IKIN AND ITS IMPORTANCE

What is the relevant of casting IKINS and why marking one when it remains two ikins in our left hand and marking two when it remains one ikins in our left hand.

First, let us gross over what OFUN MEJI tell us about the right divination

ORUNMILA NI, ORO HU
IFA MO NI ‘ ORO HU , BABA MI AGBONMIREGUN
ONI , BI ORO BA HU , OJU TA LO SE
OMO EKU FO SIBE , O NI OJU OUN LO SE
ONI , BI ORO BA HU NKO
O NI BO BA HU IKAN WON A TE KAN
ONI TO BA HU MEJI WON A TE MEJI
AWON AGBO AAGBA NI IRO LO PA , EKE LOSE
WONPA A, WON DARI RE SAPO AMINI NJA EKUN
OMO EJA NAA FO SIBE , ONI OJU OUN LOSE
WON FO SIBE , TI WON NI OJU WON LO SE
WON NI TORO BA HU NKO
WON NI BO BA HU MEJI , WON NI WON A TE EJI
WON NI BO BA HU KAN WON NI WON A TE KAN
WON NI IRO NI WON PA , WON DARI WON SI APO AMINI NJA EKUN
BENI NO O KAN OMO EYE
TI O SI O NKAN TI OMO EJA SO
BENI NAA NI OMO ERAN ,OHUN NAA SO NKAN TI OMO EJA WIPE
TI WON NI TORO BA HU NKO
WON NI BO BA HUN KAN , WON NI WON A TE KAN
WON NI BI O BA HUN MEJI , WON NI A TE MEJI
WON NI IRO NI WON PA , WON DARI WON SI APO AMINI NJA EKUN

OMO ERIN BA FO SIBE , O NI OJU OUN LO SE
WON NI BI ORO NAN BA HU NKO
ONI BI O BA HU KAN OUN A TE EJI
ONI BI O BA HU MEJI ONI OUN A TE KAN
ORUNMILA NI O SEUN , SEUN , SEUN
ORUNMILA NI , EYIN O GBON , EYIN O MO

TRANSLATION
ORUNMILA SAID
THE IMPRINTING OF THE MESSAGE IS IMPORTANT
IFA DISCIPLES REPLIED
THE IMPRINTING IS INDEED IMPORTANT LORD SAVIOR
ORUNMILA ASKED , WHICH ONE OF YOU CAN READ THE MESSAGE CORRECTLY
THE IFA RAT FAMILY SAID
WE KNOW THE CORRECT READING OF THE MESSAGE
WHEN THE MESSAGE INDICATES BY ONE NUTS WE MARK ONE
WHEN IT INDICATES BY TWO NUTS WE MARK TWO

THE LORD SAVIOUR SAID
THIS IS WRONG , IT IS MISLEADING AND DISHONEST
HENCE THE IFA RAT FAMILY WAS WIPED OUT

LIKEWISE THE IFA FISH FAMILY , SAID
WE KNOW THE CORRECT READING OF THE MESSAGE
WE CAN READ THE MESSAGE CORRECTLY
ORUNMILA ASKED THEN, HOW DO YOU READ THE MESSAGE
WHEN IT SHOWS BY TWO NUTS , WE MARK TWO
WHEN IT SHOWS BY ONE NUT WE MARK ONE
THE IFA FISH FAMILY WERE ALSO ELIMINATED

SO ALSO THE FAMILY OF THE BIRD AND THE ANIMAL
THEY SAID THEY KNOW HOW TO READ THE MESSAGE OF THE SPIRITUAL NUTS
AND THE LORD SAVIOUR ASKED THEM
THEIR REPLY WAS MORE ANNOYING
AND THEY WERE ELIMINATED LIKE OTHER IFA FAMILY WHO FAILED TO LEARN THE TRUE MEANING OF IFA READINGS
IN THE END IFA ELEPHANT SCHOOL SAID THEY KNOW HOW TO READ THE NUTS
AND ORUNMILA ASKED THEM , AND THEIR REPLY WAS AS GOOD AS IFA ORUNMILA READINGS
THEY REPLY
WHEN THE NUTS REMAIN TWO WE MARK ONE
AND WHEN THE NUT REMAINS ONE WE MARK TWO
ORUNMILA WAS EXTREMELY HAPPY AND FULL OF JOY
WELL DONE AND WELL SAID
YOU GOT THE MESSAGE AND READING HABIT CORRECTLY
ORUNMILA SAID THE OTHER FAMILY ARE LAZY , IGNORANT AND LACK WISDOM

TO SUPPORT THE ABOVE IFA VERSES
ODI MEJI SPEAKS OF THE PUNITIVE KNIGHT OF DOOM , ( AJOGUN ORUN) VISITING THE EARTHLY PLAIN ON THE ORDER OF OLODUMARE , THE INFINITE , TO DEAL RUTHLESSLY WITH EVIL DOERS AND THOSE WHO USE IFA DIVINATION TO DECEIVE MANKIND.

THE STORY AVERRED THAT THE PUNITIVE KNIGHTS ASSUMED HUMAN FORM AND CAME TO THE EARTH. ON GETTING TO THE EARTH PLAIN , THEY MET THE FIRST DIVINER KNOW AS AFINJU BABALAWO , IFA LA TI DA IFA FUN OBA ALARA( THE CHIEF DIVINER TO THE KING OF ALARA)

THE PUNITIVE KNIGHT GREETED HIM WITH RESPECT AND DEMANDED HIM TO DIVINE FOR THEM
AND ASKED HIM HOW DID HE MARK THE NUTS
HE REPLIED
WHEN THE TWO NUTS REMAINS , I MARK TWO,
AND WHEN ONE NUTS REMAIN , I MARK ONE
THAT WAS THE WAY , HE PRACTISED HIS OWN IFA READING , AND IFA DIVINATION
YOU ARE THOSE FAKE AND DISHONEST IFA PRIEST ON EARTH PLAIN AND YOU WOULD NOT BE SPARED
HENCE THE PUNITIVE KNIGHT KILLED HIM RIGHT THERE AND CUT OFF HIS HEAD AND PUT THE HEAD INTO THEIR BAG OF IFA

THE PUNITIVE KNIGHTS OF DOOM ,QUICKLY MOVED FROM ALARA TO IJERO , WHERE THEY MET ,ALAIMOKAN ARA IJERO, ( THAT IS THE INEXPERIENCED NATIVE OF IJERO)
AND ASKED HIM , WHAT IS YOUR METHOD OF READING IKINS OR DIVINATION METHOD
HE REPLIED , WHEN TWO PALM NUTS REMAIN , I MARK TWO , WHEN ONE REMAINS I MARK ONE
WHEN MORE THAN ONE OR TWO REMAINS OR IF ONE FALLS TO THE GROUND , I DO NOT BEGIN CASTING AGAIN I JUST MARK AS THE DIVINATION GOES
THE PUNITIVE KNIGHTS OF THE DOOM ANSWERED HIM , IS IT THE WAY YOU DO YOUR OWN CASTING ,
THE ALAIMOKAN ARA IJERO ( THE INEXPERIENCED DIVINER FROM IJERO) ANSWERED , YES
THEY DID NOT WASTE TIME , THEY KILLED HIM AND CUT OFF HIS HEAD AND PUT IT INTO THEIR BAG
THE SAME THINGS HAPPEN TO THE EXPERIENCE DIVINER OF ILA ORANGUN
HIS EXPLANATION WAS FULL OF FALLACIES , AND ERROR ,
HIS HEAD WAS CUT OFF LIKE THE OTHERS AND KEPT INSIDE A BAG. THAT WAS HOW THE PUNITIVE NIGHT OF THE DOOM MOVED FROM CITY TO CITY , IN SEARCH OF UNFAITHFUL , DISHONEST AND UNTRAINED DIVINERS , THAT MAKE THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH SUFFERED BECAUSE OF FALSE DIVINATION AND FAKE CASTING .
INDEED, THOSE THAT WERE LEFT IN THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH WERE GRIPPED WITH FEAR , SEEKING AND LOOKING FOR AVENUE TO LEARN IFA AND TO SEEK THE WISDOM OF GOD.
THERE WERE THREE DIVINER IN A CITY OF IFE , WHO QUICKLY CONSULTED IFA FROM AN EXPERIENCE AND WISE IFA PRIEST. THE VENERABLE IFA PRIEST ADVISED THEM TO MAKE SACRIFICE FOR THEIR SURVIVAL AND THEY SHOULD ALWAYS SEEK THE TRUTH AND LEARN THE ART OF IFA PHILOSOPHY
WITHOUT DELAY , THE PUNITIVE KNIGHTS VISITED THEM AS USUAL , THEN THE PUNITIVE KNIGHTS ASKED THEM ,WHAT METHOD DID YOU USE IN YOUR IFA READING,
THE THREE DIVINERS REPLIED , PUNITIVE KNIGHT AS THEY WERE TAUGHT BY EXPERIENCED DIVINER FROM THE CITY OF IFE
WHEN TWO PALM NUTS REMAIN WE MARK ONE AND WHEN THE ONE NUTS REMAINS WE MARK TWO
IF MORE THAN TWO REMAINS WE DISREGARD THE CAST ,
IF ONE OR TWO NUTS FALL TO THE GROUND , WE PUT SPIRITUAL POWDER SPREAD ON IFA TRAY (IYEREOSUN OSUN )ON IT BEFORE TAKING , AND CONTINUE THE CASTING
THAT IS OUR METHOD, THE PUNITIVE KNIGHTS WERE SATISFIED WITH THE EXPLANATION AND THEY WERE BLESSED
SAYING , THOSE WHO LEARN , STICK AND PERFORM CORRECT DIVINATION ARE THE TRUE DISCIPLES OF IFA AND WORSHIPPER OF OLODUMARE , THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD AND THE SAGE OF HEAVEN, HENCE LONG LIFE , PROSPERITY , SUCCESS , WEALTH ,STRENGTH AND PEACE OF MIND WILL BE YOUR LOT
HENCE ANY IFA PRIEST ACTING CONTRARY TO THIS FORM OF DIVINATION IS NOT A TRUE IFA FOLLOWERS , BUT A FAKE SPIRITUAL TEACHER AND DESTROYER OF FAITH.

THE WHOLE STORY IS TELLING US, THAT TO SUCCEED , WE MUST DO THINGS IN A RIGHT WAY. SO THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE PUNISHED OR DESTROYED. NO IGNORANCE IN SPIRITUAL PATH , IF YOU DO NOT KNOW , SEEK PROPER CHANNEL TO ACQUIRE WISDOM , AND SEEK PROPER WAY TO SEEK UNDERSTANDING AND ENLIGHTEMENT, YOU SHALL COUNT BLESSED

ALAFIA