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Barking mad: Woman spotted dragging man through the City on dog lead
CITY commuters were greeted by a truly bizarre site on their way to work this morning – a man being taken for a walk on a dog lead.
"Did we really just see this outside work? A woman walking a man like a dog on a lead in #Farringdon #London #Bizarre"Ian Jeffery
A smartly-dressed worker in trousers, shirt and shoes was spotted being pulled around Farringdon by an unknown woman holding a cup of coffee.
The weird image was captured by a bemused Twitter user as he made his way to work.
"Did we really just see this outside work? A woman walking a man like a dog on a lead in #Farringdon #London #Bizarre," wrote Ian Jeffery.
Many people have suggested the act was part of some sort of S&M or a reverse Fifty Shades of Grey scenario while others have claimed it was a clever PR stunt.
If the strange incident really was a PR stunt then two of the prime suspects have already ruled themselves out after Agent Provocateur and Peta both denied any involvement.
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The leaderships of both East and West are apparently determined not to place all their hopes for better relations on the coming negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
In an attempt to avoid a repetition of the nearly-complete rupture in contacts during the past year, diplomats from both camps have begun what is being referred to as ''the dialogue of the lesser gods.''
The coming months will thus be marked not only by the resumption of superpower arms discussions next month in Geneva, but also by a flurry of other contacts between East and West. The most notable example is the visit to Britain this week by Soviet Politburo member Mikhail Gorbachev, thought to be the likely successor to Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko.
The need for contacts other than the frustrating superpower arms control dialogue was a theme repeated frequently during last week's semiannual meeting of NATO foreign ministers.
Time after time, in their public encounters with the press, participants at the meeting echoed NATO Secretary-General Lord Carrington's declaration: As important as the forthcoming US-Soviet talks were, ''arms control talks cannot bear the brunt of the East-West relations.''
Participants underlined the importance of other East-West contacts: the negotiations on troop reductions in Europe, which resumed in Vienna last March; and the conference on ''confidence-building measures'' - steps such as mutual NATO/Warsaw Pact notification of large military maneuvers - which began in Stockholm last January.
But many officials also made it clear that other European states want to be involved in the effort to repair frayed relations.
Some contacts between smaller Eastern and Western European countries during the year have stressed that they had common interests not shared by Washington and Moscow and that they did not want their relations jeopardized by breakdowns in the superpower dialogue.
Even the highly publicized cancellation of a visit by East German leader Erich Honecker to West Germany last September at Soviet insistence, as well as other diplomatic mishaps, have not hampered the enthusiasm for such lower-level East-West encounters.
West European foreign ministry officials also stress that they regard such contacts as a positive step toward strengthening a new detente process. Such meetings, they say, are not an attempt by the East to drive a wedge between Washington and its NATO allies.
The officials also reject allegations that such contacts represent neutralist tendencies. The US has also supported such overtures, although it has not been as involved as the Europeans.
Following up on a previous round of meetings between some European states, several West European nations have just announced similar plans. The foreign ministers of Britain, Belgium, Italy, France, West Germany, and even Canada have visited or are about to visit Moscow and other Warsaw Pact capitals in the coming months.
Officials and experts say a key obstacle to a sound rapprochement has been the East's policy to isolate West Germany and the West's to isolate Poland. Some nations on both sides, though, have already broken ranks to try to improve relations with those two nations.
Eastern and Western sources say that renewed efforts are underway to reschedule the postponed visit of West German Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich-Genscher to Poland.
Other officials have already visited or will visit Poland, and a Polish minister recently went to Belgium.
Also, some Western nations want to abandon the remaining economic and diplomatic sanctions imposed by NATO on Poland in the wake of the imposition of martial law there three years ago.
Another sign of the East-West thaw is the scheduled meeting in Paris this week between Poland and its Western creditors to reschedule Poland's debt repayments.
In the eyes of many officials this could be a major step toward resumption of more normal economic relations between Poland and the West. Such a renewal of ties could help prevent Warsaw from being pushed into what some Polish sources feel would be further isolation and ''neo-Stalinist'' hands.


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Toowoomba faces room shortage for Carnival of Flowers
UP TO one in 10 hotel rooms in Toowoomba could be unavailable for the busy Carnival of Flowers period.
The temporary closure of the Quest on Margaret St as a result of the fire that destroyed Amigo's Bar and Grill has put massive pressure on room availability in the city heading into tourist season.
Toowoomba Accommodation Providers spokesman Tony Heckendorf said the Quest and the Burke and Wills Hotel, which is closed for 12 months for renovations, made up about 10 per cent of all rooms in the city.
"Certainly with 74 rooms from the Quest out of action, and the Burke and Wills out of action, that's 10% of the hotel/motel stock," he said.
"That is basically 10% of the people who stayed there last year, who won't be able to, if the Quest is not available before."
The fire that destroyed Amigo's on June 13 also caused at least $4.5 million worth of damage to the award-winning apartments, with a quarter of building damaged by fire, heat and smoke.
While Quest owner FKG Group stated it would try to have the apartments ready for the carnival, which starts on September 15, operations manager Dallas Hunter said it could take months to fix it.
The massive shortfall of rooms in the city was a chance for providers in the surrounding towns to attract visitors, according to Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce CEO Jo Sheppard.
"We're not at a crisis point, but as is the case with other regions, it's an opportunity for the outlying towns like Oakey, Pittsworth and Allora to be able to pick up," she said.
"Quest are going to be operational again, but to be offline right now isn't ideal or part of their plan."
Quest and the Burke and Wills were also two of three accommodation providers in the CBD, with Toowoomba Central Apartments the only building offering four-star rooms in the centre of town.
Ms Sheppard said the situation was a reminder of Toowoomba's need for more high-quality accommodation in Toowoomba to take in both business and leisure tourism to the region.
"The growth in business travel is real, and improved connectivity from flights is increasing, and that market is looking for CBD accommodation," she said.
"Just from the feedback I've had from people at companies who were booked into the Quest, their preference would be for CBD rooms.
"That's why the Quest has done so well - prior to the fire, they were creating a strong business.
"Hopefully we'll see room for four and five star hotels in the future."
Mr Heckendorf's advice to visitors heading to the Carnival of Flowers was simple - get in early, and call the hotel directly.
"I'd certainly recommend them to ring their hotel providers directly, because they may have set aside some rooms that might not be available through the booking channels," he said.
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From the beginning, NBC has been telling us Miami Vice is high-tech TV, and at this point, who are we to argue? The pulsating pop rhythms, the genuine rock `n` roll records, the stop-action cameras, the pinks and greens of glamorous Miami. Just last week, Variety reported that tourism is up by more than 10 percent in Miami since the show started.
And so, as the first happy season rolls toward the beach, NBC and Vice executive producer Michael Mann are looking toward the second, which will be kicked off in a novel high-tech way, of course: with a sound track album and video.
Those were originally planned for this spring, until someone decided it would make cross-marketing sense to wait for the new season in September. That means the album can have mostly new music, perhaps mixed in with songs some pop artists may be writing for the show. The video is being conceptualized, as they say; it may be a pastiche of show scenes and music, or it might focus on a new song -- depending, presumably, on what`s available.
Whatever the specifics, the man who has been scoring Miami Vice since the beginning will be there. Jan Hammer, 36, a native of Czechoslovakia whose U.S. music career started with the Mahavishnu Orchestra and has continued up through a guest spot on Mick Jagger`s new solo album, says scoring Vice is his full-time job these days, and well worth his creative time.
``In most cop shows, a lot of the scoring is predictable,`` he says. ``You see a car chase and you`re going to hear a certain kind of music. It`s almost scoring-by-the-numbers. I approach each episode as a movie, something fresh for which I`m writing all original music.``
The contemporary pop sound of Vice may surprise those who remember Hammer from the rather cerebral Mahavishnu, but he says he had been drifting toward rock `n` roll anyway. ``That kind of brainy, intellectual music for music`s sake is way in my past,`` he said. ``I got bored with it about 10 years ago. I`m much more into fun music now.``


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NewsTue Jul 14, 2009 - 12:15 pm EST
Modern Media Needs Thoughtful Discernment Says Archbishop Chaput
By Patrick B. Craine
COLORADO SPRINGS, July 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Archbishop Charles J. Chaput spoke to a meeting of Catholic business executives last Wednesday on the discernment of media in the Catholic life. The meeting was held by The Legatus Group, an international organization for Catholic business executives founded by Tom Monaghan in 1987. (Read the full text of the speech here)
"America's news media have enormous opinion-shaping power," he told attendees. "Therefore it's vital for Catholics to understand how the media work, and especially how they work on us."
According to the archbishop, the media, though often seen as a "collective," is comprised of "human beings with personal opinions and prejudices," and it is these people who "select and frame the news."
"When we read their newspaper articles or tune in their TV shows," he said, "we engage them in a kind of intellectual intimacy in the same way you're listening to me right now."
He contrasted two different types of media - those who unabashedly express their personal opinion and those who purport to simply impart information. "We usually know very little about the person who writes an unsigned editorial or the people who create the nightly news," he said. "And that's worth talking about. Here's why. In an information society, the people who shape our information control the public conversation."
"Brightly colored network logos and imposing newspaper mastheads," he said, "carry with them a kind of 'soft imperialism.' Like it or not, most of us define the 'news' by what receives the most attention from a handful of major media."
The Archbishop highlighted the impact of technology on the media, and its effect on consumers. "America was born as a nation of readers," he says, pointing to The Federalist Papers as examples of news at its best. "Unfortunately, if [The Federalist Papers] appeared today, few of us might read them," he said.
"The reason is simple," he continued. "Reading requires discipline and mental effort. But for the past 50 years our culture has been shifting away from the printed word to visual communications, which are much more inclined to sensation and passive consumption. This has consequences. When a print culture dies, the ideas, institutions and even habits of public behavior built on that culture begin to weaken."
This technological change has impacted our ability to think about the news, argued Chaput. Visual media, he says, "thrives on brevity, speed, change, urgency, variety and feelings." But "thinking takes time."
Chaput says he is not calling for a reversal, however, saying that "we can't wish away breakthroughs in technology any more than we can unlearn the rules of mathematics. Nor should we want to." New media technology "can also be a very powerful force for publicizing the truth and pursuing justice," he said.
Continuing, he warned about the tendency of the mass media to "confuse fame with significance," pointing as an example to the recent massive coverage of Michael Jackson's death. Media executives justify such coverage because they are running a business, but, he says, they "can't have it both ways. They can't claim to be impartial guardians of truth in American political life and then act like celebrity groupies at the same time."
"The appetite for tabloid-style news does not mean anyone should be feeding it," he said. "And when they do feed it, news organizations undermine the dignity of their profession and lower the seriousness of public debate."
Mainstream media is often guilty too of downplaying or even excluding religion, he said, but "any conversation about important public issues in our country that attempts to exclude religion will be incomplete."
"No major news organization would send reporters to cover politics, the military, sports, the economy or world affairs who lacked a good knowledge of their subject," he elaborated. "But that's exactly what happens, again and again, with news coverage of religion. Most editors and most reporters simply don't take the religion beat seriously."
Concluding, the Archbishop said, "Scripture tells us that the Christian citizen must 'render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God, the things that are God's.'"
"What we owe Caesar above all is honest, vigorous, public moral witness on abortion and every other vital social issue, whether Caesar likes it or not," he continued. "Our moral witness needs to be formed not by the nightly news, but by learning and living an authentic Catholic faith. And when it is, we'll be the kind of citizens who can appreciate the genuine service our news media provide to society. We'll also be the kind of citizens who demand that our news media act with the sobriety, integrity, fairness and honesty their vocation requires."
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Whether you're headed to your hometown or going to explore a brand new city, chances are you'll be spending some quality time at the airport once classes break for the holidays. Of course you'll want to arrive in style, but having to deal with security screenings, cramped seats, and lots of luggage can seriously limit your outfit options. That doesn't mean you have to opt for the requisite jeans, sneakers, and sweatshirt combo, though. With just a few thoughtful outfit tweaks, it's totally possible to get to your destination comfortably and look great doing so.
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Lane Tech College Prep: Mayor Rahm Emanuel Visits Lane Tech To Tour Aquaponics & Stem Labs
Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently took a spontaneous tour of Lane Tech College Prep High School to view the school's new state-of-the art Aquaponics and Stem labs.
Lane Tech, at 2501 W. Addison St. on Chicago's North Side, is the first high school in the city to offer an Aquaponics course for students. Aquaponics is the symbiotic cultivation of plants and fish in a re-circulating system.
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Lane's new STEM wing consists of two multi-purpose laboratories and three lecture facilities, fitted with the latest technologies and computer resources. In addition, the STEM wing also boasts a new, state of the art Aquaponics facility. The Aquaponics and STEM labs are located near the main cafeteria in Rooms 122, 124 and 128.
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Monday, February 9, 2009
Heretical treatise on hierarchy within the Orisa priesthood
This week I was in Rome, and while sitting at a Papal audience, I began to contemplate what it means to be a priest, what it means to be "holy" and the role that initiations play in our status in our religious community and society at large.
I start this by saying that what I propose here might make sense to some, seem radical to others, and heretical to possibly a large portion of the Orisa community. That said, I feel it's my responsibility to propose these thoughts, if nothing else, so that people might take a second to think about what it is they believe and perhaps decide for themselves whether to continue their path, or refine what it means to worship, and what roles different people play in the process of worshipping the Divine.
I should first begin by laying out my definition of Orisa priest (Olorisa or Babalawo). In my mind, after many years of study, and further 12 years now as a priest (4 as Awo Ifa), I believe the primary role of the priest is to act as an intermediary between the laity (believers who are non-priests) and the Orisa (who are ultimately our closest link to Olodumare). In that role as intermediary, it is our responsibility to open the portals of communication, be it through Oracle, trance possession or acts of nature. We must then accurately interpret those Divine messages, deliver them to those who need to receive them, and where necessary, prescribe the actions or offerings necessary to align followers with their path in life, in order to give them Ire (blessings).
We are only intermediaries, and through our initiations, our minds are opened and our abilities to act as intermediaries are awakened so that we may serve the Orisa. Initiation is, in effect, the act of submitting to the will of Olodumare.
And yet, in both traditional Yoruba Orisa worship, and Lucumi Orisa worship, priests and lay-people alike get mired in the technicalities of seniority and status, forgetting that as intermediaries it is our actions, our ethics, our knowledge and most importantly our character that truly determines our seniority and status within the religious hierarchy.
I have myself seen the pomp and circumstance given to a chief, priest or elder in Yorubaland, who would see nothing wrong in taking graft, charging the poor outrageous fees for their services, selling titles or not doing initiations properly because they know the "client" won't return. Equally I have seen Lucumi adherents and priests quibble about who's older, who should dobale to whom, give unnecessary expensive cleansings or initiations or argue about which priest should be praised first with a ceremony.
Who bows to whom, who is the first to speak, who one's godparent is, who gets a "tambor" first, these are simply constructs of the ego, concerned more with the self, and self satisfaction than with acting as the intermediary between the profane and the Divine.
I go one step further in my definition to say that the idea that the priest acts as anything more than intermediary, or midwife during the process of Dosu/Kariosha is absurd. The "godparent" does not give birth, though it can be said that the Iyawo has been re-born. There is not a single moment in all of the lucumi Kariosha ceremony in which the priest spiritually or otherwise gives birth. They simply act as intermediary or midwife, by spiritually passing the Ase of the Otanes to another set of Otanes. And through ritual, prayer and sacrifice take the Iyawo through a rebirth of their own, in which their Eledaa/Ori is awakened, and the connection between Eledaa/Ori and Orisa is opened so they too may become intermediaries between non-priests and the Divine. Ifa even tells us that the idea that the godparent is essentially a "parent" is false. In a portion of the Odu Oworin Irete, where Abeshujiyan imparts three pieces of wisdom, for which he names his three hair patterns, the third he is:
"Guardianship does not equal parentage
Another person's child cannot be like a child from one's bowels"
"Agbabo o jo onbi
Omo olomo o lee jomo taa bi ninu eni"
Which is proven later in the Odu when Abeshujiyan is about to be sentenced to death, and his adopted child asks that his cloth be removed so that the blood from the execution he will watch does not stain it.
"Let us set him free
If this boy had been his son truly
And not an adopted child
Would he say his fathers blood should not be allowed to spill on his cloth?
Can't we all see truly that a Guardian does not equte a parent
Another persons child can not be like a child from one's bowels"
E mo jee ki awon o lese lorun
E je ki awon o file
Oba ni nje bob a je pe omoo re to bi nnu ni omo un
Ti kii she omo to gbawo
Se jo pee ki ejee Baba oun o mo ta si asho oun
Omo olomo o jomo eni looto
Through the wisdom of Odu, Ifa teaches us:
Initiation alone does not give one character.
Initiation alone does not give one knowledge.
Initiation alone does not give one seniority.
Initiation alone does not make one a true priest.
Ifa tells us in the Odu Iwori Meji:
Iwori teju mo ohun ti nse ni
Bi o ba te Ita tan
Ki o tun iye e re te
Iwori teju mo ohun ti nse ni
Awo, ma fi eja igba gun ope
Iwori teju mo ohun ti nse ni
Awo, ma fi aimowe wo odo
Iwori teju mo ohun ti nse ni
Awo, ma fi ibinu yo obe
Iwori teju mo ohun ti nse ni
Awo, ma ji kanjukanju jaye
Iwori teju mo ohun ti nse ni
Awo, ma fi warawara mkun ola
Iwori teju mo ohun ti nse ni
Awo, maseke, sodale
Iwori teju mo ohun ti nse ni
Awo, ma puro jaye
Iwori teju mo ohun ti nse ni
Awo, ma se igberaga si agba
Iwori teju mo ohun ti nse ni
Awo, ma so ireti nu
Iwori teju mo ohun ti nse ni
Awo, ma san bante Awo
Iwori teju mo ohun ti nse ni
Awo, bi o ba tefa tan
Ki o tun iye e re te o
Iwori teju mo ohun ti nse ni
Iwori take a critical look at what affects you
If you undergo Ifa initiation (Itelodu)
Endeavor to use your wisdom and intelligence
Iwori take a critical look at what affects you
Awo, do not use a broken rope to climb a palm-tree
Iwori take a critical look at what affects you
Awo, do no enter into the river without knowing how to swim
Iwori take a critical look at what affects you
Awo, do not draw a knife in anger
Iwori take a critical look at what affects you
Awo, do not be in haste to enjoy your life
Iwori take a critical look at what affects you
Awo, do not be in a hurry to acquire wealth
Iwori take a critical look at what affects you
Awo, do not lie, do not be treacherous
Iwori take a critical look at what affects you
Awo, do not deceive in order to enjoy your life
Iwori take a critical look at what affects you
Awo, do not be arrogant to elders
Iwori take a critical look at what affects you
Awo, do not lose hope
Iwori take a critical look at what affects you
Awo, do not make love to your colleague's spouse
Iwori take a critical look at what affects you
Awo, when you have been given Ifa initiation
Initiate yourself again by using your wisdom and intelligence
Iwori take a critical look at what affects you
In this, and many other Ese Ifa, we are reminded of that character, ethics, proper behavior, intelligence, and most importantly, not assuming initiation in and of itself makes the priest, are critical to understanding the role and responsibility of a priest.
By reminding us over and over throughout the Ese to "look at what affects [us]", we are reminded of our responsibility to constantly reassess the world around us. Further, there is a reminder to those members of the priesthood who have been given special access to the wisdom of Ifa. It is our responsibility to use our wisdom and intelligence, i.e. don't assume Ifa will provide the key simply through initiation.
Lastly, Iwori meji reminds of one of the most important yet one of the least stressed concepts for the Awo Ifa, "Initiate yourself again by using your wisdom and intelligence", it is here where Ifa tells the Awo that initiation alone does not make you a true Awo. It's only through reflection and contemplation of Ifa that one can achieve an understanding of the initiation one went through, and through analysis and study, self initiation (awareness of the truths of Ifa) can occur.
None of this is to say that we should not respect each other, or that certain priests are not worthy of respect and the rituals/rights that show that. But, initiation alone does not give a priest those rights, they must be earned. The attachment of the role of "parent" and the idea that the priest "gave birth" in the diaspora overemphasizes the mentor/guide role of the priest, creating cults of personality often, though not always, based on little more than performance of initiations and perhaps consultation in which they are interpreting and clarifying the advice of the Orisa for the adherent. These attachments to roles and status are ephemeral at best, and only serve to divert our attention away from the true meanings behind the role of a priest.
So what makes a priest worthy of respect and the actions associated with that respect? Length of initiation means absolutely nothing. In and of itself, how can we give seniority values to the act of initiation, when it is only an enabling act, giving one a title, and the potential to access the Divine. The Odu Eji Ogbe tells us:
We have initiated you into the secrets of Ifa
You should re-initiate yourself
This was how Eji Ogbe was initiated
But he plunged himself into the forest
We have initiated you into the secrets of Ifa
You should re-initiate yourself
If you get to the top of the palm tree
Do not let your hands loose.
Awa te o nifa o
K'o o tunra e te
Tite la t'Eji Ogbe
T'o fi m'ori wo'gbo
Awa te o nifa o
K'o o tunra e te
B'o o d'ori ope
Ma she jowo si
Eji Ogbe, the highest of Odu, went through self-initiation, even after being lead to the sacred grove (igbodu) for initiation (te'fa), he plunged himself back into the forest. This act shows that even an initiate must go back in to the grove in order to teach himself. And, even in this short stanza, Ifa reminds us that even if we reach the pinnacle of understanding and knowledge, our arrogance should take over, lest we let our hand lose and come tumbling down the palm tree.
This excerpt from the Odu Ogbe Ate also supports this idea :
Orunmila was the person who initiated Akoda
He also initiated Asheda
He equally initiated Araba
Only Orunmila Abonniregun
Was the person we do not know who initiated
Now, after I have been initiated
I will complement it with self-initiation
All those things that are my taboos
I will surely avoid them
I had been initiated
I will re-initiate myself, by myself...
Again Ifa reminds us not only of the need for self study and initiation only being the beginning of the road, but also another important truth, the understanding of truth, is a solitary act. While others can help guide us along the way, in the end we face truth on our own. The solitary act of insight into the true nature of life is why we must travel the final road to realization alone.
It is through the meticulous study of the rituals, methods of accessing the Divine, theology, philosophy, and Ethics and the appropriate application of those studies that one begins the long road of priesthood. Only after one can successfully access the Divine, and interpret those messages can one begin to earn the title of "Olorisa or Babalawo".
The Odu Okanran Oturupon reminds us of our need to study in saying:
It is through constantly studying Ifa that we come to understand Ifa
It is through missing the way that we come to know the way
It is the road we have not traveled before that causes us to wander here and there
Ifa ki ko nii mu ni mo Ifa
Ona sisi nii mu ni mo ona
Ona ti a ko rin ri
Nii se ni sibasibo
How can one be considered a preist of Ifa if one does not understand Ifa? How can one understand Ifa simply by being initiated into Ifa? In order to be a priest one has to understand, and if understanding can only come through studying, how can someone who has simply undergone initiation be considered a priest? While ultimate understanding eludes us, we can only come to understand through study, and so without study, we are priests of nothing.
On Character/Ethics
There are a multitude of ese Ifa on character and ethics, but here are some that I believe stand out. In Ogbe Sooto (Ogbe Osa) Ifa says:
Ifa a Babalawo is in grave want
Let him like not
If an herbalist is in need
Let him not be dishonest
Let no one lie or display dishonesty
Because of accountability when he dies
This is the declaration of Ifa for Orunmila
When unknown people (pretenders) waged war against him
Orunmila was asked to offer sacrifice
He complied
Now all you protestors
You have all been exposed
I now know the python
Which resembles the cobra
I now recognize the rattle snake
Which looks like the boa constrictor
I can now see through Iwowo Ereke (impersonator)
Who pretends that he is Orunmila himself.
Bi oju ba npon Babalawo
Ki Babalawo ma puro
Bi oju ba npon Onishegun
Ki Onishegun ma shera
Keni ma sheke shera
Nitori ati sun awo
Difa fun Orunmila
Nijo ti eni Aimo wa nko ogun ja Baba
Won ni ki Baba rubo
Nje eni Aimo
Emi ma wa mo yin o
Emi ti mo monu-monu
To finu jo Oka
Mo ti mo Agbadu
To tinu jo Ere
Mo ti mo iwowo-Ereke
To finu jo Barapetu
Ifa here warns both layity and priests twofold . First that our ethics must be of the highest standard, and that we not lie in order to get our way as priests. It's no matter whether that be to assert power, manipulate others for our own gain or to make money. In the end, we will be judged. But even more important, Ifa reminds us to not mistake one thing for another, and to not mistake the priest for Orunmila himself! Beware of priests who begin to mistake themselves as Orisa. In this Odu, Ifa makes it clear that the comparison may be subtle, both snakes but of different types, one may not say outright they think of themselves as Orisa, but their actions belie their true feelings. We priests are not Orisa incarnate on earth, we are humble servants, to think or act otherwise is nonsense.
What Ifa does teach us is to respect everyone regardless of status, without that respect, how can one claim the title of priest? In Osa Meji Ifa says:
The head of a person with a bad future does not swell up
No one can recognize the footprints of a madman on the road
And, no one can distinguish the head of an honorable person in an assembly of people
This was the theaching of Ifa for Mobowu
Who was the wife of Ogun
Surely, the head that will wear the crown tomorrow
No one can recognize it
Therefore, let husband and wife stop calling each other names
And stop talking foolishly to each other
For the head that will wear the crown tomorrow
No one can tell which one it will be
Ori buruku kii wu tuulu
A ki i da ese asiwere mo loju ona
A ki i m'ori oloye lawujo
A difa fun Mobowu
Ti i se obinrin Ogun
Ori ti o joba lola
Enikan o mo
Ki toko-taya o mo pe'ra
Won ni were mo
Ori ti o joba lola
Enikan o mo
Aside from reminding us that we never know when we will need help from someone, or who that will be, Ifa is clear that we also do not have foresight. The leaders, and likewise madmen, of tomorrow are not known today, so from a practical standpoint, we should treat all people respectfully.
The question of character and its affect on the priesthood is even more profoundly addressed in the Odu Ofun Otura where Ifa states:
The liar casts the Kola nut and it yields a bad omen
the commitment breaker casts the kola nut and it does not yield a good result
But the good hearted person casts the kola nut and the result is clearly promising
Eke pa bi, o di
Odale pa'bi, ko yan
Oninure pa bi, o ye peregede
Priests make a commitment to uphold and protect Orisa/Ifa and their principles, so priests who have broken this commitment when casting a tool of divination (this case kola nut, but again Ifa is metaphors, so to me, any form of divination, including Ikin Ifa or cowries) will not yield a good result. This means that the state/character of the diviner IS in fact important to the result, and affects the outcome of divination. If that is the case, how can one give seniority let alone respect to priest with no character.
Further, the prayers and action of the priest before divining are designed specifically to awaken the voice of the Orisa, if not done properly, the objects used to divine remain just that, inanimate objects and not conduits for the Divine word. It's important to remember the if consecration was the only thing that make Ikin or Dinlogun/Cowrie "speak" the priest wouldn't have to pray or do anything, simply cast and go.
These are just a few of the many ese Ifa that deal with character, pointed out to show that without character, the title of priest and respect that goes with it, are meaningless.
On Age/Wisdom
Whether the age is counted in years of initiation or years on earth, age alone does not make a priest. Though, we can certainly deduce that while age doesn't guarantee wisdom, without age (years on earth) wisdom can't be fully attained. This is why in Yoruba culture, years of initiation can never outweigh years on earth, so it would be absurd to see a 45 year old dobale/kunle to a 20 year old, regardless of their years as a priest. Also of note though, is that years on earth and "eldership" does not guarantee character (or wisdom for that matter. The Odu Ogbe Iwori says:
Bad conduct is what is attributed to youth
Bad character is what is attributed to elders
Ishekushe l'ewe le she
Iwa ihukuhu ni ti agbalagba
Ifa explains that in our youth, when we do something bad, the action comes from not knowing better. As an elder, life should teach us to know better, so when we do something bad, life should have already taught us so, and therefore it must come from bad character. Without character, eldership means nothing, regardless of how you measure that time.
Eldership further does not mean that one holds no responsibility to help those that are junior, which is yet another show of true character. Eldership is retained by remembering one's status, and helping those at a different level, whether it's age or mental ability. The Odu Oyekun Meji reminds of this by stating:
A child is not tall enough to stretch his hand and reach the high shelf
An adults hands can not enter the mouth of a gourd
The work an adult begs a child to do
Let him not refuse to do
We all have work to do for each others good
Ifa divination was performed for Orunmila
About whom his devotee
Would make complaint to Olodumare
Olodumare then sent for Orunmila
To explain the reason why
He did not support his devotee
When Orunmila got to the presence of Olodumare
He explained that he had done all in his power for his devotee
But that the destiny chosen by the devotee made his efforts fruitless
It was then that the matter
Became quite clear to Olodumare
And he was happy
That he did not pronounce his judgment on the evidence of only one of the two parties.
Owo ewe o to pepe
Ti agbalagba o wo akeregbe
Ishe ewe be agba
Ki o ma she ko mo
Gbogboo wa ni a nishe a jo mbe 'raa wa
A dia fun Orunmila
Eyi ti akapoo re
O pe lejo lodo Olodumare
Olodumaree waa rannshe si Orunmila
Pe ki o waa so idi naa
Ti ko fi gbe akapoo re
Nigba ti Orunmila de iwaju Olodumare
O ni oun sa gbogbo agbara oun fun akapo
O ni Ipin akapo ni o gbo
nigba naa ni oro naa
Too waa ye Olodumare yekeyeke
Inuu re si dun
Pe oun ko da ejo eekun kan
Additionally, this Odu reminds us that eldership is attained and kept by being just and wise. Olodumare seeing two juniors (Orunmila and his devotee) was wise in waiting to hear both sides of the story before pronouncing judgement. This allowed him to realize that not all was as one person might have it seem, and so rendered just judgement.
Ifa tells us in Orangun Meji (Ofun Meji) the eldest of Odu that became the junior of Odu upon descending to earth:
He who breaks a Kola nut (with 4 valves) will eat two valves
An avaricious elder is he who eats three valves
After eating three valves
He carries his load unaided and proceeds on this way
These were the declaration of Ifa to the person at the forefront (the senior/leader)
Who shall later become the person at the very rear (the junior/follower)
He was advised to offer sacrifice
He refused to comply
It is their lack of propriety in manners
It is their lack of diplomacy
The person at the forefront
Had turned into the person at the very rear
It is their lack of propriety and manners
Onpabi nii j'eji
Agba okanjuwa a j'eta
To ba j'eta tan
A gn'eru u re a yaa lo
Dia fun Eni iwaju
Ti yoo deni ikeyin
Ebo ni won ni ko waa she
O koti ogbonhin sebo
Nje aimowa a hu u won ni o
Ai mede e pe e won ni o
Ara iwaji o, lo deni ikeyin
Aimowaa hu u won ni o
Even an elder and leader can lose their status for lack of character, as told my Ifa in Orangun Meji.
On Mentorship
It is the role of the priest to act as mentor and advisor to the devotee, but these are not things which come easily, quickly, or instantly upon initiation. In Otura-Elejin (Otura Ogbe) Ifa tells us:
A child studies Ifa with labor and suffering
When he grows up
He will reap all the rewards
This was the declaration of Ifa to Otura
When he would dip his hand into the boat of success
I dip my hands into the boat
And I pull out all good things of life
When Otura dipped his hand into the boar
He became successful from his sojourn to his home
I dip my hands into the boat
And I pull out all the good things of life
Tishe tiya lomode kekere fi n ko'Fa
Bo ba dagba tan
Nii ri ere e ee je o
Diafun Otura
Ti yoo towo b'ili ni Ishaga
Mo towo b'oko
Mo fa'hun rere yo o
Igba Otura t'owo b'oko
Lo la wale
Mo t'owo b'oko
Mo fa'hun rere yo o
In the story of Orunmila's creation of the system of Divining Ifa, we are told:
Ifa, you are the leader
I am the follower
The leader is he who teaches the follower wisdom
You are the one who teaches one
Just as one's sibling…
Ifa, iwo lara iwaju
Emi ni ero eyin
Ara iwaju nii ko ero eyin logbon
Iwo loo ko'mo loran
It is as leaders that Ifa wants us to teach Ifa's followers wisdom, and so without wisdom, character and scholarship how can we accomplish this? If we do not study, we do not show character, we do not show leadership how can we truly call ourselves priests, let alone demand respect and senior status?
I'll end this with on the somber note created by a stanza from the Odu Eji Ogbe
A o t'okun dokun
ka too ri winni-winni agbe
A o tosa dosa
Ka too ri doodo orun Aluko
A baa t'okun dokun
Ki a tosa dosa
Ka too ri oloooto Awo
Odi Ile-Ifa Akelubeke
Dia fun Igbin
O n'sawo lo sode Ileyo
O wa mekun sekun igbe
O mohun seyere aro
O ni: Eniyan an won o
Eniyan an soro
Ka too ri olooto Awo
Ona a jin
We shall travel from ocean to ocean
Before we can see the tiny specie of the Blue Touraco
We shall wind from river to river
Before we can see the specie of Maroon Touraco with goiter on their necks
Whether we travel from ocean to ocean
and from there wend river to river
Before we can find a truthful Babalawo
We shall reach Ile-Ife Akelubebe
That is the declaration of the oracle of Igbin (snail)
When going to Ileyo town to practice Ifa
He made his weeping a shouting lamentation
He made his song a dirge of lamentation
He said: Human beings (truthful ones) are scarce
Human beings are difficult
Before we can find a truthful Babalawo
We shall travel far
Aboru Aboye Aboshishe
Marcos Ifalola
10 comments:
- Fatoyebi said...
Aboru Aboye Awo.
I must say this is the best article you have written thus far. Keep up the work man! I hope these so called high priest can clean up their own personal work.
- February 9, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- Oluo Sixto IfaOdara said...
Will pass on this message and its enlightenment! Much Health and Prosperity always Oluo Sixto IfaOdara....
- February 10, 2009 at 7:42 AM
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- February 10, 2009 at 2:31 PM
- Alexander said...
What a great article...that applies to life in general and the hierchy of many faiths.
I appreciate sharing your wisdom with us.
- February 12, 2009 at 11:51 AM
- Daughter of Thunder said...
Aboru Aboye Aboshishe,
My Godfather Sixto passed this blog onto me and it couldn't come at a better time.
I am an African American who knew very little of the religion but knew of the yoruba people from my readings. My background is more closer to what we call "roots".
I have learned so much from my Godfather about a religion that my people as a whole have abandoned, that has been purposely mired, so that our true strengths would not be known. As people of the islands and the diaspora we all should be in tune and in touch, Alas we are not.
The teachings and guidance of my Godfather has given me renewed hope and purpose to enlighten not only myself, but others whom I may meet on this earthly sojourn.
This blog exemplifies what it should mean to be a beacon and a representation of God, the Ancestors, and the Orishas et al. It is time to get back to the true meaning of worship and stewardship. Thank you for your enlightenment.
- February 13, 2009 at 11:22 AM
- ocan la ocha said...
Aboru Aboye Aboshishe, Many thanks for your assistance in my self initiation. Know that the pearls of wisdom you share so selflessly are serving to make us priest, that are more whole.
Ocan La Ocha
- February 18, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Aboru Aboye Aboshishe all,
I will say this only one time. I will not let my site be hijacked into a back and forth he said, she said. The post that I left up originally didn't use any names or identifiable information, which is why I originally left it up. When it was brought to my attention that the other person who it was referring to felt she could be identified, even though I disagree, I was happy to remove it from the site in order to avoid getting in the middle.
It's been deleted, and I will not let my site become a site for other peoples problems. If anyone feels the need to get into a back and forth with each other, I will respectfully ask that you do it on your own site, or someone elses.
I am not picking sides, my site is only meant to express my opinions and ideas, or answer other peoples questions with my opinions or ideas.
You will note that once this issue was brought to my attention, I deleted the message in question.
Thank you for understanding that I choose not to be involved in this dispute, so I am not posting anymore messages on this topic.
- February 22, 2010 at 7:51 AM
- omisaide7 said...
I read this and thought back on my journey with my godparents. I love them and they were found of me. its sad when you deal with those who are soo gifted but who are so selfish, arrogant, bossy and make enemies wherever they go. I disassociated myself from them after my awo year was complete based on the readings of my oba oriate at my ita. "We must take separate roads because of different destinies". This was painful to hear but as the years go by I am "still standing". Thank you for this article because it put things into perspective. People ask if you are an awo why you don't you advance yourself? Why you don't divine? Did you make santo for your health? No, I don't do anything or want godchildren. And my health is fine-before and after. I choose to stay out of the centre of this business, because I have been ostracized and mistreated. My intentions has been misrepresented by the Vodoo/Orisha community-all because of PROFIT. Their others just like me that sit and look carefully. If only the priest/priestess read your article. The emphasis is on MIDWIFE-not slave master, owner, mother/father but giving birth to Otanes. Passing on Ashe. Its sad.
- May 8, 2010 at 6:17 AM
- BABACUBA said...
.....una mano lava la otra y las dos lavan la cara!!!!.....excelente comentario abure!!! Ashe O!!!
- January 11, 2011 at 7:50 AM
- nuit menhit said...
aboru aboye...wonderful post, wonderful topic. may Ifa bless you always.
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Doctors favor public option.
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If I'm not mistaken, the AMA came out in favor of Health Care Reform early on, and rightfully so. I am sure they have seen the ramifications of those without insurance due to pre-exisiting conditions, or those who maxed out their lifetime allotment because of chronic illness.ReplyDelete
As you so aptly indicated, the insurance companies, and I would also suggest pharmaceutical companies, have made fortunes from lack of competition or reigns of control. It's time for that to change.
Actually, the AMA opposes the public option. You have to wonder about an organization that takes a position that we now know is contrary to the views of three quarters of the professionals it is supposed to be representing.ReplyDelete
The AMA is like the AARP... a vast majority of members don't agree with their positions:ReplyDelete
Two of every three practicing physicians oppose the medical overhaul plan under consideration in Washington, and hundreds of thousands would think about shutting down their practices or retiring early if it were adopted, a new IBD/TIPP Poll has found.
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"The poll contradicts the claims of not only the White House, but also doctors' own lobby — the powerful American Medical Association — both of which suggest the medical profession is behind the proposed overhaul."
Who to believe?
Whoops, missed the link at the bottom of Harrison's comment. Sorry.ReplyDelete


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