Pride. The 8th level of the Map of Consciousness. Pride has a vibration of 175 within the body. You’re almost to the level of starting to feel empowered, but first you need to move through I’ll show you; I know what I’m talking about; I know I’m right; and I’ll prove it!
Pride can take many different forms. It can be my way is the right way. We see a lot of pride specifically when it comes to political opinions. There is a lot of I know I’m right going on now, to the point where people aren’t willing to hear or see other viewpoints. Their view is the only one that matters.
There is also another form that pride can take. This is the one that I’m going to spend some time this week. I grew up with a large extended family. When I was in college, I had a discussion with my mom. She was curious as to where the female line of our family originated. I figured that I knew enough about computers and research to find out the answers. I started researching and by the end of the day I had reached the female ancestor that would have traveled from overseas to Prince Edward Island, Canada. I couldn’t find her maiden name and you know what all these years later, I still haven’t been able to answer that question, but I started to branch out. You know what? I didn’t just do my ancestral line but traced back cousins and have built a family free of over 44,000 people. It’s one that I’ve found relationships to presidents, royalty, authors, explorers, and other well-known people. It changed my views on history. It’s a project that I take great pride in and it’s a positive aspect of pride, but for the downside. When you put your research out there, people will comment and question your research. With genealogy research, you’re looking for documents to prove relationships. Your research is only as good as your proof. Also when you have great pride in your work, it can sometimes blind you to other options.
I have been working on finding my 3rd great grandmother’s parents for years now. I knew her maiden name, so that wasn’t my stumbling block, like it normally is with women. She was born in 1820 and got married for the first time in 1840. The 1850 U.S. Federal Census is the first census that lists members of a household and she was already married. I looked through everything I could find to prove her parents. I had a couple of strong possibilities and if I’m honest, my intuition told me it was one over the others. I was going to find a way to prove who her parents were. For many years I was so sure as to who her parents were that I had it published on my online family tree. I kept working at finding the documentation to back it up, but I started to get nervous when others cited my research as part of their research. I had no genealogical proof. I disconnected her parents from my family tree. I couldn’t completely delete them because something told me there was still a connection. This weekend I finally got my proof. One of my cousins completed a DNA test and we were finally able to find a link between her and one of the siblings from the 1850 census. My pride in this case might have kept me going, but also prevented me from seeing options. I didn’t have the courage to stand behind my intuition. Eventually when I was ready, the next step was revealed.
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