SACRED WATERS HEALING TEMPLE • On Air

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'