First, after preparing the space and yourself, journey to the upper world and do whatever you need to do there to be your purest self. Then, in the company of your usual guide in the upper world—a being you can connect with in a preliminary journey if you don’t already have a guide in the upper world—meet up with the ancestor or ancestors helping with this work. In their company, journey up higher in the upper world, as many levels up as are necessary, to be shown which of the four lineages represented by your grandparents is carrying the aspect of White racism you intend to heal; it may be more than one, or all four, and may even include a collective, societal legacy—inheritances from teachers and preachers, for example. Then ask to be shown what element represents this aspect of White racism, and lay the healing you are doing at the feet of whatever family members you feel moved to; you can include people outside your personal ancestry here if it feels like a societal legacy. Then take your leave of your companions and return to ordinary reality. You may want to acknowledge the element in some way; I’ve placed the elements that have been shown me in these journeys on my little altar for the Dear Departed, and add to them as they’re shown to me in different forms.
The next step is a forgiveness prayer, adapted by Myron from different prayer traditions. There are some variations; this version has worked well for me:
I deeply and completely forgive you for all hurt and harm you have done me, real and imagined, known and unknown, intentional or unintentional. Please forgive me for all hurt and harm I have done you, real and imagined, known and unknown, intentional or unintentional—and I accept your forgiveness.
The third step is another journey, again to the upper world, and again, after meeting with your guide and ancestral companion or companions, back up to the higher level where you were before, where you can ask to be shown what your life will be like without the aspect of White racism that was passed down through your ancestors. This may be a vision or a feeling or a sense, and it will be very real. After you have absorbed the vision and/or feeling, you can once again take your leave from your guide and companions and return to ordinary reality.
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