That forces within to assimilate , to pray and to do everything in accordance to divine path is called IWA. IWA is the character and the religion of the OLODUMARE , out of which IFA has its foundation as the universal phenomenon , religion , philosophy to re-align man to his origin , and bring in return , the wisdom , knowledge, victory , discipline and the power to enjoy life to the fullest, that is the main reason IFA is called ifa , that is ifa ni ifa , Ifa naa si ni ifa , translated, ifa( the knowledge) is a gift(ifa) , IFA ( gift ) is IFA ( knowledge).
Do you know , your character is the determinant of your faith , and your manner is the foundation of your believe . Do you know the story of ORUNMILA Baba IFA , who was advised before departing heaven to marry IWA, that is, character , so as to fulfil his earthly destiny , hence character according to IFA is the religion of the old to get to the path of OLODUMARE and to redefine our destiny in the physical state of existence. Good character is the foundation of Dignity , and epitome of what is called life path to grandeur . Do you realize that better life exists in your good character and vigour of your manners, keep the wisdom of IFA alive so as to keep the discipline , the love , the victory and the harmony embedded within you as a divine and spiritual being that possess the quality of OBAORISA, the chief divinity.
Do you know good character , sound manner and sound etiquette withstand the deadliest of obstacles, good character stand the test of time and hard knocks of life from evil people ( omo araiye ) and the punitive knight of heavenly doom ( ajogun Orun). We need good character to withstand strains , hard times, and unbearable condition that would have destroyed many lives of unwise and the weak , evil men and indiscipline human of the physical state of existence . The vitality born of good character , abounding in sound discipline life does not only increase our step to life fulfilment but it emits sound spiritual energy from our body to people around us and heal them of their infirmities .
You would accomplish more in every endeavour, if you think over your character , and remould your character to fit in the spiritual life in which all souls are aligned . Evil character get himself out of the circle of GOD and places himself in the garden of the punitive knight of heaven – AJOGUN ORUN . Great achievement is the child of a strong positive character , creative manners that lead to vitality in health , sound family ties, and bigger industrial growth and peaceful universal order of things. Remember that good character starts from Discipline , that makes you a true disciple of OLODUMARE .
A great habit starts from great mind and great mind is the child of IRUNMOLE and the friend of OLODUMARE. A good character attracts good marriage which brings about sound health , wealth , long life , harmony , sound business and solid societal values , norms and consequently leads to good universe or universal set up. We do not only find peace where our religious belief abound , and our religion belief is the centre of our heart desires which when putting into practise enhance our vitality , vigour , health grow , marital equilibrium , divine love and spiritual life. The part played by our character in attracting divine blessing to our life , curing many uncured and undefined diseases and illness is beyond what we can write in the pages of the book and with ordinary mouth. GOOD character has always played an important and unrecognized part to alleviate our physical , emotional , mental and spiritual pains , and to take us to the realm of victory and success.
Our character determines our life and our relationship with others in our society . The evil men of the physical world neglect influence of character and entrenched in their evil way , without knowing that there are digging the hole of sorrow , destruction and doom not only for them but for the generation coming behind them. Character is moderation , a state in which men should asses himself to do all things , in proportional to spiritual laws and divine orders , that is not in excess and not too below the lay down divine rule. Good character link us to the divine realm of divinities and brings back to us the health , the love , the success we are yearning for. Good character enables you to adapt to every situation but with wisdom , and that evil situation is just a passing away of darkness of the night , that will bring its own light when the day break and attract the eternal glory of OLODUMARE that is open and clear to all human who are blessed with good manners and good behaviour.
GOOD character increases wisdom , power , energy and long life with abundant mental force and physical power till will go to the land of our ancestors. Remember that our lives are woven with our character , indeed , no insult , or idle talk should take us away from the realm of good character . Our character determines what we will become and what we become dictates the pace of our future and our future generation. Remember also that good character is the foundation of discipline , that teaches us to move our body like the air from God every-day, eat with a proportion to our body , that speaks not but what may benefit our soul and others, do your job at the right time without procrastination , that debar us from taking our spiritual life more serious as we commit to our sound physical state and mental development, that teaches us , not to waste time, and run away from deceit . It teaches us to seek more awareness and consciousness of our spiritual , and divine state, be pure clean and tidy both in our mind and our body, and overcome our immoral state .
We should imitate divinities and deities to become the perfect being in our worldly journey. And to know that we can overcome all evil independent of the nature , and success resides in us , as a little baby has his space in the womb of her mother. It teaches us not to allow the present challenges and difficulties debar us from the victory , success and progress of tomorrow through absolute faith in OLODUMARE AND HIS NUMEROUS DIVINITIES.
The wonderful men and the greatest men of this world and the world beyond are those with loving and cheerful character , whoever want to conquer his own enemies within and enemies outside , must have a good character , according to IFA VERSE , KOSI BE ORIKAN SE MA BURI TITI LOTUN IFE , KI IWA MA TUN SE--- TRANSLATED , THAT IS, NO MATTER HOW MISFORTUNE COULD IMPAR OUR DESTINY , GOOD CHARACTER WILL RECTIFY IT.
People with good character avoid , worry, jealous, envy , malice , killing , stealing , immoral , drinking, cheating and all symptom of bitterness are far away from him . He sincerely loves everything created in the physical state of things , while the unseen object and unseen world are held in reverence .
A good character see others as he sees himself , he will not criticism and condemn or complain ABOUT anything , but cling and stick his neck to the divine love to attain eternal glory. Good character are rituals that are useful , because , they provide a measure of order of efficiency , discipline , determination , endurance and progress in life. Good habits are open to changes, they are not moved when temporary set- back face them and push them to the ground , like rain falling into the ground, they know the universal law of input is the same as output , whatever you sow , you shall reap , the law can only change , when you indeed change your character for good. A strong and positive character is the foundation of religion and the wall of victory build by divinities to deter evil in the life of the chosen one. The chosen ones are not chosen based on some secret criteria or because of some special privilege , but the only privilege is the creative habit and good moral that have become the daily rituals and sacrifice of the chosen ones (AWO) to ensure that life and the life mystery is just an extension of divine love from GOD- OLODUMARE.
Great misfortune is prevented in the life of men , because good character is the connecting link , and a man can be seen as a saviour or a sage because of his good character . We must chose to have a good character directed to the right direction , and we must cling to spiritual inclination , and discipline that characterize the lives of great divinities of the old. GOOD habit never dwindle and never wane , but it constantly improves the life of men to benefit all men in creation. Our faith is the cobweb of our character and the good thought with discipline that is habitual , while daily exhibition of manner to benefit all creatures in creation is called OMOLUWABI, that is man born of good character . We fail and we succeed based on our good or bad character . We should not forget to abide by the word of IFA that says , iwa rere leso eniyan, that is good character is the foundation of good life, keep your good character , and it shall be well with you .
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