Thinking about how many generational curses are caused by not burying our elders correctly.

Such as ignoring certain burial ceremonies and rites. And how this can create ancestral rage and the need to appease them. Thinking about how someone on a podcast talked about how they had to dig up their father because a priest told him he was buried incorrectly.

And that the incorrect burial was contributing to the calamity in the life of his family.

Bury your elders correctly and if they told you certain wishes on how they’d like to be buried personally, please follow them.

My dad told me of an issue that happened when they were burying a family member. A gun they would fire during burial rites accidentally hit another family member in the eye. They had to do quick sacrifices and appease the ancestors to not bring them to rage.

And for the family member to survive the accident. Please don’t play around with burials.

How COVID is stoping certain burial rites to be performed due to being over capacity is terrifying.

Laying the elders to rest properly is Ancestral Veneration 101. From religious burial styles, rites done for indigenous groups, and personal requests, you must follow all of them. Or be at the receiving end of ancestral rage. And that is not fun.

Ask your loved ones how they’d like to be buried, please don’t assume. If there’s something that your family or religion personally does for burials, write it down and keep track of it. We can avoid so much generational curses by doing this properly.

An interesting quote tweet that I read about how this tweet is shaming those who cannot bury their elders correctly during a pandemic makes me want to clarify:

This is my stream of thoughts that was prompted by a conversation with my own father about burial rites

If you cannot bury your elders due to excruciating circumstances like a pandemic, this tweet is not to shame you or scare you or “manipulate” you. Ancestors are more understanding than what we give them credit for.

This tweet is offering more information on generational curses and the importance of proper burial specifically for Africans on the continent and those displaced in the diaspora. That’s it