IFA ACOUNT OF CREATION OF AYE'{WORILD}

IRUNMALE AND OR ORISA
The Yoruba Ifa-Orisa Tradition sees the UNIVERSE as a perfect and real one. All of us are part of this incredible, real, perfect and complex body/organism we call Universe. We are literally part of a body that includes every life form and energy in our universe. Everything on earth and in the entire universe are conscious and alive, and they also posses their own separate infinite natural awareness and energy. It is believed and true that within us as human, that is, in each of us resides small fractionated particles of energy that represent the rest of our body. Many and different professional have written that within all of us in the sky, sea, insects, trees and animals and al other parts of nature or part thereof. All human beings are in continuous contact with this energies, our bodies and senses are continuously conversing with the energies either we realize it or not, too many can be learnt from the mastery of this connection. There is only one creative force/energy or phenomenon, all races/groups/nations and people agreed with this, this single creative force is given different names/nomenclature by different people all over the world: OLODUMARE,ALLAH,GOD, KRISHNA to mention a few. The creative force/energy reveals self to all kinds and type of people, one revelation was and is not superior to the other. As long as we learn to work with or be in tune and not in opposition to the rest of our body’s energies, that is, be in harmonious relationship and balance with this energies and hence with nature, we PROSPER. To the extent that we ignore them or work in opposition to them, that is be in disharmony/not align and out of balance with them, we SUFFER. It then means that the level of balance or otherwise of the discrete energies In all of us and with the universal energy is of utmost importance. Olodumare/God or whatever we chose to call the essence of this perfect and complex body do manifest/reveal self in many forms, ways and means. The creative force or source of everything and any thing is present in all natural thing and part there of, so also in all of us. Our “ori” is the extension of Olodumare/ Good in all of us, this force do take the form of human to manifest or reveal things a times, this is what the Yoruba called “egun”. Among this energies and possibilities that exist in the universe, there are those that are productive (positive) and those that are destructive (negative). All these energies and possibilities were well identified and studied by the Yorubas. In the this tradition, our ancestors use to talk of “irun imale ti otun, igba imale ti osi, ota lenirinwo imale ti arin mejeeji” (meaning 300 imales on the right, 200 imales on the left and 401 imales in the center and mid point of the right and left). This perfect space called universe was put in place by OLODUMARE. We were given the opportunity to work with other energies of this creative force to improve our lives and be able to realize our “ipin”. Our relationship with the rest of the universe must be with love, trust, mutual respect to one another and with the readiness to receive exactly what we give out or meted out to others. These energies and possibilities are what the Yoruba called Orisa and Irunmale. The Irunmales are primordial, were there from the time of creation and were given specific tasks to carry out according to the dictates of Olodumare. It is important to state here that Irunmales are not human beings, they are spirits and energies and can be describes as less-than-Olodumare and more- than-human, physical representation of these various energy source. Some Irunmole energy manifested into physical human forms to complete their tasks here on earth. Irunmale is pure potent energy matrixes, each expressing a specific focus or potential experience or aspect of nature and of course Olodumare. They all contained both male and female aspect of that energy and are not with any human goals or behaviors. Irunmales are also called Orisa meaning those who the creative force have created specially and for special purposes and duties but, some Orisas (those elevated ancestors/crown ones, that is human beings elevated by their community by virtue of their good/mysterious deeds/character/utterances/actions and inactions while here on earth. Examples are Ibeji, Egbe and so on.) are not Irunmale. Some of them are those physical human forms that the Irunmale used to manifest in completing their tasks given to them by Olodumare. There is the need to differentiate between the expression/manifestation/illustration/demonstration/representation/articulation of Irunmale/Orisa energy and the essence/real meaning/core/heart/soul/fundamental nature of Irunmale/Orisa energy. The ever and continuous and always changing expression is the way we individually make use of or employ or bring into play or apply or avail ourselves and integrate with the essence of the energy. The fundamental nature or essence of Irunmale/Orisa energy is pure and remain same always. Genuine and true spiritual connection to the universal energy and matrix which guarantee all forms of success, achievement, needs and development here and beyond can only be done through the right connection to these energies. And this can only be achieved through proper understanding of the concept, nature and tendencies of the energies which bring one to the closest distance between one and his/her “ori” which is the direct representation of Olodumare in all of us and is a perfect reflection being in tune (resonating at same frequency) with Olodumare, what the Yoruba called “IWAPELE” (I.E PERFECTION). This is a continuous battle we all found ourselves in every time, quite a lot of things determine how well and long we will be aligned or out of alignment. We all need to continuously seek “iwapele” (perfection) through our thought, utterances, and actions.