Recognizing Your Lineage

Have you ever stumbled upon an interest, hobby, skill, field, or preference…

… that roars and screams ‘you’ to the marrow?

This runs deeper and more meaningful than excitement or affinity.

I’m talking about the kind of realization that arrives not with fireworks and heat, but a cool, calm sense of knowing that simply says, “Oh, of course. How fucking obvious.”

This recognition runs deeper than preference, is older than choice, and when it hits…

You’re not exploring something new—you’re remembering who you always were.

Thaaat’s the difference between catching your attention…

… and uncovering your lineage.

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Lineage arrives through sensation in your body…

Settles into your marrow with curiosity flaring to life…

And enrobes your spirit, insisting you allow intuition to lead.

Lineage isn’t chosen, but recognized.

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One lineage recognition experience I’ve had is musical: with dubstep arriving to soundtrack more and more of my world since my body shared its buried love.

Dubstep and I first ‘met’ back in the early 2010s, which I immediately rejected.

Too much ‘noise,’ too aggressive, too much what the fuck is this?!

Then I found myself at a dubstep show last August at a friend’s behest.

I had no expectations. Didn’t listen to any of the lineup’s ‘stuff’ beforehand. In truth, I was fully prepared to not enjoy the music at all… but I was curious. I wanted to see what dubstep crowds were like, and what about this music got them so hyped.

Finding my rhythm took a few tracks, then the truth sharpened into focus.

My body soaked up the weighty, rumbly sub-bass with pleasure, synced to the rhythm with pinpoint accuracy, and quietly slipped into this slinky, prowling way of moving… like noticing a velvet glove I only just realized I’d been wearing all of my life.

I felt like a panther who’d finally remembered who and what he is.

Somatic recognition comes first.

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When I started mixing, which necessitated finding ‘my’ sound… to my surprise, I found myself moving away from drum’n’bass, despite my dozens of playlists.

Instead, I wanted to move with a sensual prowl.

I wanted a thick foundation of sub-bass to dance on. 

I wanted negative space to play, layer, and transition in.

None of which align with dnb, so I turned to new realms.

Insatiable curiosity comes second.

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Drum’n’bass hasn’t been cast aside. 

That fast-paced aural pleasure still lives.

But pleasure ≠ lineage. 

Lineage = truth.

The intuition-led takeover comes last.

With love from the forest,

~ Alexander

P.S. Here’s the simplified process for recognizing your lineage:

• Listen to your body for a somatic yes/no

• Allow your curiosity to deepen without forcing outcomes

• Let your preferences reorganize your identity, not the other way around

• Tolerate the discomfort of slow, inevitable shifts with no timeline

• Don’t demand or expect fireworks as proof of progress or truth

This is an orientation, not a checklist.