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IFA KNOT: Community, Wholeness, Unity...
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Interconnectedness, Continuation...

Character is the "Umbrella" that protects all of us from the Ajogun that exist in the world that are here to test our character.
 
What is Character? More specifically... What is good character and bad character?
 
Good Character: Honesty, Truth, Respect, Appreciation, Community, Destiny/Purpose.
 
Bad Character: Deceit, Selfishness, Envy, Jealousy, Temptation, Poverty.
 
When the I becomes the Me and the Me becomes the Selective Us, this brings about Discrimination and Seperation.
 

Whereas when the I becomes the Collective We, this brings about unity.

 

We have loss sight of the We and in particular the She, the role of the Mother in existence.

 

Who are the "We" the collective?

The children of Oduduwa, Omo Eniyan.

 

Irosun-Iwori

 

Let’s do things with pleasure. Those who wish to go may go, those who wish to retreat may do so. Certainly human beings have been chosen to take good things to the earth. Omniscience, the Diviner of Orunmila, divined for Orunmila and forewarned him of some curious men coming to ask him certain questions. He was advised to offer sacrifice. He heard and performed the sacrificed.

 

Soon after, all sorts of people, like robbers and other types of evil-doers gathered together and asked Orunmila to let them take refuge in heaven as they were tired of going and coming back to the world. They entreated Orunmila fervently, who then told them that they would not be granted rest from running up and down between heaven and the world until they had attained the good position which was commanded from heaven. They then asked Orunmila what that position was. He told them to divest themselves of evil thoughts. Before they could understand him, they all pleaded ignorance so that they might be given the knowledge.

 

The following are the positions:

 

The full knowledge of everything, joy every time; to live without fear of enemy or of being perturbed, without fear of disease or death; trouble, loss, witch or wizard, danger or fear, or any form of accident, poverty or penury. All these would be accomplished by your power, sense and good deeds. When you do not steal because of the discomfort it will bring the owner and the realization of the disgrace with which you will be associated in the presence of Oduduwa and the holy comrades in heaven, who are friendly with us, and who are wishing us good.

 

Realize also that they are prepared to forsake us if we do not refrain from evil deeds and we will go back to the darkness of the world, that we may not find good company any more or even their help. We must also realize that we shall one day certainly repay all that we have stolen and also that every evil deed has its’ own repercussions.

 

What we need further is:  Sufficient wisdom to govern the world in one piece, great sacrifice, cultivation of alms, giving habits towards the poor, an ardent desire to add more to the prosperity in the world without letting get away that which is already acquired.

 

People will continue to travel between heaven and the world until everyone attains this position. There are lots of good things in heaven that the world still lacks and the earth will certainly have them in due time. When all the children of Oduduwa were collected together, man was selected to transfer all the good things to the world. Note well: The children of Oduduwa are the trees, palm-trees, animals, earthworms, humans and all things in existence.