Sometimes
we face incessant problems and despite best efforts there is no respite. So
much so that the entire family has a dark cloud over it where all members are
suffering. This suffering could include problems such as marital disharmony,
addictions, miscarriages, feuds within family members and financial problems.
We are bewildered and try to overcome them but we are kept at bay because the
root of such problems lies in the spiritual dimension. These problems are
caused by our deceased ancestors. Such ancestral problems are levied to us
descendants so that we take notice and help them in their afterlife. One of the
reasons why all family members are affected is because they have the same
ancestors. It is a cry of hope by our deceased ancestors as after death they
are in the form of a subtle body or spirits and cannot do spiritual practice.
Very simple and basic daily efforts can help alleviate our ancestral distress
and give momentum to ancestral spirits in their afterlife. In this section
learn how we can protect ourselves from problems caused by ancestral spirits
and assist our departed ancestors in the afterlife.
What are ancestral problems?
According to the science
of Spirituality and unknown to modern sciences, 50% of difficulties in our
lives are caused solely due to spiritual factors and another 30% due to
spiritual and psychological and/or physical factors.
One aspect of these spiritual root causes of problems in our lives
is the distress caused to descendants by the subtle bodies of their ancestors
who have passed away (died). It is also one of the more common spiritual
factors that affects almost all of humanity in some form or the other. Before
we give a detailed explanation as to why our ancestors would want to cause any
kind of trouble for us, let us first examine the kinds of difficulties that
people can experience due to departed ancestors.
The distress caused to us descendants by the subtle bodies of our
ancestors manifests in many ways in our day-to-day lives. It creates
obstacles in both, our worldly lives as well as spiritual practice. In some
cases, it may seem that the entire family has a dark cloud over it and various
family members are undergoing various problems despite all efforts to overcome
them. The difficulties that are created due to departed ancestors come in
various forms as listed below:
a. Inability to get married
b. Marital disharmony
c. Addictions (a
sizeable % of addictions are due to ancestral spirits possessing descendants in
order to experience the addictive substance or activity)
d. Going blank in
examinations despite being well prepared for it
e. Loss of job
f. Difficulty in conceiving
a child
g. Miscarriages
h. Bearing mentally
challenged children or children with special needs
i. Death during childhood
Miscarriage, death in childhood, etc. happen when the distress by
ancestors is coupled with other major spiritual causes such as destined
possible death. It cannot happen solely on account of distress of ancestors.
While the above types of problems may be a strong indication of ancestral
problems, only a Saint or a Guru (a spiritually evolved guide) can
tell with certainty the root cause of a problem.
At an intellectual level, we could use two rules of thumb to
decide if the cause of the suffering is spiritual in nature:
1. All remedies to solve the problem have failed. This is especially
so when the problem should be easily treatable by modern sciences such as a
skin rash, chest pain, etc.
2. A number of family members (e.g. 4 out of 5) are suffering with
any of the above mentioned issues simultaneously. (The reason that all the family
members get affected is that they all have the same ancestors.)
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