@babalawo_ifawale: This crossroad is formed by the alignment between the shoulders and the spine which literally creates a crossroad made from human bones. When the crossroads is blocked as a result of unexpressed emotion the feeling in the body is experienced as a pain in the neck. This pain in the neck is the manifestation of Èsù Òdàrà trickster meaning the moment when we confuse personal fantasy with message from Spirit. The point of abori or a head cleaning is to remove the pain in the neck and replace with fantasy with a true vision. The true vision is what gives us the motivation to implement the vision in the real world. The process of implementing the vision in the real world is called fertility or the ability to create something new. That is why when an iyawo is initiated into Ifa the elder recites the 16 meji Odu on the iyawo’s head then invokes Ose’tura causing the 16 Meji Odu to copulate in the iyawo’s head. In this moment the iyawo becomes elerin ipin meaning witness to creation. The experience of elerin ipin opens the ori of the iyawo to possession by all 256 Odu and all the various combinations there of. That is what makes the iyawo either Iyanifa meaning mother of wisdom or Babalawo meaning father of the mysteries. For this reason Ose’tura is considered the 18th Odu in order of senority and that is why Èsù Òdàrà is considered the father of all Divine Messengers. #initiation #eshu #esu #isese #viralvideo
