In modern times, by definition, we emphasize progress and the future. The mindfulness movement is of course about the one eternal now. What, then, can the indigenous peoples of the world teach us with their emphasis on “the ancestors?”
A whole lot and way more than we know.
Here is my attempt to learn from my Irish ancestors. I went to Ireland and Iona, Scotland for a month in the fall of 2013 on a soul retrieval trip, the one I have owed myself but was too unaware to take earlier.