I want to wish everyone reading this a wonderful festival, a smooth transition, and seamless connection to their ancestors, something we lose track of as a society sometimes.

Thank you 🙏 Can you also include all the children dying through human trafficking also.

I've had your Druid Animal Oracle for decades now, '95? I count on it for its wise counsel! Many, many thanks to you, Stephanie, and Will Worthington!🌀🌀🌀💐

Adore Martha's work and yours, of course!

Oh, I just love the Druid Animal Oracle! 💙 The artwork on the cards is so beautiful, and the guidebook is a wonderful treasure of inspiration and stories. I need to shed so many things and want to reconnect with my life force energy. I also have the Druid Plant Oracle, and the book is amazing, too. Thank you! 💙🐍✨🤍🌿

Hopeful

Thank you! Gracias!

This was so lovely, and heartening, and needed. Thank you so much.

Just revisiting this tea , having missed the post meditation bit . I know and understood my own people Milk line , it’s opened my eyes on my Animal and spirt Milk line ,I know them but I didn’t relate them as ‘Milk line ‘ . Places too I resonate with ,woven throughout my life , Particularly the Cistercian Abbeys across the U.K. A welcome feeling at every one . Thank you ? /|\

Beautiful thankyou. Light beings whizzing around you! 🙏

I still talk to my dad even though he passed in 2018. I was honored to have been with my dad when he drew his last breaths. He is missed

I was born in Whanganui. The day our Awa (river) received legal person hood I cried with joy. Currently the conservative right coalition government here in New Zealand is moving towards undoing environmental protection laws and undermining the rights of Maori (indigenous people.) Search "New Zealand fast track bill" and "Treaty Principles referendum". Nature is under attack here now.

That is a very moving and heartfelt poem. I feel the same about smiling at "strangers". It can truly brighten your day and others. Thank you for the beautiful meeting and meditation. 💚