Spirit possession is perhaps one of the most difficult subjects to write about. Many people have researched the topic, and yet still don't have a clue. This is because spirit possession is more than a supernatural or paranormal event. It is a means of healing and communication.
It is no secret that spirit possession plays a huge role in African diasporic traditions. However, it is a subject that is widely misunderstood. We are now living in a time where science and spirituality are starting to merge. And we can now use quantum theories to explain spirit possession.
Now, we are going to go back to the old Yoruba principles, and explore the belief that everything in nature is both good and bad. And that one cannot exist without the other. This means that there cannot be a problem without a solution, an illness without a cure, or strength to combat a weakness. It is our conditioning that allows us to become incredibly linear so we can't understand parallel realities. In dummy terms, the solutions to all of our problems already exist! We just have to find them. For example, people believed that the world was flat, until someone "discovered" it was round.
Getting back to the laws of quantum physics, energy only exists if it is observed. Overtime, it gradually reduces in availability until it cannot be accessed. Remember, energy cannot be destroyed, so it slips into a parallel reality until it is rediscovered. This means that there are no new ideas; no original inventions, and the whole concept of creation is really just an illusion. This is because everything that you can possibly imagine already exists in a parallel reality. But it needs to be manifested, transferred from the world of the invisible to physical matter, through the power of intention. This is why the spirit possessions are so important in African diasporic traditions.
Our ancestors believed that it was a means of communicating with the dead. Today, we operate from a different paradigm, where we think that the dead are buried twelve feet deep in a cemetery. However, our ancestors didn't see it that way. They believed that the dead consisted of ideas, problems, solutions, events, yet to be discovered by man.
Through spirit possession they allowed themselves to be transferred to another world, also known as an anti-world, or a parallel reality. In these worlds, they were able to find most of the solutions to their problems. There are some people who are able to see past events. These are the people who are able to communicate with their ancestors. Others are able to see events in the future such as psychics and spiritual mediums. And others could see illnesses in the body like holistic healers and medicine men. We are all gifted, and everything that we need is already created, we just need to look inside of ourselves to find it.
Author Resource:-
Yamaya Cruz is the author of When The Shadows Began To Dance. She writes about African spirituality, chakra healing, shamanism and much more. For more information go to http://newafricanspirituality.com/page4/page4.html
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