16 Essential Traits of Personal Priesthood
Long before the display of beads and pots and before the announcement of titles, priesthood is a personal awareness. Priestly people approach life according to the silent law of fate.
As such, they are bound to do certain things - like prayer - which are not generally done because they do not belong to the material world, and produce no visible effect.
Similarly, priestly people avoid doing other things - like drinking alcohol - which is often done because it belongs to the mundane world, and has visible effects.
In this 8 part master class, you will explore 16 Essential Traits of Personal Priesthood, as they are defined by the teachings of Orunmila.
You will be exposed to sacred texts, proverbial wisdom, as well as anecdotal insights into the process of internalizing those traits that are most closely associated with Personal Priesthood.
As such, they are bound to do certain things - like prayer - which are not generally done because they do not belong to the material world, and produce no visible effect.
Similarly, priestly people avoid doing other things - like drinking alcohol - which is often done because it belongs to the mundane world, and has visible effects.
In this 8 part master class, you will explore 16 Essential Traits of Personal Priesthood, as they are defined by the teachings of Orunmila.
You will be exposed to sacred texts, proverbial wisdom, as well as anecdotal insights into the process of internalizing those traits that are most closely associated with Personal Priesthood.
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Individual Classes
Essential Trait #1 | Unconditional Devotion. Essential trait number one is unconditional devotion. That is, when things are going great and you're having it all your way, you agree to pray, consult, sacrifice and keep spiritual observances. Likewise when things are not going well, you agree to pray consult sacrifice and keep spiritual observances. In this class you will learn:
- The relationship between ancestral time, devotion and destiny
- How to anticipate and welcome imperfection
- The power of being consistent
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
Essential Trait #2 | Continuous Improvement. Essential trait number 2 is continuous improvement and enjoyment. Now that you have established consistency in your practice, don't allow your devotion to get monotonous and boring. Learn new prayers. Introduce new songs. Spruce up your shrine. What I'm trying to say is, keep your practice fresh and inspiring. In this class you will learn:
- Ways to remain creative in your discipline
- Five specific practices associated with continuous improvement and enjoyment
- How to maintain spontaneity and freshness in your Personal Priesthood
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
Essential Trait #3 | A Sense of Urgency. Essential trait number 3 is cultivate a sense of urgency. Now, I am NOT encouraging impatience or taking shortcuts in order to rush the process. Instead, I am urging you to assign timelines to your personal priesthood and the practices associated with it. In this class you will learn to:
- Set measurable goals and use Personal Priesthood to achieve them
- Develop a razor-sharp focus for your spiritual development
- Accelerate your development and growth
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
Essential Trait #4 | Be Hopeful. Essential trait number 4 is always, always, always have hope. The elders will always remind you Bí ẹ̀mí bá wà, ìrètí ńbẹ “ which is usually translated as If there is life, there is hope. But in actuality, ẹ̀mí means breath. So, what the elders are really telling us is to focus on the simple truth of breathing. Slow down. In this class you will learn:
- Visualize and connect to a higher version of yourself
- Reprogram your soul consciousness to transcend limiting thoughts and habits that prevent hopefulness
- Optimize the three stages of hope
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
Essential Trait #5 | Know Who You Serve. Essential trait number five is knowing who you serve. Every one of us has a priesthood, represented by our name and unique contribution. This priesthood is defined by our blood lineages and has a host of associated behaviors. Your personal priesthood is quite different from your religion. In this class you will learn:
- To define who you were born to serve
- Overcome individualism in your Personal Priesthood
- Outline the best way to carry out your life's work
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
Essential Trait #6 | Brutal Self Evaluation. Essential trait number six is brutal self evaluation. Be brutally honest with yourself. What are your positives? Why do people respect you? Why do some like to be with you? What are your negatives? Why do some people disrespect you? Why are some people not attracted to you? What annoys people about you? In this class you will learn:
- To correct mistakes, weaknesses and personal liabilities
- Take criticism and feedback and use it to improve
- To gain access to those things that other people know about you but you do not know about yourself
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
Essential Trait #7 | Suspend Judgment. Essential trait number seven is suspending judgment. As you delve deeper into Personal Priesthood, your primary mode of living becomes focused internally. Your concern with personal growth will benefit most from paying closer attention to judgments, and your motivations for making them. In this class, you will learn to:
- Define your motivation for judgment
- Improve your ability to manage others and bring out the best in them
- Develop systems that support your growth and leadership through Personal Priesthood
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
Essential Trait #8 | Stay Present. Essential trait number eight is staying present. While we tend to think of spiritual development in strictly internal terms, Personal Priesthood also means that sometimes, your primary mode of living is externally-focused, where you deal with things rationally and logically. In this class you will learn:
- To enhance your spiritual perception
- To secure your environment and protect the spiritual well being of all those present
- Be more fully present in your relationships
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
Essential Trait #9 | Cultivate Harmonious Relationships. Essential trait number nine is cultivating harmonious relationships. Personal Priesthood will make you the homemaker, caregiver and facilitator of your world. Your increasingly strong sense of duty, hard-working tendencies and ability to respond quickly to what is suitable to a particular situation will be universally recognized as great assets. In this class, you will learn to:
- Cultivate generosity and altruism
- Improve your ability to give your gifts freely
- Understand the value of supporting others
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
Essential Trait #10 | Values Driven Decision-Making. Essential trait number ten is values driven decision-making. As your Personal Priesthood develops, your primary mode of living will be increasingly focused externally, where you learn to deal with things according to how you feel about them, or how they fit in with your personal value system. In this class, you will learn to:
- Clarify your values
- Map scenarios for decision-making
- Become more decisive
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
Essential Trait #11 | Mastery of Mechanics. Essential trait number 11 is mastery of mechanics. Personal Priesthood is characterized by a compelling drive to understand how things work. That means becoming reasonably good at logical analysis for the purpose of practical application. To develop in this way, you will need to get comfortable taking things apart to see how they work. In this class, you will learn to:
- Discover the way things work
- Practice logical analysis
- Get comfortable taking things apart and putting things back together
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
Essential Trait #12 | Practice Constructive Criticism. Essential trait number twelve is constructive criticism. Focus your energy on observing the world, and generating ideas and possibilities. To grow in your Personal Priesthood, you will need to focus on judgment only after you have filtered the situation through your emotion and intuition. In this class, you will learn to:
- Become more observant
- Improve your ability to be more innovative
- Cultivate your emotional and intuitive intelligence
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
Essential Trait #13 | Cosmic Optimism. Essential trait number thirteen is cosmic optimism. Personal Priesthood is motivated by possibilities. As such, you need to foster a genuine love for the new or unusual combinations embedded inside of the ordinary everyday world of things and ideas. In this class, you will learn to:
- Explore more possibilities
- Become more comfortable with new or unusual combinations
- Remain positive under duress
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
Essential Trait #14 | Warm Compassion. Essential trait number fourteen is warmth and compassion. Personal Priesthood should make you kinder and gentler. As you gain strength and confidence on your journey, however, you will have bouts of perfectionism and find yourself always striving for the “ultimate relationship”. This class is deal for help you to:
- Avoid perfectionism in your romantic, professional and spiritual relationships
- Prevent yourself from jumping from relationship-to-relationship
- Increase your ability to make and sustain meaningful relationships with people and organizations
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
Essential Trait #15 | Inspire Greatness. Essential trait number fifteen is to inspire greatness. In your Personal Priesthood, you will be motivated by a desire to find meaning in everything you observe and do. You will eventually find yourself constantly searching for input that will help you to better understand the Big Picture. In this class, you will learn to:
- Think bigger
- Activate your sense of imagination
- Become more visionary
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
Essential Trait #16 | Unshakable Belief in Destiny. Essential trait number sixteen is having an unshakable faith in your destiny. The elders say, "Ewé kì í bọ́ lára igi kó ni igi lára. ” It means, the dropping of a leaf off a tree presents no burden to the tree. Seasons change. Circumstances change. People also change. It is when you resist change that you suffer. In this class, you will learn to:
- Strengthen your faith in your destiny
- Improve your connection to your purpose
- Become more aligned with your true, spiritual identity
- eBook with proprietary lessons
- Recorded lecture
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