Thu, May 8, 2014

If the one who sleeps alone sleeps badly

Only Olorun is the only one who can wake him

This was Ifa's message to a stranger,

Who was going to a field to stay for good

So that he might get someone to help him

Lift the load to his head (to carry)

He was asked to sacrifice a hen, thirty two hundred cowries and Ifa leaves

He heard and sacrificed

The stranger got to the field

And prepared his load

He looked right

He looked left

He looked forward

He looked backward

He saw no one

He said, This is now the load of Olorum

Then, Efulele, help me carry this load to my head, Efulele

You do not know that those who have

No people will put their trust in Olorun?

- OsaIrete

Lonliness is a silent killer. When you feel isolated and alone, your problems seem insurmountable and your blessings only seem to offer short term enjoyment. We need other people to help guide us into deeper levels of humanity. This is why they say People are people because of other people. Yet and still, you have to resist to temptation to externalize your experience. That is, in the same way that you chose your destiny alone, in the presence of Olodumare, there are many other decisions that you must make alone. Live the medicine."

Obafemi Origunwa, MA | www.ObafemiO.com