Orí òrùlé kò ṣeé rìn gbaragada gbàràgàdà
a dífá fún ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí ń ṣe baba ìlékè,
ǹjẹ́ tí ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ bá bàjẹ́, èmi la fẹ́ fi ìlékè ṣe?
- Ofun-Ose
Translation:
The roof (of the house) can't be walked upon majestically,
Ifá was cast for the foundation which is the father (bearer) of the roof,
Behold if the foundation is destroyed, what is the use of the roof?
- Ofun-Ose.
For hundreds of years, the cultural oppression of the Christian and Islamic adherents had destroyed and tarnished the image of the true essence of the Yoruba Traditional practice thereby putting a knife to that which binds us together as a people.
If you are a Christian, you might be scared that you might not be given a free hand to practice what you believe in the Yoruba nation (if there will be one), but rightfully so. If part of your practice is the demonizing of the indegenous Yoruba culture, which our forefathers accepted for reasons best known to them, you will not be having the freedom to do that in the Yoruba nation.
You will not have the right to use Èṣù as your Satan nor refer to Ògún, Sango, Ọ̀ṣun, Ifá and others as "demons".
Your Christian theology will be completely reviewed and the government institution of the Yoruba nation will do all that is in its power to check the spread of those European and Arabian mythologies - as was the case in China and Japan.
Presently in our primary and secondary schools, Yoruba children are made to sing different songs linking themselves with "Father Abraham has many sons...", this is child abuse, a blatant lie that will not be allowed to take root. Why? Because we know the origins of the religion, its dangers on our soil and its limitation in raising true Ọmọlúwàbís.
The terms "holy" "righteous" and "saints" are not defined in the same way the Yoruba define "Ìwà Pẹ̀lẹ́", "Ọmọlúwàbí" and"Awo" which are the core of the Yoruba Traditional Spiritual practice are defined. If therefore our children lose Ìwà Pẹ̀lẹ́ and Ọmọlúwàbí tenets in the interest of the advancement of foreign religions, do you consider it safe for us to fold our hands and watch our Cultural values continue to be eroded as it has obviously been? No! We need Ìwà Pẹ̀lẹ́ and Ọmọlúwàbí and that's what the Ifá-Orisa institutions teach. It is therefore a fatherly responsibility to educate our children in the Ifá-Orisa institutions which the Christian and Islamic communities stand VEHEMENTLY against. If leaving Nigeria for the Christians and Muslims is what will make it possible for me to educate my own children in the way they should go, it's a cause worth pursuing with all vigor.
If you consider the energy of the ÌṢẸ̀ṢE evangelists as threatening to colonial religious freedom, then you are an oppressor, a lover of filth and a champion of wickedness who has no regard for Ìwà Pẹ̀lẹ́ and Ọmọlúwàbí tenets. These are the major concepts that will form the foundation of a Yoruba nation and nothing else.
The Yoruba Ìṣẹ̀ṣe practice MUST be entrenched because of the superiority of its worldview compared to the Abrahamic religious dogmas. There was never a religious motivated war in Yoruba land before the advent of these two foreign religions. We have observed the philosophical basis of both and found them completely inferior to Yoruba philosophical worldview. If this factual statement constitutes arrogance to you in your assessment of the Ìṣẹ̀ṣe evangelists, then we are unapologetic about it.
We will be fierce in establishing our Cultural values and we will not be so timidly kind like our forefathers for their kindness is what has brought us here, where we now see the need to aggressively protect our culture - it's called self-preservation.
As for the notion that Christianity and Islam are in the majority, you speak what you feel. How did you come about that conclusion? Did you factor in the many Christians and Muslims who visit Babaláwos and who have also been initiated into Ifá in your statistic?
Identification with Christianity and Islam are just needed as political power bases in Nigeria and for economic gains in the world (talk of the mark of the beast). As we move into the Era of cultural justice, the age of Sango in the Astrological order, water will find its level and these two religions will naturally lose their appeal (as it is already happening).
We will not be forcing Yoruba Ìṣẹ̀ṣe practice on the people, the people who are so called Adúláwọ̀ will willingly come to embrace their Ifá Orísun because the foreign religions have only built outwardly pious people who can't find spiritual fulfillment internally; this is why we have churches and mosques growing in Nigeria, JPs and Alhajis in Political spaces, yet the country continues on its path to a free fall.
Bí ọ̀rọ̀ bá kàn yín, ẹ̀ẹ́ tọ Ifá wá, but until then, the truth about ourselves and our origin will be shared to counter the negative psychological effect of centuries of cultural sabotage by the Abrahamists.
It is nothing personal, it is self-preservation. Not all of us will and can fold our hands.
Talking of religious freedom?
If your religion says that my religion is evil, then we either reform your religion or I make killing you also a part of my religion. If my religion says I should kill those who are not of my religion, would you advocate for religious freedom? This in essence is proof that the idea of religious freedom must be defined.
Yoruba has a well defined spiritual order, if Yoruba nation will be achieved, it will stand on Yoruba spiritual order. If you don't like the sound of that, maybe you should consider choosing to remain in Nigeria. The problem of Nigeria presently is majorly championed by these two foreign religions, if I am going into a Yoruba nation, you must know that Ogun, Sango and Ayelala will play important roles in the swearing in of political office holders not Bible and Quran as we currently know.
He who has an ear, let him hear!
PS: At this time, I'm for political restructuring to allow states their autonomy for the much needed economic development.
By Ayobami Ogedengbe
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