Differences.
How simple a word, yet how much it has divided our humanity.
Is it in our nature to judge a person by the color of their skin and not their character?
This is a beautiful and comprehensive work covering the Worship and Care of Orisha, as well as Divination types, steps & methods. It presents instructions on articles of sacrifice and the different initiations and Chieftancy titles.
For life to begin, Ifá says there are sequences of events which Olódùmarè has put in place.
For any religion to be universally accepted, it must among other things, explain, GOD, HIS creation of Earth (or universe) including how humans, plants and animals came to be, life and death, justice, either terrestrially, celestially or a system of defining a code of living especially as a means of achieving spiritual or material improvement for the collective gain of the society, life after death and Heaven. All must be interpreted in relation to the primary GOD they believe created them. And this volume does just that!”… (click here to view Table of Content)
Many people define Odú as the physical symbols used to mark the signs received during the divination process. Others equate Odú with the verses associated with each symbol that form part of the body of the Ifa divinatory corpus. While both elements reveal a small part of Odú, the greater mystery lies far below the surface.
The Odú are the sacred symbols that hold the ase (power/life force) of everything in existence. They are holistic maps that chart the dynamic movement of energy and identify the most primal forces of the natural world. The Odú are transcendental mandalas that mark the active and inactive energies of a given situation with startling accuracy. Read the rest of this entry
Fate and free will do not form a dichotomy in my view. Both are a part of life. However, I subscribe to a greater level of free will than many Babalawos. In my opinion, very little is absolutely “set” in our lives, in the sense of being “fated” and immutable.
I think the rock-bottom basics include such things as the physical laws of our universe (e.g., gravity, the necessity of breathing, eating and sleeping), but even these have been transcended, at certain times by some individuals. I prefer to operate under the assumption that I am not positive about what, if anything, is fated. This always gives me the option of change and improved circumstances. Read the rest of this entry
I find three concepts from clinical psychology helpful in looking at some of the ways we stop ourselves from becoming whole. “Flight from wholeness” is called repression. This refers to burying a basic part of who we are, a fundamental drive, within the unconscious. Once it is buried, we forget we buried it and have no conscious awareness of that part of our nature. A common outcome is physical illness.
If we block a basic drive in our psyche, it can hit the physical body as illness serves unconscious needs. For example, the individual who is extremely strong, competent and capable may have a hard time facing her vulnerable, dependent, childlike side. If she represses her need to sometimes lean on other people, physical illness can become her only route to being taken care of. This is not the most comfortable way of getting closeness needs met, but no one ever accused the unconscious of being perfect — only of striving to fit in the missing parts. Read the rest of this entry
Human beings, by their nature, experience conflict. That is, none of us (on this plane of existence) is so highly evolved as to have our whole act together. We are all learning and growing. And the path of growth includes making peace between the various warring factions that often exist within our psyches.
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