 What joins us as a people over this expansive land, Australia?
What connects us? This diverse land of desert tracks, rocks and red dirt, winter worlds and tropical havens … This land of many colours – what’s the story of us as a nation … the story of us as ‘Australian’? Australia is an ancient land with an ancient history. Australia’s Indigenous first people are the oldest living culture in the world … over 65,000 years old. Ancient rock art tells the story of families around campfires, ceremonies, stories told from one generation to the next. The connection of our first people to this land, and the knowledge of the sacred business within the land … the Dreamtime of long ago … great grandparents, grandparents, parents, children … buried in the land. This land Australia has fed the bones of us, our parents and children … We feel a deep love for this country – this modern heritage of an ancient land. Australia has no old castles or crumbling ruins of our past to show us who we are … But change is here and it is asking us all to see a bigger picture for our country and the people of Australia. This is your country – this is my country – this is our country … we are coming together to acknowledge ‘what is’ … Many Australians still connect to the idea that this country is only just over 200 years old. Yet most Australians would be horrified to learn of the full extent of the massacre and extermination of Australia’s first people. This must be fully acknowledged – no more cover ups, no more exclusions. This must be fully acknowledged – no more cover ups, no more exclusions. This is a part of the Australian story – many of us still carry the trauma of the invasion of this country in our cells. The science of epigenetics is showing us that trauma and pain are passed on to our children if we do not deal with it now. No matter your colour, race, gender – no one is excluded from this story. Life in Australia did not start just over 200 years ago … Trauma is passed on through the DNA from one generation to the next. We are all playing this out in our systems – the perpetrator and the victim… Denial and numbness will play out in our health and relationships, and this will go through to the wellbeing of our communities and social systems. Our children and grandchildren will pay a high price for our ignorance. We need to be brave to face this nation’s wounds. We need to be brave to face this nation’s wounds. We need – as a nation – to leave a healthy footprint for future generations. Who are our people, our place of belonging, as Australians? Each of us belongs to a collective body of people with stories that reach before us and after us. Our ancestors had their own unique cultures from many different countries. We have lost our connection to the medicine and wisdom of our ancestors. Many truly feel their own family’s journey started when they arrived in Australia. It’s like the large island we live on distances us from the rest of the world and our heritage is forgotten. There is an honouring of ‘what is’ needing to take place – and ‘what is’ is that each of us has our own individual family story … And we have come from all around the world to live here in Australia, and we have brought those stories with us. Collective trauma travels through all of us … Great hardship, secrets, cover-ups have been a part of our lives. Yet the human spirit is strong. Humanity has walked through this extraordinary journey – this extraordinary story of immigration, war, slavery, genocide – always finding a way to move forward for the sake of future generations. All countries have their place of service for the whole. Australia is in service to the whole. Mother Earth is alive – she is not a dead rock that we can dominate manipulate and control. She holds the memory of eons ago – the whole story of who we are as a human race still lives within her chambers, her sacred ground. We cannot penetrate or demand a place of entry to her. The electromagnetic force field within her is a powerful force field connected to all that is. Respect, dignity, humility – these qualities hold the vibration of grace – and this is the only way to access sacred business. We are living in extraordinary times of change for the global good. It’s not what YOU are wanting – it’s what is wanting to come through YOU. Australia has a deep connection to the ancient stories. Australia has a deep connection to the ancient stories. Australia has a connection to sacred information – the deep treasure of ancient knowing – of the origins of the story of humanity. Elders, shamans, spiritual leaders, ordinary woman and men – all responding to the growing environmental crises we are facing. A movement back to nature is required. This is the modern heritage of the ancient land of Australia. A movement back to nature is required. This is the modern heritage of the ancient land of Australia. Our governance comes from a place with just over 200 years of history. We live like life began in Australia then … but change is calling. There is ancient wisdom in the field waiting for collective acknowledgement, waiting to support us in new ways forward. Culture, colour, gender are not the requirements to hold place for this sacred information. To hear your own heartbeat, each other’s heartbeat and Mother Earth’s heartbeat is what is required. This is the calling of the wisdom keepers. The story is big – it’s a heritage we have forgotten. An acknowledgement of ‘what is’ will strengthen all families, all communities, in this country. Evolution, expansion, connection is calling many of us … Ordinary woman and men are standing up for the greater good – for all of us. There is a movement inside asking us to move from ME to WE. This is a deep call from the soul of the land. Mother Earth is communicating to us – we are her children. We lost the connection eons ago – there is a story we have forgotten. Our Mother is calling us home. She is asking us to have new eyes, new ears, new knowing … She is asking for her voice to be heard in all of our systems and structures. It’s time to come together – time to remember a bigger picture. It is the way to an extraordinary future – and new potential for our children and grandchildren. Australia – an extraordinary place of deep wisdom in the land. She is wanting to tell her original story to humanity. A bigger picture is opening in us to support the expansion of the present reality we live in – because this present reality does NOT have the answers to the issues we are facing today. New eyes, new ears, new knowing …. Susan Altschwager Family Constellations Trainer, Facilitator and Coach Author, New Story for Humanity Editing by Heather Millar, Zest Communications
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