ÈLÀ OMOLOJU OLÓDÙMARÈ

Èlà rowa. Èlà rowa. Èlà rowa. Èlà takun wa gureh. 

Èlà descend! Èlà descend! Èlà descend! 

Èlà extend to us the rope of life!

Let the fellowship of devotees in unison joyfully praise and expectantly call upon Èlà!

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Èlà omoloju Olódùmarè is the great glory, light, correcting power and fulfiller of supreme destiny for all creation. Ela is the first plenary expansion of Olodumare arinu rode, olumoran okan, the One who clearly sees and knows what a persons heart consists of, and who fully knows the deep secret thoughts of the mind. Ela is asekanmaku, the one who does all things perfectly, with excellence or to perfection. Ela omo osin Oyigiyigi is alewilese, the one who declares and commands a thing and it is done. Ela is ariwarehin, the one who fully sees and comprehends the past and the future. Ela is the primordial origin, root, archtype and source of all that we perceive, know and understand to be beautiful, wonderful, empowering, uplifting and awe-inspiring. 

Ela is forever youthful, innocent in disposition and peerless in wisdom and conduct. No other being can compare with Ela. Ela is not a created personality. Ela exists eternally in the Great Mystery called Enitolodun and emanates, emerges and manifests from Olodumare. Ela is very special and unique. He is an eternal power, feature, core potency, function and plenary manifestation of Olodumare Agotun. 

The power which makes us able to perceive and experience the reality and presence of Olodumare is Ela. The inconceivable power which causes Olodumare always to be filled with ever-increasing joy, delight, happiness, bliss, satisfaction, enthusiasm and limitless pleasure is Ela. The power of certainty, faith and clear assurance emanates from Ela and is Ela. 

Ela cannot and does not ever succumb to the heat, extremes and fires of unregulated passions. Ela perfectly and efficiently resists all that is unwholesome, impure, unhealthy and corrosive. Ela is forever clean, self-renewing, pure and resilient. Ela omo osin asiwaju is always filled with, permeated by and surrounded by glorious wonder, awe, pure intelligence, ecstatic joy and divine rapture (holy ecstasy). He cannot ever become morally-spiritually soiled, spoiled, dirty, contaminated or compromised.

Ela cannot be and is not ever taken by surprise by anything or anyone. Ela does not ever become confused. He always knows what to do, when to do and how to do things perfectly. His peculiar way is not through rites, rituals, sacrifices or oracular practices. Ela need not consult because all who consult the divine it is from Ela that they ultimately receive their answers, solutions, support and comfort from!

The one who consults is the one who does not know something and is lacking in some knowledge, information, fact or understanding. Ela is never in lack of any of these things since he draws his light, power, wisdom, authority and divine perceptive vision directly from the source supreme Enitolodu. He is Olodumare in unique manifestation for the purposes of saving us in times of individual and collective crisis, confusion, moral-spiritual, mental-emotional-physical unease, epidemics and illnesses. 

El is the king, unrivaled chief, supreme kowledgeable expert and extraordinary leader who is able to restore a persons disrupted, irregular and/or distorted life path to normalcy, vibrancy, fullness of satisfaction, health and well-being. 

When there is inner and outer chaos, disharmony, insecurity and danger to life, health and property, Ela is the one to intervene and the one who brings forth and establishes restoration, order, health, mutual understanding, reconciliation and peace. 

Ela is forever humble, unassuming and never complains. He is small in his own eyes and never thinks himself to be better or superior than anyone, though in fact he is actually great, deserving and above everyone! He exists and lives for others and not for himself. This is why Ela is the undisputed savior, beloved true friend, exemplar, deliverer, adjuster, healer, path revealer and redeemer.

Ela does not impose his kindness, love, noble manners, solutions and power [authority] on anyone. If someone does not want to appreciatively receive his help, counsel and benefits, Ela does not force himself, his counsel or his help on others no matter how much he is pained or aggrieved by their suffering or plight. Ela never gives up on anyone. Ela is able to recover anyone without exception in his own way and time.

He does not obligate others to follow him. If people do not want to receive his assistance and abide by his counsel Ela will just withdraw and leave them to themselves so that perhaps they might learn from their own experiences, sufferings and choices. It is only after after he withdraws himself together with his benefit conferring àse that people realize their true plight, the error of their backward zig-zagging ways, their great foolishness-arrogance and begin to amend their lives and to acknowledge their need for divine guidance, support and empowerment. 

Only after Ela withdraws his àse and ascends to the divine abode do people begin to appreciate him, miss him, long for him and comprehend his unselfish intentions and genuine love towards them. Then they sincerely begin entreating him to to hear them and return to their lives, for they are now ready, matured, willing and able to listen to him and obey him, thus  availing themselves of his healing, correcting, restoring and life giving energy and virtue.

There is no one as virtuous, totally unselfish, full of truthfulness, sincerity, good-will and love as Ela. His form of worship, discipline, understanding, manner of life and living are the greatest and highest that can be aspired to. 

The fact of the matter is that Ela counts with few followers, students, and initiated disciples since his consistent and lofty ways are in complete accord with unvarying humility, rectitude, loving-kindness, moral courage, integrity, uprightness and uncompromising purity-honesty-truthfulness. The initiate and devotee of Ela has to walk in accordance to the superior teachings and example of Ela. Ela cannot and does not tolerate deliberate wrongdoing, dishonesty, malice, hypocrisy and unwholesomeness.

The initiate of Ela is not allowed to be lax in his spiritual life and endeavors. The standard and quality of life of an Ela initiate is far above the common and ordinary standards of others. Ela demands and asks much from his devotees in regards to honesty, purity, inner and outer cleanliness, patience, loving-kindness and truthfulness. It is not easy to follow Ela, but is gratifying, blissful and satisfying. The devotee of Ela cannot one moment live in sanctity [truthfulness and cleanliness] and then the next moment live in worldliness [dishonesty and impurity]!

All encompassing sanctity, truthfulness, patience, perseverance and divine courage are the unwavering standards of an Ela initiate, student and folllower. Only living in this way continuously will Ela bestow his àse and his peculiar transmission of knowledge, instruction and power. This is why Ela has few devotees and why his secret mysteries are not widely known. No one finds Ela and his divine school of instruction. Ela and his followers find you! The science of devotion, worship and mystery of Ela is known and preserved by a sacred remnant of elders who are very selective and particular as to whom they allow and give entrance into the mysteries and priesthood of Ela.

Ela and his followers are not so much interested in increasing the numbers of their membership as they are in preserving and inculcating the divine quality and virtue of their mystery. Quality first, quantity second is the spirit and way of Ela worshippers. Ela is very selective as to whom he accepts and confirms as a devotee.

Whoever does not out of their own free-will, accord, enthusiastic willingness, personal feeling and initiative, actively pursue, seek, cultivate and practice these qualities cannot be a member of the sacred association, order and fellowship of Ela. Friendship and union with Ela is through these qualities and by this high level of personal commitment.

When people in times past directed their ingratitude, aggressive attitudes and recalcitrant actions towards Ela, he did not look upon them with scorn, resentment, anger, hate or thoughts of revenge. Ela entertains not and knows not these kinds of sentiments or feelings neither does he delight in them in any way, shape or form.

On the contrary Ela looked upon them with the sympathy, compassion, patient hope and with assured future prospects of recovery, healing and renewal. Ela omo osin asiwaju looked upon them in the same manner that a compassionate, patient, understanding and sympathetic doctor looks upon a hurt, ill and sorrowing patient.

All this being said we will return to the confidential secret and glorious heart center of Ifa:

Ela rowa! Ela rowa! Ela rowa! Ela takun wa gureh! 

Ela extend the rope of life to us!

Let the fellowship of devotees in unison joyfully praise and call upon Ela!

Ela accept my supplications and descend (manifest)! Ela accept my call and descend (manifest)! Ela accept my sincere entreaty and request for relief and descend (manifest in my life, circumstances and situation)! Ela extend to me the rope of life, healing, truth and love. Together with the fellowship of true devotees I have determined to trust in you [entrust myself to you] and call upon you because you have vowed to impartially help everyone who sincerely calls upon you and entrust themselves fully to your care, power, direction and influence. You have vowed to unfailingly save, restore, correct and heal all who with simplicity entrust themselves to you, knowing that in your own perfect way and time you will unfailingly elevate us above our troubles, worries and will establish us in unshakable happiness, peace and confidence. Àse.

Oh, Ela, may we resolve, determine and vow to trust in you while following your example. May we to the best of our honest ability plant seeds of virtue, repentance [changed quality of thoughts], forgiveness and reformation as the genuine, natural and visible proof, evidence and expression of our faith, trust and expectancy in you.  May we entrust ourselves confidently to your reliable and unchanging [unbreakable] vow to perfectly help, assist and save without exception all who appeal to you with sincerity and earnestness. Oh Ela, whom you take hold of you never discard, neglect or reject. Once we are in your grasp we are guaranteed to reach the fulfillment, meaning and purpose of our lives because you will unfailingly see to it, in your own way and in your own time. Àse.

Ela omo osin asiwaju, may your path, worship, manner of life, mysteries and powerful presence be established and fully restored during our lifetime for the benefit, salvation, recovery [restoration] and illumination of one and all. It is time Ela for you to reappear and manifest in our lives, our minds, our hearts, our community and our world! Asé.

The above prayer [iwure] is the the inner meaning and content of:

Ela rowa! Ela rowa! Ela rowa! Ela takun wa gureh.

Ela descend [manifest]! Ela descend [manifest]! Ela descend [manifest]! Ela extend to us the rope of life.

Let the fellowship of devotees in unison joyfully praise and expectantly call upon Ela.

Repeat this often with reverence, good-faith and sincerity, and experience for yourself the wisdom, power, skillfulness and compassion of Ela omo osin asiwaju, omoloju Olodumare. Entrust yourself and your worries, problems, fears, anxieties and concerns to Ela and to this sacred call that Ela has established as his unfailing means to establish us  in an unbreakable nd and indissoluble relationship with him. 

Dear reader do not underestimate Ela and this his sacred call, name and vow which is inseparable from Ela and his power, his impartial guaranteed promise and good purposes for you. Receive these words with love, reverence and wonder, as a sacred treasure and as an unfailing balm of healing, nurturing, upliftment and wholesome correction. 

With good-will, good-faith, sincerity, reverence and gratitude and with the willingness to personally verify and experience the virtue and efficacy of Ela please recite from the heart and not mechanically:

Ela rowa, Ela rowa, Ela rowa. Ela takun wa gureh. Ela descend. Ela descend. Ela descend. Ela extend to us the rope of life. Let the fellowship of devotees in unison joyfully praise and expectantly call upon Ela. [Once you know and internalize the meaning of the above iwure you also can just say: Ela, Ela, Ela, Ela just to simplify things].

When you undertake this precious Ifá revealed and endorsed recitation you are joined by Ela himself to himself and to the worldwide sincere fellowship of Ela devotees. Whenever you recite this, know that at that moment you are reciting in harmony with, in union with, in unison with the fellowship of Ela devotees wherever they are found. 

The fellowship is spiritually bound together and unified by the inconceivable virtue, power, skillfulness and gracefulness of Ela omo osin asiwaju, omoloju Olodumare.  The humble, wise, the spiritually hungry, true seekers for reality (divine substance) and the discerning will take take hold of this divinely revealed call with all of their hearts and minds.

It is an inexhaustible powerhouse of strength, courage, inspiration, divine love, optimism, overcoming power, prevailing energy, perfect protection, comfort, light, provision, clarity and well-being. Recite it verbally or recite it mentally with reverence and gentleness as you go about your duties and responsibilities and see what changes and wonders Ela will manifest for you. Ela and his sacred name are one! The name, sound and vibration Ela is replete with inconceivable virtues, merits, powers, intelligence, efficacy, potency and grace. Who can understand this sacred divine mystery and truth!?

This sacred and confidential information is to be shared in reverence and respect only with those who are able to receive it in good-faith, reverence, respect and simplicity as the gift and treasure of Ela, the one who is small in his own eyes but is in fact the oluwo of all.

When you feel confused, in doubt, downcast and overwhelmed by life's pressures take firm hold of the rope of life that Ela is actually, personally and presently extending to you at this time and recite with wholeheartedness, straightforwardness and simplicity.

Ela rowa, Ela rowa, Ela rowa. Ela takun wa gureh. Let the fellowship of devotees in unison joyfully praise and expectantly call upon Ela. (It is enough and acceptable even to just say Ela, Ela, Ela...)

For your own benefit set some time apart for tranquil recitation of the call of Ela. It is enough just to repeat reverently while entrusting oneself, Ela, Ela, Ela, Ela... According to your taste, availability of time, sincerity and need calmly recite it for at least 5, 10, or 15 minutes with gratitude, love and serenity as many times as you can in the privacy of your own home or even as you go about your life activities. Do not emphasize or give emphasis to the quantity of recitation but to the heartfelt, honest and sincere qualitative recitation. Increase the quantity over time while maintaining the quality of sincerity and directness of the heart.

Where Ela's name is reverently, sincerely and in good-faith called upon and his help invoked Ela has promised to appear, manifest and impart his peace, implement his remedy, corrective and solution. Be persevering, dedicated and unwavering in your calling of Ela and in your daily moment-to-moment entrusting yourself to Ela as you actually presently are and wherever you may happen to be in your life in regard to condition, situation or circumstance, longings and aspirations. Communicate through the quality and feeling of your recitation your feelings, concerns and needs. Have no fear and have no worry an account of anything.

His light, power, counsel, inspiration and healing (restorative) ase will envelop you, surround you and enter you, bringing about immediate, gradual and progressive positive changes and transformations in your life. Do not underestimate, undervalue or misjudge the means, ways and wisdom of Ela. It is HIS power, initiative, means and wisdom that will empower, transform, save and uplift us through our sincere recitation of His established simple means, and not our thoughts, opinions, feelings or considerations in regard to it. 

This about Ela's power, wisdom, love and ability and not about our own limited powers, limited thoughts and limited abilities. The way of Ela is simple, direct and powerful precisely because it is Ela's, it is rooted in Ela, it is born from Ela and is being empowered and administered by Ela. The way of Ela is available and accessible to all sincere and interested ones.

If you take true medicine you will be healed and benefited by it whether you know-understand or not know-understand why and how it works! The power is in the medicine and not in your thoughts, feelings or opinions regarding it! What is important is that it works. What is important is that we heal and get the salutary benefit! Our appreciation of how and why the medicine works adds nothing to the efficacy and potency of the medicine.

In like manner, with simplicity, good-faith and without needless speculation let us accept what Ela is offering us. Let us take the ultimate medicine for our ills that he is offering us through his determined means and let us get the benefit:

Ela rowa, Ela rowa, Ela rowa. Ela takun wa gureh. Ela descend. (Manifest) Ela descend. (Manifest) Ela descend. (Manifest) Ela extend to us the rope of life. Let the fellowship of devotees in unison joyfully praise and expectantly call upon Ela. (It is enough and acceptable to just say Ela, Ela, Ela...)

There is no need for you to search for Ela since Ela has already searched for you and has found you. Try to hear and experience the call of love, trust, assurance and goodness that is coming from Ela omo osin asiwaju and which is being directed personally to you as you respectfully and mindfully recite his name and call, as revealed from the confidential heart center of Ifá. 

When you are deliberately thinking of Ela and you find yourself spontaneously thinking of Ela, know that at that moment Ela is, specifically with deep compassion, sympathy and sincere interest, thinking of you! Know that at that moment your limited human strength becomes bonded to, joined with and fused with the inconceivable glory, power and salvation that is Ela.  You become one with the supernal, inexhaustible and limitless supply of  strength, wisdom, compassion, power and ability of Ela!

Entrust yourself, entrust your life to Ela and to his divine activities, workings, intelligence and miraculous powers. Give to Ela, turn over to Ela your problems, your pains, your doubts, your confusions, your despair, your loneliness and your feelings of emptiness and in return, Ela omo osin asiwaju, will give you his peace, confidence, courage, optimism, inner health, clarity, intelligence and joy. Those are the things that Ela lovingly and invitingly asks you and wants you to once and for all turn over to him, and then do not worry or concern yourself with them anymore. Ela will take care of things for you.

His àse, intelligence, concern and skill will guide you, strengthen you and see you through to success and fulfillment. He will make a way for you and he will walk alongside you. He will not leave you, discard you, abandon you or reject you.

Even if you have for whatever reason stopped believing in yourself, Ela will not stop believing in you because he knows your true origins, dignity, ability and high destiny! He will patiently and unceasingly continue to apply his methods, wisdom, love and power on your behalf until he has made you strong, healthy, happy and confident. He will not stop! Just keep entrusting yourself to Ela and continue with patience and perseverance to call on him with simplicity and good-faith.

You might be thinking, "but I have no true sense of Ela, or I have not yet discovered my affinity with Ela, or I do know some things about Ela and have heard about him, but I have not, as of yet acquired true confidence, genuine trust, deep faith, dependence and/or reliance upon him. How can I benefit from Ela? Can I still gain relief and support from Ela?  Will Ela help me and take hold of me? Will Ela still manifest himself, his power and his impartial vow in my life? How can I be sure? What am I to do?

Have no worry, fear or stress on this account, for if you honestly admit that you are in this predicament, who else other than Ela omo osin asiwaju omoloju Olodumare can impart confidence, faith, assurance, certainty and trust to you and in you?! 

Who else but Ela can remedy this? Ela is here precisely to supply our lacks and to correct and heal our deficiencies. It is precisely because we are lacking and deficient in so many things that Ela has purposed to manifest himself in our lives when we call upon him and entrust ourselves and our situation to him.

It is precisely faith, humility, love, assurance, clarity, harmony (health), truthfulness, purity and trust that Ela is seeking to, is dedicated to and has vowed to unfailingly build up and integrate into our lives. Ela is here to take us by the hand and successfully lead us through the dark thicket and jungle of life when we cannot see or feel our way!

Through mindfulness of Ela, by sincerely calling upon him and entrusting ourselves to him with good-faith and simplicity, Ela will work into the fiber of our beings, lives, condition, circumstances and situation his prevailing, healing and harmonizing influence, assurance, trust, conviction, faith and power. 

Just continue in a spirit of friendliness, sincerity, earnestness and hospitality to call upon Ela and entrust yourself, your life condition and your troubles to him. When you turn over to Ela your concerns and problems, they are no long just your concerns or problems anymore, but they have now become the personal problems and concerns of Ela!

To the best of your honest means, possibilities and abilities do what you can to contribute to the resolving of your life challenges and problems while at the same time ultimately fully entrusting yourself and all outcomes to the superlative wisdom, skillfulness, efficacious power and dependable loving-friendliness of Ela.

So whether initially you have no-faith, little-faith, wavering-faith, average-faith or great-faith, it doesnt matter, just continue to call upon Ela and he will see to all that is necessary for your uplift, recovery and restoration. Ela will miraculously and marvelously put in you his own mind, his own àse and his own faith [confidence] according to his perfect way, timing, wisdom and power.

The baby who is sleeping in its mothers arms is safe, protected, cared for and loved even though the child is completely unaware of this fact. The child has no awareness of how deeply it is loved, cherished, protected and valued by its mother while yet receiving  the full attention, support, protection, love and provision of its mother. Inspite of its ignorance, powerlessness, vulnerability and undeveloped perception of appreciation the child will never lack the full support, love, care and protection of its mother.

In like manner, even though initially we might have no conscious awareness of the reality, presence and nearness of Ela, he is nonetheless caring for us, loving us, providing for us, shielding us, developing us and nurturing us.

In time we will grow, develop and mature to most assuredly and joyfully feel, experience, know and perceive Ela and his loving, nurturing, good-willed, innocent ways and disposition. Only one such as Ela can rightfully wield authority and power. It is this continual and unceasing activity of Ela which gives rise to faith, love, respect, trust and confidence in our hearts, in due time.

Resolve to follow the instructions flowing from heart center of Ifá and continue to entrust yourself to Ela and to call upon him with your words, your thoughts and straightforward heart. By so doing you will have peace in your life, security and a settled and reliable faith.

Do not worry and have no fear. Exercise patience, remember and resolve to call upon Ela with all the affection and reverence at your disposal. Even if you do not have or feel this affection, still, continue to recite from the heart of sincerity:

Ela  rowa. Ela rowa. Ela rowa. Ela takun wa gureh! Ela descend. Ela descend. Ela descend. Ela extend the rope of life to me! Let the fellowship of devotees in unison joyfully praise and expectantly call upon Ela!

Take care, stay encouraged and be blessed. May Ela illuminate your path and confer upon you divine peace, health, understanding and happiness. 

Ela mo yin aboru.

Ela mo yin aboye.

Ela mo yin abosise.

Ela takun wa gureh. Ela kot’ina ko to ro. Ela omo mo wa ri ooo. Àse.

Your friend and well-wisher Awo Òrúnmìlà [Èlà devotee] Mark Casillas. ÈLÀ OMOLOJU OLÓDÙMARÈ:

Èlà rowa. Èlà rowa. Èlà rowa. Èlà takun wa gureh. 

Èlà descend! Èlà descend! Èlà descend! 

Èlà extend to us the rope of life!

Let the fellowship of devotees in unison joyfully praise and expectantly call upon Èlà!

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Èlà omoloju Olódùmarè is the great glory, light, correcting power and fulfiller of supreme destiny for all creation. Ela is the first plenary expansion of Olodumare arinu rode, olumoran okan, the One who clearly sees and knows what a persons heart consists of, and who fully knows the deep secret thoughts of the mind. Ela is asekanmaku, the one who does all things perfectly, with excellence or to perfection. Ela omo osin Oyigiyigi is alewilese, the one who declares and commands a thing and it is done. Ela is ariwarehin, the one who fully sees and comprehends the past and the future. Ela is the primordial origin, root, archtype and source of all that we perceive, know and understand to be beautiful, wonderful, empowering, uplifting and awe-inspiring.

Ela is forever youthful, innocent in disposition and peerless in wisdom and conduct. No other being can compare with Ela. Ela is not a created personality. Ela exists eternally in the Great Mystery called Enitolodun and emanates, emerges and manifests from Olodumare. Ela is very special and unique. He is an eternal power, feature, core potency, function and plenary manifestation of Olodumare Agotun.

The power which makes us able to perceive and experience the reality and presence of Olodumare is Ela. The inconceivable power which causes Olodumare always to be filled with ever-increasing joy, delight, happiness, bliss, satisfaction, enthusiasm and limitless pleasure is Ela. The power of certainty, faith and clear assurance emanates from Ela and is Ela.

Ela cannot and does not ever succumb to the heat, extremes and fires of unregulated passions. Ela perfectly and efficiently resists all that is unwholesome, impure, unhealthy and corrosive. Ela is forever clean, self-renewing, pure and resilient. Ela omo osin asiwaju is always filled with, permeated by and surrounded by glorious wonder, awe, pure intelligence, ecstatic joy and divine rapture (holy ecstasy). He cannot ever become morally-spiritually soiled, spoiled, dirty, contaminated or compromised. 

Ela cannot be and is not ever taken by surprise by anything or anyone. Ela does not ever become confused. He always knows what to do, when to do and how to do things perfectly. His peculiar way is not through rites, rituals, sacrifices or oracular practices. Ela need not consult because all who consult the divine it is from Ela that they ultimately receive their answers, solutions, support and comfort from!

The one who consults is the one who does not know something and is lacking in some knowledge, information, fact or understanding. Ela is never in lack of any of these things since he draws his light, power, wisdom, authority and divine perceptive vision directly from the source supreme Enitolodu. He is Olodumare in unique manifestation for the purposes of saving us in times of individual and collective crisis, confusion, moral-spiritual, mental-emotional-physical unease, epidemics and illnesses.

Ela is the king, unrivaled chief, supreme knowledgeable expert and extraordinary leader who is able to restore a persons disrupted, irregular and/or distorted life path to normalcy, vibrancy, fullness of satisfaction, health and well-being. 

When there is inner and outer chaos, disharmony, insecurity and danger to life, health and property, Ela is the one to intervene and the one who brings forth and establishes restoration, order, health, mutual understanding, reconciliation and peace. 

Ela is forever humble, unassuming and never complains. He is small in his own eyes and never thinks himself to be better or superior than anyone, though in fact he is actually great, deserving and above everyone! He exists and lives for others and not for himself. This is why Ela is the undisputed savior, beloved true friend, exemplar, deliverer, adjuster, healer, path revealer and redeemer.

Ela does not impose his kindness, love, noble manners, solutions and power [authority] on anyone. If someone does not want to appreciatively receive his help, counsel and benefits, Ela does not force himself, his counsel or his help on others no matter how much he is pained or aggrieved by their suffering or plight. Ela never gives up on anyone. Ela is able to recover anyone without exception in his own way and time.

He does not obligate others to follow him. If people do not want to receive his assistance and abide by his counsel Ela will just withdraw and leave them to themselves so that perhaps they might learn from their own experiences, sufferings and choices. It is only after after he withdraws himself together with his benefit conferring àse that people realize their true plight, the error of their backward zig-zagging ways, their great foolishness-arrogance and begin to amend their lives and to acknowledge their need for divine guidance, support and empowerment.

Only after Ela withdraws his àse and ascends to the divine abode do people begin to appreciate him, miss him, long for him and comprehend his unselfish intentions and genuine love towards them. Then they sincerely begin entreating him to to hear them and return to their lives, for they are now ready, matured, willing and able to listen to him and obey him, thus  availing themselves of his healing, correcting, restoring and life giving energy and virtue.

There is no one as virtuous, totally unselfish, full of truthfulness, sincerity, good-will and love as Ela. His form of worship, discipline, understanding, manner of life and living are the greatest and highest that can be aspired to. 

The fact of the matter is that Ela counts with few followers, students, and initiated disciples since his consistent and lofty ways are in complete accord with unvarying humility, rectitude, loving-kindness, moral courage, integrity, uprightness and uncompromising purity-honesty-truthfulness. The initiate and devotee of Ela has to walk in accordance to the superior teachings and example of Ela. Ela cannot and does not tolerate deliberate wrongdoing, dishonesty, malice, hypocrisy and unwholesomeness.

The initiate of Ela is not allowed to be lax in his spiritual life and endeavors. The standard and quality of life of an Ela initiate is far above the common and ordinary standards of others. Ela demands and asks much from his devotees in regards to honesty, purity, inner and outer cleanliness, patience, loving-kindness and truthfulness. It is not easy to follow Ela, but is gratifying, blissful and satisfying. The devotee of Ela cannot one moment live in sanctity [truthfulness and cleanliness] and then the next moment live in worldliness [dishonesty and impurity]!

All encompassing sanctity, truthfulness, patience, perseverance and divine courage are the unwavering standards of an Ela initiate, student and folllower. Only living in this way continuously will Ela bestow his àse and his peculiar transmission of knowledge, instruction and power. This is why Ela has few devotees and why his secret mysteries are not widely known. No one finds Ela and his divine school of instruction. Ela and his followers find you! The science of devotion, worship and mystery of Ela is known and preserved by a sacred remnant of elders who are very selective and particular as to whom they allow and give entrance into the mysteries and priesthood of Ela.

Ela and his followers are not so much interested in increasing the numbers of their membership as they are in preserving and inculcating the divine quality and virtue of their mystery. Quality first, quantity second is the spirit and way of Ela worshippers. Ela is very selective as to whom he accepts and confirms as a devotee.

Whoever does not out of their own free-will, accord, enthusiastic willingness, personal feeling and initiative, actively pursue, seek, cultivate and practice these qualities cannot be a member of the sacred association, order and fellowship of Ela. Friendship and union with Ela is through these qualities and by this high level of personal commitment.

When people in times past directed their ingratitude, aggressive attitudes and recalcitrant actions towards Ela, he did not look upon them with scorn, resentment, anger, hate or thoughts of revenge. Ela entertains not and knows not these kinds of sentiments or feelings neither does he delight in them in any way, shape or form.

On the contrary Ela looked upon them with the sympathy, compassion, patient hope and with assured future prospects of recovery, healing and renewal. Ela omo osin asiwaju looked upon them in the same manner that a compassionate, patient, understanding and sympathetic doctor looks upon a hurt, ill and sorrowing patient.

All this being said we will return to the confidential secret and glorious heart center of Ifa:

Ela rowa! Ela rowa! Ela rowa! Ela takun wa gureh! 

Ela extend the rope of life to us! 

Let the fellowship of devotees in unison joyfully praise and call upon Ela! 

Ela accept my supplications and descend (manifest)! Ela accept my call and descend (manifest)! Ela accept my sincere entreaty and request for relief and descend (manifest in my life, circumstances and situation)! Ela extend to me the rope of life, healing, truth and love. Together with the fellowship of true devotees I have determined to trust in you [entrust myself to you] and call upon you because you have vowed to impartially help everyone who sincerely calls upon you and entrust themselves fully to your care, power, direction and influence. You have vowed to unfailingly save, restore, correct and heal all who with simplicity entrust themselves to you, knowing that in your own perfect way and time you will unfailingly elevate us above our troubles, worries and will establish us in unshakable happiness, peace and confidence. Àse.

Oh, Ela, may we resolve, determine and vow to trust in you while following your example. May we to the best of our honest ability plant seeds of virtue, repentance [changed quality of thoughts], forgiveness and reformation as the genuine, natural and visible proof, evidence and expression of our faith, trust and expectancy in you.  May we entrust ourselves confidently to your reliable and unchanging [unbreakable] vow to perfectly help, assist and save without exception all who appeal to you with sincerity and earnestness. Oh Ela, whom you take hold of you never discard, neglect or reject. Once we are in your grasp we are guaranteed to reach the fulfillment, meaning and purpose of our lives because you will unfailingly see to it, in your own way and in your own time. Àse.

Ela omo osin asiwaju, may your path, worship, manner of life, mysteries and powerful presence be established and fully restored during our lifetime for the benefit, salvation, recovery [restoration] and illumination of one and all. It is time Ela for you to reappear and manifest in our lives, our minds, our hearts, our community and our world! Asé.

The above prayer [iwure] is the the inner meaning and content of:

Ela rowa! Ela rowa! Ela rowa! Ela takun wa gureh. 

Ela descend [manifest]! Ela descend [manifest]! Ela descend [manifest]! Ela extend to us the rope of life.

Let the fellowship of devotees in unison joyfully praise and expectantly call upon Ela.

Repeat this often with reverence, good-faith and sincerity, and experience for yourself the wisdom, power, skillfulness and compassion of Ela omo osin asiwaju, omoloju Olodumare. Entrust yourself and your worries, problems, fears, anxieties and concerns to Ela and to this sacred call that Ela has established as his unfailing means to establish us  in an unbreakable bond and indissoluble relationship with him.

Dear reader do not underestimate Ela and this his sacred call, name and vow which is inseparable from Ela and his power, his impartial guaranteed promise and good purposes for you. Receive these words with love, reverence and wonder, as a sacred treasure and as an unfailing balm of healing, nurturing, upliftment and wholesome correction.

With good-will, good-faith, sincerity, reverence and gratitude and with the willingness to personally verify and experience the virtue and efficacy of Ela please recite from the heart and not mechanically:

Ela rowa, Ela rowa, Ela rowa. Ela takun wa gureh. Ela descend. Ela descend. Ela descend. Ela extend to us the rope of life. Let the fellowship of devotees in unison joyfully praise and expectantly call upon Ela. [Once you know and internalize the meaning of the above iwure you also can just say: Ela, Ela, Ela, Ela just to simplify things].

When you undertake this precious Ifá revealed and endorsed recitation you are joined by Ela himself to himself and to the worldwide sincere fellowship of Ela devotees. Whenever you recite this, know that at that moment you are reciting in harmony with, in union with, in unison with the fellowship of Ela devotees wherever they are found.

The fellowship is spiritually bound together and unified by the inconceivable virtue, power, skillfulness and gracefulness of Ela omo osin asiwaju, omoloju Olodumare.  The humble, wise, the spiritually hungry, true seekers for reality (divine substance) and the discerning will take take hold of this divinely revealed call with all of their hearts and minds.

It is an inexhaustible powerhouse of strength, courage, inspiration, divine love, optimism, overcoming power, prevailing energy, perfect protection, comfort, light, provision, clarity and well-being. Recite it verbally or recite it mentally with reverence and gentleness as you go about your duties and responsibilities and see what changes and wonders Ela will manifest for you. Ela and his sacred name are one! The name, sound and vibration Ela is replete with inconceivable virtues, merits, powers, intelligence, efficacy, potency and grace. Who can understand this sacred divine mystery and truth!?

This sacred and confidential information is to be shared in reverence and respect only with those who are able to receive it in good-faith, reverence, respect and simplicity as the gift and treasure of Ela, the one who is small in his own eyes but is in fact the oluwo of all.

When you feel confused, in doubt, downcast and overwhelmed by life's pressures take firm hold of the rope of life that Ela is actually, personally and presently extending to you at this time and recite with wholeheartedness, straightforwardness and simplicity.

Ela rowa, Ela rowa, Ela rowa. Ela takun wa gureh. Let the fellowship of devotees in unison joyfully praise and expectantly call upon Ela. (It is enough and acceptable even to just say Ela, Ela, Ela...)

For your own benefit set some time apart for tranquil recitation of the call of Ela. It is enough just to repeat reverently while entrusting oneself, Ela, Ela, Ela, Ela... According to your taste, availability of time, sincerity and need calmly recite it for at least 5, 10, or 15 minutes with gratitude, love and serenity as many times as you can in the privacy of your own home or even as you go about your life activities. Do not emphasize or give emphasis to the quantity of recitation but to the heartfelt, honest and sincere qualitative recitation. Increase the quantity over time while maintaining the quality of sincerity and directness of the heart.

Where Ela's name is reverently, sincerely and in good-faith called upon and his help invoked Ela has promised to appear, manifest and impart his peace, implement his remedy, corrective and solution. Be persevering, dedicated and unwavering in your calling of Ela and in your daily moment-to-moment entrusting yourself to Ela as you actually presently are and wherever you may happen to be in your life in regard to condition, situation or circumstance, longings and aspirations. Communicate through the quality and feeling of your recitation your feelings, concerns and needs. Have no fear and have no worry an account of anything.

His light, power, counsel, inspiration and healing (restorative) ase will envelop you, surround you and enter you, bringing about immediate, gradual and progressive positive changes and transformations in your life. Do not underestimate, undervalue or misjudge the means, ways and wisdom of Ela. It is HIS power, initiative, means and wisdom that will empower, transform, save and uplift us through our sincere recitation of His established simple means, and not our thoughts, opinions, feelings or considerations in regard to it.

This about Ela's power, wisdom, love and ability and not about our own limited powers, limited thoughts and limited abilities. The way of Ela is simple, direct and powerful precisely because it is Ela's, it is rooted in Ela, it is born from Ela and is being empowered and administered by Ela. The way of Ela is available and accessible to all sincere and interested ones.

If you take true medicine you will be healed and benefited by it whether you know-understand or not know-understand why and how it works! The power is in the medicine and not in your thoughts, feelings or opinions regarding it! What is important is that it works. What is important is that we heal and get the salutary benefit! Our appreciation of how and why the medicine works adds nothing to the efficacy and potency of the medicine.

In like manner, with simplicity, good-faith and without needless speculation let us accept what Ela is offering us. Let us take the ultimate medicine for our ills that he is offering us through his determined means and let us get the benefit:

Ela rowa, Ela rowa, Ela rowa. Ela takun wa gureh. Ela descend. (Manifest) Ela descend. (Manifest) Ela descend. (Manifest) Ela extend to us the rope of life. Let the fellowship of devotees in unison joyfully praise and expectantly call upon Ela. (It is enough and acceptable to just say Ela, Ela, Ela...)

There is no need for you to search for Ela since Ela has already searched for you and has found you. Try to hear and experience the call of love, trust, assurance and goodness that is coming from Ela omo osin asiwaju and which is being directed personally to you as you respectfully and mindfully recite his name and call, as revealed from the confidential heart center of Ifá. 

When you are deliberately thinking of Ela and you find yourself spontaneously thinking of Ela, know that at that moment Ela is, specifically with deep compassion, sympathy and sincere interest, thinking of you! Know that at that moment your limited human strength becomes bonded to, joined with and fused with the inconceivable glory, power and salvation that is Ela.  You become one with the supernal, inexhaustible and limitless supply of  strength, wisdom, compassion, power and ability of Ela!

Entrust yourself, entrust your life to Ela and to his divine activities, workings, intelligence and miraculous powers. Give to Ela, turn over to Ela your problems, your pains, your doubts, your confusions, your despair, your loneliness and your feelings of emptiness and in return, Ela omo osin asiwaju, will give you his peace, confidence, courage, optimism, inner health, clarity, intelligence and joy. Those are the things that Ela lovingly and invitingly asks you and wants you to once and for all turn over to him, and then do not worry or concern yourself with them anymore. Ela will take care of things for you.

His àse, intelligence, concern and skill will guide you, strengthen you and see you through to success and fulfillment. He will make a way for you and he will walk alongside you. He will not leave you, discard you, abandon you or reject you.

Even if you have for whatever reason stopped believing in yourself, Ela will not stop believing in you because he knows your true origins, dignity, ability and high destiny! He will patiently and unceasingly continue to apply his methods, wisdom, love and power on your behalf until he has made you strong, healthy, happy and confident. He will not stop! Just keep entrusting yourself to Ela and continue with patience and perseverance to call on him with simplicity and good-faith.

You might be thinking, "but I have no true sense of Ela, or I have not yet discovered my affinity with Ela, or I do know some things about Ela and have heard about him, but I have not, as of yet acquired true confidence, genuine trust, deep faith, dependence and/or reliance upon him. How can I benefit from Ela? Can I still gain relief and support from Ela?  Will Ela help me and take hold of me? Will Ela still manifest himself, his power and his impartial vow in my life? How can I be sure? What am I to do?

Have no worry, fear or stress on this account, for if you honestly admit that you are in this predicament, who else other than Ela omo osin asiwaju omoloju Olodumare can impart confidence, faith, assurance, certainty and trust to you and in you?! 

Who else but Ela can remedy this? Ela is here precisely to supply our lacks and to correct and heal our deficiencies. It is precisely because we are lacking and deficient in so many things that Ela has purposed to manifest himself in our lives when we call upon him and entrust ourselves and our situation to him.

It is precisely faith, humility, love, assurance, clarity, harmony (health), truthfulness, purity and trust that Ela is seeking to, is dedicated to and has vowed to unfailingly build up and integrate into our lives. Ela is here to take us by the hand and successfully lead us through the dark thicket and jungle of life when we cannot see or feel our way! 

Through mindfulness of Ela, by sincerely calling upon him and entrusting ourselves to him with good-faith and simplicity, Ela will work into the fiber of our beings, lives, condition, circumstances and situation his prevailing, healing and harmonizing influence, assurance, trust, conviction, faith and power. 

Just continue in a spirit of friendliness, sincerity, earnestness and hospitality to call upon Ela and entrust yourself, your life condition and your troubles to him. When you turn over to Ela your concerns and problems, they are no long just your concerns or problems anymore, but they have now become the personal problems and concerns of Ela! 

To the best of your honest means, possibilities and abilities do what you can to contribute to the resolving of your life challenges and problems while at the same time ultimately fully entrusting yourself and all outcomes to the superlative wisdom, skillfulness, efficacious power and dependable loving-friendliness of Ela. 

So whether initially you have no-faith, little-faith, wavering-faith, average-faith or great-faith, it doesnt matter, just continue to call upon Ela and he will see to all that is necessary for your uplift, recovery and restoration. Ela will miraculously and marvelously put in you his own mind, his own àse and his own faith [confidence] according to his perfect way, timing, wisdom and power. 

The baby who is sleeping in its mothers arms is safe, protected, cared for and loved even though the child is completely unaware of this fact. The child has no awareness of how deeply it is loved, cherished, protected and valued by its mother while yet receiving  the full attention, support, protection, love and provision of its mother. Inspite of its ignorance, powerlessness, vulnerability and undeveloped perception of appreciation the child will never lack the full support, love, care and protection of its mother.

In like manner, even though initially we might have no conscious awareness of the reality, presence and nearness of Ela, he is nonetheless caring for us, loving us, providing for us, shielding us, developing us and nurturing us.

In time we will grow, develop and mature to most assuredly and joyfully feel, experience, know and perceive Ela and his loving, nurturing, good-willed, innocent ways and disposition. Only one such as Ela can rightfully wield authority and power. It is this continual and unceasing activity of Ela which gives rise to faith, love, respect, trust and confidence in our hearts, in due time. 

Resolve to follow the instructions flowing from heart center of Ifá and continue to entrust yourself to Ela and to call upon him with your words, your thoughts and straightforward heart. By so doing you will have peace in your life, security and a settled and reliable faith.

Do not worry and have no fear. Exercise patience, remember and resolve to call upon Ela with all the affection and reverence at your disposal. Even if you do not have or feel this affection, still, continue to recite from the heart of sincerity:

Ela