14- ODU IRETE MEJi- EJI ELEMERE LET YOUR FORTUNES MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON!

Eriwo ya!
Aya gbo!
Aya to!
Aya je!

I I

I I

II II

I I


Whatever cards you were dealt in life, whether you were born into slavery, royalty, poverty or wealth, born strong, weak, healthy, ill, female, male, black, white, whatever, that would be your 'ire' at birth or fortunes at birth, your starting point, more of the ire will come to you later. There must have been occasions when babies were switched at birth by mistake or intentionally, changing immediately the lot of the babies. One case was reported in Japan, one baby was brought up in a family where he was given a good education and he was doing well in life financially while the other one, because of his parents' challenges, became a bus driver without much formal education. The more financially fortunate baby, now man or the other, noted that people, throughout his life, always noted that he looks different from his siblings. DNA tests established that the men were switched at birth, being born at thesame hospital. If both men emerged as quality men without criminal records or habits, then they both converted their fortunes well. One became a worker in the corporate space and the other a bus driver. Both are grateful to the parents they knew, who did their best for them. So whatever cards you are dealt in life should forge you into a better person in the human culture you were born into, not a worse person. Babies can not talk or walk, learn those, you become better, babies can not differentiate between good and bad, learn how to and always choose good and you become better, babies think only about themselves at first, learn to consider others before you act or speak and you become better, learn a trade, go to school, learn a new language, get married, help people, train your children, love yourself and family, help those who evidently can not return your favor, love yourself, family, nation and the world in that order, support your benefactors, return favors, return insults, Whatever your lot in life, do not turn out worse and whatever you are complaining of, others before you had passed through thesame, even much worse.

YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE TO BECOME OR TURN OUT A BAD PERSON! MAKE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO TURN OUT GOOD!.

The odu Eji Irete also implies that good things or good outcomes never are results of chance. They are always a result of effort. Every time!. They are forged by people with good intentions. For example, I am alive today, not by chance but by the grace of the Bush family in the USA and the CIA. I have children today, courtesy the initiative of the Chinese government. I am married today is the initiative of President George W Bush. If not for all the good people, I would have a long time ago being killed!.

Do not take anything for granted!. Your name, your clothes, your nation, the Earth, living and non living things and etc. They were all forged! They did not just happen! They were made to be!


A verse in Eji Irete says

Butubutu ona Ijesa
Tomode fi nsire
Bo komo ni rinrin
A si tun komo ni yinyan

Translation

The slippery sand on the road to Ijesa that children play with
If it teaches them to walk
It can also teach them to
WALK GRACEFULLY!

Ase Edumare
Edumare Ase!

Great piece sire

Please sir.can you explain Odu Obaraka ilasun if i get the spelling right

Kudos for this good job. Egbon can you explain Odu Alaketu for me and how it looks like. Ire o.

I am intrigued on all you notes on some of the Ifa odu's. Can you give me more info on Irosun-Ogbe ?