Hello all,
My apologies if my response has already been made but time hasn't quite
allowed me to read well every post. Allison, I want to comment on the
following words of yours:
"4. Finally, there is the way I have interpreted / misinterpreted the idea
"don't talk about your constellation" - this is where the superstition part
comes in. I have had the idea (where did it come from?) that talking about your
constellation in the wrong way can somehow undo the healing of the
Constellation. I am noticing that I feel that in my body as an actual fear. Is
that idea in the larger field? Where did it come from? Is it true? Is there
evidence forsuch a thing."
Your words "don't talk" leap out at me. In Western society it has been
punishable by extreme measures "to talk" about things that are deeply spiritual
in a primordial sense or that may have a shamanic quality to them. These
suppressions echo what someone else suggested also about particularly women
feeling that to "look and talk" is not allowed. Women were often the subjects
of legal charges in these kinds of situations. Although certainly men had a
share in this also depending on the society in particular. Fear is to be
expected in this dynamic. To talk may mean much more than just talking about a
Constellation. It may echo historical dangers. This does not equate
Constellation to superstitions but to the old fears that to speak of things so
deeply spiritual might be very dangerous indeed. My family was certainly put
under surveillance in the late 1700's and our family secrets that were not to
be "talked about" lasted into my generation. Practicing ancient Saami rituals
was very dangerous. An unconscious connection exists in many of us to these old
patterns of survival.
I wonder if there is a two-fold issue here. One of historical
fear/superstition and another that addresses the silence of our work. These are
only my own thoughts as I read your words.
I believe there is a great benefit to silently allowing a Constellation to
unfold. The resonance of the sacred silence that is a moving essence of the
depth of love manifest touches us in some place much deeper than our conscious
awareness.
What a lovely thread! Hugs to you all!! Anni Mukkala-Stinn
