Ori and Destiny (Ori oun Ayanmo)

Posted by: "ogban_ulisa" Fsorunmila@aol.com ogban_ulisa

Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:32 pm (PST)


The verse of an Odu Ifa says in part:
nikan ko ibi olori ire gbe yan ori
One-person not know where owner-of-ori good live choose head
n ba ree yan ti a n
They would go choose is them
Ibi kan naa ni a gbe yan ori o
Place one is we live choose head
Kadara ko ni
Good ori not together is.



English
No one knows from where a lucky person chose his/her destiny
If the place were to be known, many people would have gone their to
choose their own destinies, too
Let it be known that we all chose our destinies from the same source
However, we chose the destinies differently.

Ori (head) has two definitions in Orisa worship. One definition
of "Ori" means the physical head that is part of the bodily
structure. In this regard, all creations of Odumare seem to have an
ori, whether animate or inanimate. The second definition of "Ori"
means destiny. Destiny is the spiritual aspect of humans that is not
physical. Whether or not we believe in destiny, we all can relate to
situational differences, failures and successes, frustrations and
rewards; plus, we all can marvel at why some make it in competitions
and most fail painfully. Instances of these experiences
represent "Ori," the destiny.

If we ever wonder at the success of something hitherto considered
impossible, or wondered at the opposite effect of something hitherto
considered doable or attainable, then, we see destiny at work. That
unseen energy that influences human direction in ways imaginable,
positively or not-so-positively, is the Ori that Ifa wants humans to
acknowledge and respect at all times. As humans, if we feel we are
not going the direction we channel for ourselves, or we are
frustrated with the results we get for our best and honest efforts,
most likely, our oris are instrumental in the obvious results. If the
obvious results happen to be the opposite of our expectations, we
should dialogue with ori for explanation. And, the most effective way
to dialogue with our ori is through Ifa: consultation with Orunmila
through any of his trained akapos (trained representatives). Most
times our ori will tell us what it has in stock for us. Knowing the
contents in our ori is a liberating way of dealing with our failures
and successes, our weakness and our strengths, our vices and our
virtues. Once we know all of these, we will be at peace with
ourselves, we will be at peace with people whose paths would cross
our paths, we would then be at peace with the world in general
because, truthfully,
Ibi kan naa ni a gbe yan ori o
We chose our destinies from the same source [from Odumare]
Kadara ko ni
But, our choices were different.

May Odumare crown our honest efforts with success, ase.

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