The orishas will completely change your entire life. Give them one year and you’ll see why celebrities secretly get initiated.

You ain’t never experienced true spiritual force like an orisha. When they come down to mount or sacrifices are done, time feels like it stops.

The orishas were created at the same time as the cosmos. These are intergalactic beings who on Earth become personifications of nature

The only thing you give the orishas are their offerings, praise, and their respect. Most importantly, the good character to receive all that you asked for. That’s the only “give” for your take. Do y’all interact with spirits that ask for your soul? Real question.

The orishas purpose on Earth is to assist humanity, why would they ask for your soul or for you to harm yourself? Just offer some goat and fruits lmao. They work diligently, plotting every second. The orishas are the masters of divine timing. Just ask 21 Savage, Beyonce, or Usher

And Orisha/Ifa Divinations! Whew child, you will never know such accuracy on your entire life till you get one. Ifa is infinite, literally working like a computer. The answers to all the cosmos—including your own destiny exists there.

I also want to stress that Ifa is not magic, it is a science that has been practiced since the start of humanity that has worked time and time again. Ifa will only assist your life if you assist yourself.

The protection the orisha gives, the wisdom, and the perspective. I am not the same person I was before the orisha. And if I was, that means I didn’t do any kind of self-improvement. Ifa has no sins, but enforces one philosophy—iwa pele. Being a person of good character.

And having the suuru (patience) to wait for things to materialize. Because the orisha will give you what you want, but not always right away and not without you working on yourself. This is why we were born with the most powerful orisha, our own ori—our higher selves.

No orisha can bless you without our own ori allowing it. No forces can bring negativity into your life if the ori is empowered. You see how Ifa doesn’t make you depend on it for everything? Depend on yourself and trust the orisha to do their job and you’re fine.

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