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TODAY I DISCUSS THE CONCEPT OF IMORAN (HUMAN WILL AND REASONING/INTELLECT). THE CORE IS THAT SUCH IS TO BE APPLIED PRIOR TO OR INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY SEEKING DAFA (DIVINATION) IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM. OR, AS I ADD, AFTERWARDS. I REALIZE THAT SUCH REMAINS AN ANTITHESIS TO THE CURRENT DIRECTIVE OF DEPENDENCY (POST ENSLAVEMENT) AS A RESULT OF SYNCRETISM AND COLONIALISM. YET AS THE ODU-IFA OSA-IWORI STATES: WISE DELIBERATION AND DISCERNMENT MUST PRECEDE (OR TAKE THE PLACE OF) DAFA. THE ODU-IFA CONTINUES: IF ONE IS HUNGRY ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO DIVINE IN ORDER TO EAT OR IF BEING CHASED BY A LION ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO DIVINE IN ORDER TO RUN. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE DEEPNESS OF THIS PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO IFA/ISESE.

TODAY'S TALK REVOLVES AROUND SEEING RESURRECTION AS AN INTERNAL PROCESS THOUGH OFTEN VIEWED AND ACCEPTED AS OTHER THAN.  THE STORY OF THE RESURRECTION IS FAR BEYOND THE SUPERFICIAL OR THE COSPLAYING OR THE IMITATION BUT RATHER AN ALLEGORICAL JOURNEY INTO SPIRITUALITY PRIOR TO RELIGIOUS THEOCRACY. WHAT BRINGS THIS DISCUSSION TO THE FORE IS THAT i PROPOSE THAT WE CEASE TO GIVE PRAISE TO THE "HE HAS RISEN" AND STATE MORE EMPHATICALLY THAT "I HAVE RISEN." AND IN SO DOING WE TAKE GREATER LOOKS INTO OUR OWN SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND VICTORIES ALL OF WHICH LEAD US TO UNEARTHING OURSELVES BY RESURRECTING OURSELVES ON A CONTINUAL BASIS. ASE'

BAWO NI ARA RE - HOW IS YOUR BODY DOING?THE FOCUS ON DIET AND EXERCISE IS GREATLY NEEDED. HOW CAN WE MOVE FORWARD IN RESPECT TO LONGEVITY AND WELLNESS WHEN WE OVER CONCERN OURSELVES WITH "SPIRITUALITY" AND HARDLY ANY CONCERN REGORDING OUR OWN BODY?  IT'S PAST TIME TO RETHINK OUR LIVES SO THAT WE LIVE MORE FOR THE HERE-AND-NOW AND NOT FOR THE HERE-AFTER. IT'S A CONCEPTUAL SHIFTING OF THE EXISTENCE PARADIGM. OKAY, SO WE'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE YET WE LANGUISH IN VACUUMS CREATED BY DISJOINTED ACTIVITIES AND DESIRES.  AND THERE WE SUFFER AND THERE WE SUFFOCATE.I SUGGEST WE RAISE OUR LEVELS OF EXISTENCE BY DISCIPLINE OF FOOD AND EXERCISE AS A VITAL PART OF OUR IFA/ISESE INVOLVEMENT AND ADHERENCE. YOUR THOUGHTS ARE WELCOMED.

TODAY IS A BREATH OF POETIC AIR AS IRECITE A FEW OF WORKS AND THOSE OF NIGERIAN PRIESTESS, EWA ORISA.AS YOU LISTEN PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO BREATHE IN THE ESSENCE OF THE THOUGHTS, WORDS, AND INTENTIONS OF EACH SELECTION. NOTE HOW EACH RESONATES AND HOW YOU ARE NOURISHED. ALSO, BEGIN TO WRITE MORE ABOUT YOUR YOURSELF AND HOW YOU SEE LIFE AND NATURE.PEACE.

THE AREA OF PRAYER IS, OF COURSE, A CONSISTENT DIRECTIVE IS ANY GIVEN, HOWEVER THERE ARISES THE QUESTION OF WHAT PRAYER IS AND HOW THE TERM IS FURTHER DEFINED. I STARTED WITH THE CAPTION "IFA/ISESE IS NOT MY RELIGION; IT'S MY EXISTENCE." THAT SAID, PRAYER IS NOT SEEN AS ULTIMATE DIRECTIVE IN THE SAME WAY AS WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT AND ARE DRIVEN TO ACCEPT BY  CATHOLIC SYNCRETISMS. 'THROUGHOUT THE TALK I EMPHASIZE THE NEED TO CONSIDER BECOMING PRAYERFUL WITHIN ONESELF AS DEVOTEES OF IFA/ISESE.ASE'

TODAY I PRESENTED THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ON THE PATH OF IFA/ISESE AND CITED THE MOJUBA TO INTRODUCE CONJOINING CONCEPTS OF TRAJECTORY. CONCISELY, I DEMONSTRATED THAT BEING ON A PATH IS ONE THING BUT BEING CHALLENGED AND CONDITIONED OFTEN HAS A GREAT IMPACT ON ONE'S TRAJECTORY. FOR EXAMPLE, A PERSON COULD BE INITIATED AND "ON THE PATH," YET THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE PERSON'S TRAJECTORY: THEY'RE STILL BESET BY ANGER, GREED, LUST AND PERHAPS NOW EVEN MORESO. THAT SAID, IFA/ISESE WILL PRESENT ITSELF OVER TIME AND EXPERIENCE AND TEACHINGS AND HOPEFULLY/PRAYERFULLY ALTER THE TRAJECTORY OF THE PERSON AND DELIVER HIM/HER TO HEIGHTS UNREALIZED. ASE'

THE TOPIC CAME ACROSS MY DSK AND I FOUND IT WORTHY OF INVESTIGATION. I IMMEDIATELY SAW THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INSIGHTS OF THE AUTHOR, MONOG DEMBLA, AND IFA/ISESE PRAGMATISM. CONCISELY, HE SHARES THE SEVEN POWERS AS FOLLOWS: 1. SILENCE 2. BREATH 3. CHOICE 4. LOVE 5. RESILIENCE 6. CREATION 7. CONNECTION DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH ARE STATED THROUGHOUT HIS BOOK. I, OF COURSE, ADDED THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS PROCESS AND IDENTIFIED IFA/ISESE TERMS AND INSIGHTS TO EACH OF THE POWERS. FOR EXAMPLE, NUMBER FOR "LOVE" IS ATTRIBUTED TO OSHUN AND THE TERM IFE IS APPLIED AS IT IS THE YORUBA WORD FOR LOVE.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ODU-IFA RESOUNDS: IT STATES THAT "WHEN PUT INTO SITUATIONS THAT ARE VIOLENT OR UNCOMFORTING WE SHOULD NOT RESORT TO ANGER. THAT WHEN PROVOKED WE SHOULD NOT FIGHT. AND WHEN CONFRONTED WITH CHALLENGES WE SHOULD RESPOND IN A CALM MANNER."NOW, I KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE WILL READ INTO THIS ESE/VERSE SIGNS OF WEAKNESS, BUT AS I EXPOUND, THERE IS A GREATER STRENGTH --MORE THAN MOST REALIZE. CAN YOU DETERMINE IT? I APPLIED THIS ODU-IFA IN MY NOVEL "A PLACE OF NIGHTS;WAR AND RESURRECTION." IN IT, EMINA, A STRUGGLING PRIESTESS OF A GOD-LIKE CREATURE, COMES TO REALIZE AND APPLY THAT SHE WILL NOT FIGHT BUT NEITHER WILL SHE SURRENDER. JINLE - DEEP/PROFOUND

THE FOCUS TODAY IS ON HOW YORUBA WORDS THAT ARE SPELLED THE SAME DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE SAME (NOR) SIMILAR MEANING/DEFINITION. AS EXPLAINED, THE SAME IS TRUE FOR ENGLISH AND OTHER LANGUAGES AS WELL. LOOK AT THE WORD RESUME, FOR EXAMPLE. HERE WE SEE TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MEANINGS AND PRONUNCIATION DEPENDING ON THE STRESS MARKS AND THE CONTEXT THAT THE WORD IS USED. WELL, THE SAME IS TRUE FOR THE YORUBA LANGUAGE BUT TO A GREATER DEGREE AS IT, THE LANGUAGE, IS MORE TONAL. LET'S LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING: OGUN COULD MEAN - THE ORISHA, WAR, MEDICINEIBI COULD MEAN - PLACE, EVIL, BIRTHIPATI COULD MEAN - SHELF (OR) THE STATE OF EXISTENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'RE ENGLISH SPEAKING WE MUST LOOK CLOSELY AT POSSIBLE DEFINITIONS AND CONTEXT PRIOR TO ASSIGNING TERMS WITHIN IFA/ISESE. WITHOUT SOME FORM OF RESEARCH WE COULD BE DEFENDING TERMS ON A MISINFORMED TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

JOIN ME TODAY AS I ENGAGE WITH IYANIFA IFAKOLADE ON VARIOUS TOPICS OF HER CHOOSING. NOT OFTEN DO WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU VARIOUS ASPECTS OF OUR THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCES SO TAKE IN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND THEN REPLAY TO TAKE IN SOME MORE.  WE INVITE YOU TO COMMENT BELOW AND TO ALSO INCLUDE WHAT'S RELATIVE TO YOU --- AND WHAT RESONATES WITH YOU--- IN YOUR NOTEBOOK AND/OR DOCUMENTS.

TODAY IS A BREATH OF POETIC AIR AS IRECITE A FEW OF WORKS AND THOSE OF NIGERIAN PRIESTESS, EWA ORISA.AS YOU LISTEN PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO BREATHE IN THE ESSENCE OF THE THOUGHTS, WORDS, AND INTENTIONS OF EACH SELECTION. NOTE HOW EACH RESONATES AND HOW YOU ARE NOURISHED. ALSO, BEGIN TO WRITE MORE ABOUT YOUR YOURSELF AND HOW YOU SEE LIFE AND NATURE.PEACE.

TODAY IS A BREATH OF POETIC AIR AS IRECITE A FEW OF WORKS AND THOSE OF NIGERIAN PRIESTESS, EWA ORISA. AS YOU LISTEN PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO BREATHE IN THE ESSENCE OF THE THOUGHTS, WORDS, AND INTENTIONS OF EACH SELECTION. NOTE HOW EACH RESONATES AND HOW YOU ARE NOURISHED. ALSO, BEGIN TO WRITE MORE ABOUT YOUR YOURSELF AND HOW YOU SEE LIFE AND NATURE. PEACE.

TODAY, THE FOCUS IS ON ONE OF THE "SEVEN POWERS" TAKEN FROM THE TEXT BY MONAG DEMBLA. I DECIDED TO, AT VARIOUS TIMES, REFERENCE ONE OF THE "POWERS" IN APPLIED COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS TO IFA/ISESE PRAGMATISM. THE RESULTS HAVE THUS FAR BEEN FRUITFUL. RESILIENCE IS A NECESSARY SKILL SET IN IFA/ISESE AND BEYOND. THE FACT REMAINS: TO BECOME STRONGER SPIRITUALLY WE MUST CONFRONT OUR WEAKNESSES WITH BRAVERY. WE MUST ALSO TEST OUR RESOLVE AND MEASURE THE DEGREE OF INNER STRENGTH WE'RE ABLE TO MUSTER UP.  THEN THERE'S ENDURANCE AND RELATEDLY LEVELS OF TOLERANCE. PATIENCE AND STOIC RESILIENCE MUST ALSO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. I ENCOURAGE US TO WEIGH HEAVILY EACH OF THE SUBCATEGORIES OF RESILIENCE AND EXERCISE THEM.

TODAY IS A CONTINUATION OF THE SPIRIT OF SHARING THE WORKS AND INSIGHTS OF OTHERS. AS I HAVE, AND WILL STATE OVER-AND-OVER AGAIN, THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION. THAT SAID, I'LL PRESENT THE WORKS AND INSIGHTS OF OTHERS CONSISTENTLY. SISTER MODUPETOLA POSTED AN WONDERFUL DELIVERY ON FACEBOOK. SHE GAVE HOMAGE TO ME AS AN ELDER AND SHE REFERENCED THE HANDBOOK OF YORUBA RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS. IT WAS WONDERFUL.SHE WENT ON TO SHARE THE PRAYER TO YEMAYA WHICH CAME STRAIGHT FROM THE BOOK.  I READ HER POST AND THE PRAYER ON TODAY'S PODCAST.YEMAYA OLODOOLODO YEMAYA

IN THE SPIRIT OF SHARING THE WORKS OF OTHERS ON AWAKE WITH IFA I'M OPENING THE DOORS AND INVITING CREATIVE, THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE IN. AND IT'S HAPPENING.I'M OVERJOYED. TODAY WE HEAR FROM SISTER NYNE, THE ADMIN OF HER BAOBAWHISPERS BLOG CHAPTER 1 FROM SISTER NYNE.. WHEN I FIRST VISITED THE SITE I SAW ITS HEADING: CHAPTER 1. I HAD NO IDEA  WHAT WOULD FOLLOW BUT I WAS EXCITED TO SEE. AND TO MY SURPRISE IT WAS CHAPTER 1 OF THE HANDBOOK. I WAS EAGER TO READ WHAT SISTER NYNE HAD WRITTEN. SHE DID NOT DISAPPOINT.SHE SUMMED UP NEATLY NOT ONLY WHAT SHE'D READ (WHICH SHE HIGHLIGHTED ) BUT ALSO WHAT SHE GAINED FROM THE CHAPTER. HOW WONDERFUL IS THAT? I INVITE EVERYONE TO DO THE SAME. HIGHLIGHT, MAKE SIDE NOTES, KEEP A NOTEBOOK, JOIN OUR CLASSES, FACILITATE YOUR OWN CLASSES, ETC.  IN GIST, DON'T JUST READ OVER THE BOOK FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ACTUALLY LEARN. IT WILL TAKE TIME (I'M STILL LEARNING). WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S MEDICINE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IFA FROM A PRAGMATIC & PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH JOIN OUR COMMUNITY  https://beacons.ai/sacred.waters.healing.temple  HERE ARE MANY BOOKS TO START YOUR JOURNEYThe Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts https://a.co/d/iXSH5m9ELDER REFLECTIONS BOOK I https://a.co/d/a9wGF53A Place of Nights: War and Resurrection https://a.co/d/e4OypR7imole https://a.co/d/h5jPsWCSouls of Myrrh: Orisha Urban Stories Book 1 https://a.co/d/6ZLBdYYOjise: Messenger of the Yoruba Tradition https://a.co/d/3mVy91MThe Ifa/Orisha Religious Tradition: A New Global Perspective https://a.co/d/7DUg2BrOgbon: A Pragmatic Approach to Ifa Philosophy https://a.co/d/iCj1dVjOgbon Inu https://www.amazon.com.br/OGBON-INU-COMPANION-ISESE-PRAGMATISM/dp/B0GH8DV2LB