Qoute Of The Day: Culture ! (#PlsTellOoni)

“When the cultures and values of a society become politicized and monetized, Things Fall Apart.”

(#PlsTellOoni)

The qoute above is from a Book,  standard reading for German high schools and in some states in the US. An Ooduarere.com reader  studied the book as part of a course at New York University. It is quite unfortunate, that we in Nigeria, appreciate and learn from it the least.

Foreign religions are the equivalents of neutron bombs on African culture, identity and values.

It improves your sense of identity when you read and learn from stories told by your ancestors or your people. Imagine if the Yorubas conquered the Igbos and forced us to worship Eledumare and Ogun. Or vice versa.

When I argue for preservation of African religious beliefs, the arguments are made from a position of culture and identity, rather than religious ones. That’s why on a thread about traditional culture or religion  you’d also see us there criticizing. Culture and tradition like everything else in the universe evolves.  Just like the iphone has evolved over many generations. It’s still the same principles at the basic level, but each component has seen incremental upgrades.

The problem with the African man, if I may use this analogy, is he still walks around the world with a gadges built pre-modern times and refuses to upgrade or evolve.

#Culture, #QuoteOfTheDay

Olodumare (GOD ) In Yoruba Ifa & Orisa Is Monotheistic: See What Odu (Ifa Verse) Osa Otura Says !

Written by Baba’alawo Pele Obasa Obanifa,

The concept OLODUMARE has been misconstrued by many,this is due to unwarranted and unjustifiable colonial exploration and exploitation by our colonial masters ,they use foreign religion to enslave African. They claim we practice polytheism. To be sincere and be frank the concept polytheism never exist at all in IFA and orisha tradition. In this little post I wish share my humble knowledge about Yoruba monotheistic view of the nature of Olodumare (GOD).
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How other Orisha are energies through which mankind can reach Olodumare. For example if you want to see an emperor of an empire you cannot expect to just enter  his palace, you will need to see some chiefs who are next in rank to him, who can communicate with him easily and get what they want from him easily than you will do. So it is wise for you to send such chief to the emperor to get what you want for you quickly than for you to be spending donkey of years to get what you want from an emperor that you may not communicate with easily. The yoruba people so respect Olodumare that they channel their request through an energy called orisha to Olodumare and to be sincere with very verifiable proof they get quick answer. That is why even people that claim to embrace foreign religion whether Christian or Muslim 99% of them still fall back on these energies when situation is expedient for it.

 

Many people run from their root just to follow crowd due to inherited Colonial mentality to be sincere with you there is nothing good about colonialism whether their culture Or religion they bring to Africa it all base on mean to enslave us.up till date western religion and culture and some times the educational system that the African inherited from their individual colonial master has always been a source of impediment to African development. While the Western, Eastern religion, read and write Education system alone without technical know how to robbed and pillage African of their natural resources up till today as they do during time of slave trade. Well that is by the way I am just concerned.

 

Back to my discussion, who is Olodumare? Olodumare in yoruba spirituality is monotheistic. There is only one God, and that is Olodumare. Olodumare is given many names like :Eledumare, Eduard, Old run, olofin orun, Oluwa, Eleda, Adeda, Aseda, Alase, etc. The list is endless. The name Olorun (whish mean the owner of heaven become predominant in usage with the coming of foreign colonial religion like Christianity and Islam )these foreign religion try as much as possible to avoid to use the name olodumare because they believe it take people back to their tradition.Olorun still mean same thing as Olodumare because is just using different name to refer to one entity. But Olodumare is the real Yoruba name for GOD and all others names are secondary to Olodumare. So what then is the meaning of the word Olodumare? The word Olodumare has be giving various meaning by our fathers.

My first point of call is that the word come from the word OLODU OMO ARE (THAT IS AN ENTITY THAT IS SO ENORMOUS OR BIG YET WE CAN NOT ASCERTAIN IT LOCATION )

Odu means a very big clay pot, Are mean a location that we can not ascertain, hence if Yoruba parent sends a child an errands and they don’t know his or her where about or ascertain where he was they will say ‘MI o MO ibi to rin irin ARE lo'(that Is I don’t know his whereabouts )so the word Olodumare come from the word OLODU OMO ARE  (that is the entity that is so big and enormous yet we cannot fathom or ascertain where it is ) .

The second view is that OLODU TO MARE (that is the only big entity that knows what is right ) but to be sincere the first view is the most correct. Olodumare is aslo know as:
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OLORUN – THE OWNER OF HEAVEN

OLUWA – LORD

OLIFIN ORUN – KING OF HEAVEN )
ORISE  -SOURCE OF ALL THINGS

ADEDA ASEDA – THE CREATOR
ELEMI  – THE OWNER AND KEEPER OF LIFE e.t.c

Even some have interpret Olodumare to mean OLODU TO MON IRE (That’s the owner of big clay pot that contain blessing )but as I told you earlier the first meaning I give seem the most correct and for most authority on it.

I have heard and read my self some authors and especially foreign spiritual authors teaching and writing that Olodumare is a male in gender, some say Olodumare is a female. This notion of assigning gender whether male or female to Olodumare is absolutely wrong with due respect. .The correct position is that olodumare is neither male or female, olodumare is transcendent omniscient and gender neutral deity. In Yoruba cosmology Olodumare is believe to be ONE, it is believe that Olodumare is the creator of heaven and earth and whole universe, he is supreme over what is on earth and in heaven. Olodumare supremacy is absolute. He is acknowledge by all orisha and divinities as the one who all power and authority belong, he can do and undo any thing he want.  No body have ever seeing Olodumare including the Orisha. It is only Orunmila that see a part of his buttocks after a gigantic sacrifice at the sea.

See what ifa verse odu Osa Otura reads when you continue after the page break bellow.

 In odu ifa Osa Otura
Ifa reveals how Olodumare revealed is buttock to Orunmila
Ifa said in Osa Otura

A ki ri idi okun

A ki ri Idi Osa

A ki ri idi Olodumare

Sugbon Eni to ba ko sinu omi

Ni o  mon ibi ti omi mu ni de

Awon to ba ke ibosi ni won feju Yan Yan soke

Difa fun Orunmila

Nijo ti yio  lo re ridi Olodumare

Ebo ni won ko Kara ale ko mase

Woni eti okun ni ko gbe ebo lo

Orunmila gbe ebo odi eti okun

Bi o se niki ki o  gbe ebo sile  lo wo Olodumare to bora le ni ihihoho

Olodumare ni iwo Orunmila?

Orunmila si dahun pe repo

Olodumare nje o ridi mi bayii ?

Orunmila ni ibi sikiti ibadi nikan na ni mori

Olodumare ni oda to ba je be  ko si ohun ti o ko ni ridi mon laye

Orunmila ba n jo

I ba n you

Oni ohun pelu eledumare egbarigba.

TRANSLATION

No one unravel the mystery of the ocean

No one unravel the mystery of the sea

No one unravel they mystery of Olodumare

It one who immersed himself in the river

That knows the depth of the river

It is one who cry out for assistance

That will open his eye very wide to the sky

Ifa divination reading was performed for Orunmila

When ifa want see the buttocks of Olodumare

He ask will I discovered  Olodumare  secrets ,everything he asked ?

Orunmila was instructed to offer sacrifice

But he should take the sacrifice to the sea

As he was about to place it at the beach

He saw Olodumare put off his garment

He saw the buttocks

Because Olodumare was stark naked and was in human image

Olodumare ask Orunmila did you see me?

Orunmila answer yes

I only see plump part of your buttock

Olodumare then said since you see my buttocks

There is nothing on earth that you will not be able to unravel again

Orumila was dancing and very happy

From this verse we can now deduce that Olodumare is an invisible entity. You can communicate with him by using orisha of your choice as intermidiary.

Copyright Babalawo Pele obasa Obanifa, phone and whatsap contact :+2348166343145,location Ile ife osun state Nigeria.

 

#Olodumare

USA Builds Airbase in the Kurdish Region in Syria

The United States is building its first airbase in Syria. It is supposed to be located in the northern Kurdish region. The Americans apparently do not want to continue to leave the military operations in the region to the NATO partner Turkey.

The Hasakah region is located in northeastern Syria. DWN

Originally appeared at DWN, translated by Karin exclusively for SouthFront

The US wants to build an airbase at an abandoned airport in the Syrian Kurdish region Hasakah. The site is to be massively expanded and modernized for this purpose. So far a runway has been built with a length of 2.5 kilometers, i24 News reported.

Pentagon: Russia’s S-400 Air Defense in Syria Forces US to Ground Warplanes

As part of Russia’s anti-terror campaign in Syria, the Kremlin has deployed sophisticated air defense systems to protect its aircraft. According to the Pentagon, those units have effectively grounded US aircraft.

Earlier this month, Moscow deployed the S-400 anti-aircraft system to Syria. The next-generation air defense system, it carries three different types of missiles capable of annihilating aerial targets at both short and long range, and the decision came after Turkey’s downing of a Su-24 bomber in Syrian airspace.

Lagos govt retrieves hacked website

The Lagos State Government website, which was hacked early this morning has been recovered. A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, said although the website had been retrieved, the bugs left behind from the hack were being cleared. Ayorinde promised that the website would soon be restored, better and stronger to continue in its tradition of giving accurate and up-to-date information on the activities, policies and programmes of the State Government. He said that the incident has been reported to the State Security Service and the Police for further investigation so as to uncover those behind the unscrupulous act.

Ooni Of Ife is not the Igbakeji of Oyinbo Jesus, See Why (Access to Information is Powerful)

To those who are supporting the Ooni of Ife, this is how the idea of divine right of kings works:

In the Yorubaland, Olodumare is the mythological father, and the Ooni Adimula is his vicar on earth.

In Ancient Egypt, Ausar (i.e. Osiris) was the mythological father. The SUN, personified by Heru (I.e. Horus), was Ausar’s visible manifestation on earth, and the pharaoh was Ausar’s vicar on earth.

In Ptolemaic Egypt, Serapis (i.e. Osiris + Apis bull) was the mythological father, and the Ptolemaic pharaoh was his vicar on earth.

In the Roman system, Jesus (i.e. an adaption of Serapis) was the mythological father. He was also his own visible manifestation on earth as the SUN, personified as the SON, and the Pope is his vicar on earth.

The Anglican system is the same as the Roman system except that the Queen is the vicar of Christ on earth.

In conclusion, the doctrine of divine right of kings is relative to one’s environment and culture. The Ooni of Ife is the Adimula Igbakeji Orisa n’la. The Ooni is not the Igbakeji of Oyinbo Jesus, for Oyinbo Jesus and Olodumare are not synonymous at all.

It’s Oba Ogunwusi’s prerogative to praise and worship whoever he wants but not in his capacity as the Ooni of Ife, the Arole Oduduwa.

We call upon all the Yoruba kingmakers to desist from enthroning intellectual infants as Obas.

Ifa D.

#OoniOfIfe

Arase Dismisses 50 Policemen For Corruption

The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase has said the police under his leadership has fought corruption to the barest minimum, stating that the force has dismissed 50 police officers for corrupt practices and misconduct.

He stated that 56 others were sanctioned for various offences between May and November, 2015.

Arase, who stated this during the end of the year IG Conference at the Force Headquarters, Abuja on Thursday, explained that as part of efforts in ensuring peace in the North-East, 3000 personnel were deployed in the liberated areas.

Man Passes on After Drinking 4 Crates Of Beer In Lagos

Cyriacus Izuekwe

A man identified as Femi Aluko has died after he reportedly drank four cartons of beer in Shasha, a suburb of Lagos, western Nigeria.

P.M.NEWS gathered that some people donated the cartons of beer to Aluko who boasted that he could consume that quantity.

But after Aluko reportedly drank the four cartons of beer, he became terribly drunk, lost control and fell into a gutter while he attempting to go home.

The incident happened on Thursday evening at a popular restaurant. After he fell into the gutter, non of the residents who saw him tried to rescue him. He was found dead in the gutter the following morning.
According to residents, the late Aluko was known in the area as a drunk.

A resident, Mrs Nike Salawu who spoke to our reporter said the late Aluko had financial and family challenges for several years, which led him into heavy drinking of alcohol.

Dokpesi Calls For Prison Reforms After Kuje Experience.

Founder of DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has called for a national prison reform. Dokpesi made this call at the AIT Christmas party after his release from Kuje prison where he was remanded until he met the bail conditions set for him by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

Nnamdi Kanu Is Now Our Hero – APGA Chieftain

Elder statesman and Igbo leader, Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka has hailed the release from detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the Director of Radio Biafra and leader of Indigenous People of Biafra by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. He described the development as a great news as it will douse the already heated tension surrounding his detention.

We Fight To Ensure One Nigeria And One Destiny – Gen. Olonisakin

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin has assured that the Nigerian military will continue to ensure that the country remains one and indivisible entity.
General Olonisakin made the declaration while receiving the Commander of French Forces in Senegal, Brigadier General Pascal Facon, when he paid courtesy call at Defence Headquarters, Abuja in furtherance of the French Government’s bilateral cooperation with the Nigerian Armed Forces.

Hold Yahyah Bello Responsible Should Anything Happen To Me – Faleke Claims

The running mate to the late Abubakar Audu in the last Kogi governorship election, James Abiodun Faleke, has claimed that some persons believed to be loyal to the newly-elected governor of the state, Yahaya Bello are after his life.
Faleke, who had refused to serve as Deputy to the incoming governor in a series of tweets on Thursday, alleged that his life was in danger.
He asserted that the governor should be held responsible if anything happened to him (Faleke).
He said, “I want to bring to public notice, the continuous threat to my life because of my resolve not to compromise ‪#‎Audu‬/Faleke mandate for anything.

Reps Probe Obasanjo Govt’s $5m Lake Chad Grant

The House of Representatives on Thursday began an investigation into how a $5m grant the Federal Government gave to the Lake Chad Basin Commission during the tenure of former President Olusegun Obasanjo was spent.
The House said the money was given to the commission to carry out “feasibility studies on how to direct rivers to the lake,” but observed that nothing much was heard of the $5m after it was released.
A member of the House, Mr. Ahmed Abu, who raised the issue on the floor, did not specify the period in Obasanjo’s eight-year tenure that the money was paid.

No Regrets, Says Gay Priest Sacked By Vatican

More than a month after the Vatican fired high-ranking priest Krzysztof Charamsa for his very public coming-out, he says he has no regrets and is planning a book about his experience.
The Polish priest made waves last month when he announced his homosexuality — and said he had a Spanish boyfriend — on the eve of a bishops’ synod on the family at the Vatican.
Charamsa was sacked from his post working for the Vatican office for protecting Catholic doctrine, and the 43-year-old is now unemployed.

EFCC Arrests Stallion Group Chief Over N1.3billion “Gift” To Dasuki, Yuguda

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the Managing Director of Stallion Group, Harprrie Singh, for allegedly making N1.3billion ‘questionable payment’ to a former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda.
The Nigerian conglomerate, owned by the Vaswani brothers, is one of the major companies currently being questioned by the EFCC as part of the ongoing investigation into the messy arm procurement scandal in the office of a former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd).
A source at the Commission disclosed that Stallion’s name cropped up when investigators scrutinizing transactions carried out by the former NSA with Jabbama Company, a bureau de change operator, stumbled on evidence that Stallion Group also paid N1.375billion to the company, although N100million of the money was later returned, leaving a balance of N1.275billion.

El-Zakzaky Handed Over For Prosecution – Buratai

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai said yesterday that the arrested Shi'ite sect leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zak-Zaky, is no longer in the custody of the army but had been handed over to the appropriate authorities for prosecution . Buratai spoke when he met with a delegation from the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) at the Army Headquarters in Abuja. The army chief, who was responding to the request by NSCIA to meet with the sect leader, said lawlessness must not be tolerated in the society, especially when a part of the country is confronted with terrorism.
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Sanusi Decries Insult On Holy Prophet

The Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammadu Sanusi ll, says the practice of insulting companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammadu (SAW) is strange to Nigeria and unacceptable to all Muslims.
Sanusi, who was responding to the recent clash between Shiite members and the military in Zaria during a special prayer he organized in his palace yesterday, said: “Nigeria did not know the ideology of insulting some companions of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and or a section of his wives, therefore it should be rejected by all right thinking Muslims.

Fuel Scarcity Persists Despite N407bn Subsidy Payment

Kachikwu denies price hike
NEITI urges subsidy removal
Fuel queues continue to mount in many parts of the country despite the recent payment of N407 billion subsidy claims to marketers.
The queues are worsening in Abuja, Kano and many states, both in the north and south of the country.

Grand Conspiracy To Take Rivers Will Fail, Says Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has declared that there is an ungodly grand conspiracy to take over the state, insisting that God will disappoint the evil conspirators.
Speaking at the Rivers State PDP Secretariat on Thursday in Port Harcourt during the commissioning of the ultra modern multipurpose hall at a one day seminar for party officials and government functionaries, Wike told Rivers people to look beyond him to stop the evil wind of enslavement being propagated by the conspirators.
The governor said that anyone detailed by the conspiring forces to rig election in the state would face dire consequences as Rivers people will never be enslaved by political groups only interested in stealing her resources.

N10.48bn Abacha Loot Still Left In Account –FG

Drop in oil prices puts pressure on Nigeria’s reserve –CBN
Federal Government yesterday said the balance in the account of the loot recovered from the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha stood at $26.389m and £19.033m as at last month.
This was disclosed by Benue State Governor, Sam Ortom, while briefing State House correspondents after the National Economic Council, NEC, meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “We were also briefed on update on Abacha loot in council.
The Accountant General of the Federation reported that the dollar account as at November 2015 ending has a balance of $26,389m, while the pound sterling has a balance of £19, 033m. That is where we are today,” he said.

We Won’t Watch Nigeria Break-Up —CDS

Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Gabriel Olonisakin, yesterday, warned those clamouring for self-determination to desist, vowing that it was unachievable as the military would fight to keep Nigeria indivisible.
The CDS therefore, assured that the military would continue to ensure that Nigeria remains one. Olonisakin was speaking when he received Commander of French Forces in Senegal, Brigadier General Pascal Facon, when he paid courtesy call at Defence Headquarters, Abuja, in furtherance of the French Government’s bilateral cooperation with the Nigerian Armed Forces.

Nigeria Not Poor, Says US Ambassador

United States of America Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, has stated that despite declining economy, Nigeria is not a poor nation and requires no handouts but a partnership that works.
Entwistle said Nigeria’s immediate past president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, had in June 2013 performed a groundbreaking ceremony for General Electric, GE’s $1 billion service and manufacturing facility in Calabar, after a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, between the Nigerian government and the firm.

Court To INEC: You Can’t De-Register Parties.

The federal high court, Abuja, on Thursday voided the de-registration of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) and Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP).
Delivering judgment, Ademola held that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which carried out the action, lacked the power to do so. Ademola said INEC could not de-register the three political parties except in accordance with the provisions of the constitution and not any other law.

Wike ‘ll Lose At Supreme Court—Itse Sagay.

Head of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay, welcomed the judgement. Says Sagay : “Everybody knew that Wike was not elected. Wike got into power through a brutal manner and I have never seen such brutal approach to power except through a coup. What Wike did was a bloody civilian coup, what he did was a big embarrassment to this country and if he had gotten away with it, I tell you that would have been the end to any type of free and fair elections in the South

The Ooni of Ife Regarded as "Igbakeji Orisa", disowns Orunmila, other Irunmoles (An Abomination ?)

According to Punch Publication, the new Ooni of Ife said, “I have no regrets whatsoever for kneeling down to exalt the almighty God who did not only create me, but also kept me alive, saw me through all the storms in my, life-journey and eventually crowned me as the custodian of Oodua race.”

Olodumare/Eledumare created heavens and Earth, sent Orunmila to creat Ile Ife (The Earth). The first Ooni of Ife and the rest were regarded as “Igbakeji Orisa“, the custodian of all Irunmoles and Oodua race according to Yoruba Mythology.

Lets break it down.

Irunmoles are depicted by the western civilization with small letter g (Lesser god to theirs, mainly Jesus). Just to make sure it’s not in the same line with their God. Jesus! The same way you will never hear them assign or use the word Chief to address any of their Kings or Queens but would rush to do that with African Kings.  

So naturally Orumila = Jesus (Written as capital letter God as well but not the Almighty GOD of heavens and Earth but the one sent down to Earth just like Orunmila was sent down to Earth by Olodumare the GOD of heavens and earth in Yoruba Mythology)

“So please take note here that an Irunmole is in the same position as God. In Yoruba Civilization, an  Orisa is a messenger/son/daughter of Olodumare. He has direct link to the creator of heavens and earth (Olodumare is most high GOD) and the first Irunmole / God that created  Ile Ife (The Earth) is Orunmila and he brought Ifa  as guidance from the most high Olodumare (GOD) of heavens and Earth. Please also take note that Bible in western Civilization or Quran in Eastern Civilization is directly proportional to Ifa which has thousands of verses known as Odu or Odus “

Now what  does the New Ooni of Ife means when he says, “he’s the Custodian of Oodua race but not of Irunmoles/Gods/Orisas ?

Some would argue that  Real Yoruba Oba (king) doesn’t attend church just like King of Saudi Arabia and Emperor of Japan will never worship at any other place than Mosques and Temples respectively.

Queen of England is the head of Anglican church worldwide.  Ooni of Ife is the second  in command of all Olorisas worldwide and is regarded as Orisa himself whenever he puts on his Ade Ori (Crown).

Some also said, “there’s is no reason for Ooni to worship at any other place than the Shrines and Temples of Obatala, Oduduwa, Ogun, Orunmila and other numerous Irunmoles that descended at Oke-Ora, Ile-Ife.

“There should be no compromise on the part of the newly elect Ooni, the ADIMULA, the savior of the Yoruba race to attend any church or mosque. He must not compromise his mandate unless his dynasty has been conquered by the Queen, the head of the Anglican church.”

Is it an Abormination to be leader of Oodua race but not be the second in command of all the Inrumoles in Yoruba Mythology ?

 

#IgbakejiOrisa, #OoniOfIfe