Alafia


Selection from _The Holy Odu-Ifa Osa'Gunda_

All goodness became a grouping together in harmony
The grouping together of the strands of hair covered the head
The grouping together of hairs on the chin became the object of attention
The grouping together of trees became a forest
The grouping together of the eruwa grasses became a savannah
The grouping together of the beehives hold up the roof of the house
And the grouping together of the ita ants led to their covering the earth
ALASUWADA, Great Being who creates all beings in groups, we ask you humbly,
That You grant us things gathered in groups
So that they bring together all things good for us

Bees form swarms; Eeran plants grow together on the farm
Brooms are formed from bundles of twigs
Eeran grass grows in bunches on the plains
And the elegiri birds form flocks

It is as a grouping together that we encounter the grassland
It is as swarms that the locusts consume the farm
It is in several colonies that we find the termites in their mounds
It is in groves that we encounter the ekunkun trees on the water's edge
It is in clusters we find oore grass at the riverside
It is in schools that we find the ebbele fish in the ocean
It is in groups that we find the dragon fly
And the adosusu leaf is never found alone

Dews pouring lightly, pouring lightly were used to create the world
And likewise was done to create the earth
So that the goodness of togetherness could come forth at once
INDEED ALL GOODNESS TOOK THE FORM OF A GATHERING TOGETHER IN HARMONY

Now, if one ORI (head/divine consciousness-connection with the Creator) encounters good
It will spread out and touch two hundred
If my Ori is good it will spread out and touch you
And if your Ori is good it will spread out and touch me
For if just one Ori experiences good It will spread out and touch two hundred

Odabo
solarICE

"actually... one thing about Africa is that we don't have a problem with leaving some questions unanswered. we understand that life MUST have some mystery and romance..."- AFKAP_of_Darkness

"(Private property) it's a western european concept that has taken the world by storm."- k_orr

And one more thing:
I AM NOT UTAMAROHO AND HIS VIEWS DON'T NECESSARILY REFLECT MINE!!!