Firstly the phrase "Ori la ba bo la ba fo'risa sile " is a very wrong statement, the right phrase of words according to the odu ifa (ifa corpus) is "ORI LA BA BO KAA TO BO'RISA".
Now, what does "Ori la ba bo kaa to bo'risa mean? What is Ori itself? What is orisha?
I will be using the human body to explain these terms;
EMI; Emi (breath, life) is Olodumare. When Obatala the moulder shaped our human bodies, Olodumare breathed unto us the breath of life. Without this breath, we cannot function at all. Therefore emi is the most important aspect of a person. Without emi (life, breath) the Ori, orishas, egbe and other spiritual entities cannot be in operation.
ORI ; Ori is our destiny. Our eleda (creator) Ori represents the human head. When a human head is cut off from its body, the rest of the body is useless and cannot function at all. So also is our spiritual Ori. Without the help and support of our Ori the orishas, egbe and other spiritual entities cannot function because they work and support the Ori to fulfill its purpose. And Ori in turn gives them a purpose (assignment) to fulfill.
Let's look at it this way, for a human body to function well and effectively the systems like the respiratory system, circulatory system, reproductive system and so on send a signal to the brain, then the brain interprets this messages and carries out this function. When a human is brain dead, it cannot function at all. The human body needs the brain, so also does a person need the spiritual Ori to carry out his/ her purpose in life.
ORISA ; Without emi & Ori, the orishas cannot function at all. They need the support and consent of the ori to carry out their purpose in a person's life.
Let's look at it this way; the orishas represent the reproductive system, respiratory system, circulatory system, our arms, legs, ears, eyes... without these body systems and body parts, the head(brain) cannot function effectively. Without some body parts like the legs, arms, eyes, ears...a human body cannot function a hundred percent but it can function but not to the body's full capacity and the human without a full functioning body part might not be very happy or find it easy to navigate the physical aspects of life.
Therefore without the orishas, egbe and other spiritual entities a person cannot have a wholly or fulfilling life, because the orishas and these other spiritual entities support the Ori to give us a fulfilling life and ensure we fulfill the purpose of our Ori here on earth.
In conclusion,let's see Ori and the orishas as parents,aunties,uncles and other extended family members that takes care of the needs of a child and makes sure it has a good life, these parents along with other family members provide,guide and discipline the child when necessary.
Let's praise and worship olodumare, let's appease our Ori and do the necessary things, let's appease the orishas and do the nessasary things, let's appease our egbe and do the nessasary things, why? So we can fulfill our purpose here on earth and have a good life.
By Oreoluwa Adedoyin for ifa spirituality group
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