To the Creator!

To the Witness!

To The Messenger!

Mo Juba!

Greetings all!

I am sorry I have not had much time to peek my head in here to bring you as
much spiritual guidance as I would have liked to. However, as you can imagine, my plate is quite full these days.  But I have never forgotten you.

 


There are other "Orisha Lists" that you can join. However we never wanted “just” an Orisha list serve; we  wanted a teaching forum where everyone who practiced an ATR was welcome to join.  That has now happened.  We now have a social networking community, where you can set up pages such as you can on MySpace, chat, learn make friends, all whose interests are the same as your own.

 Many of you are here to learn the ways of Orisa and Ifa. Some of you have no clear idea of this culture. We are here to help you formulate your own ideas as to how Ifa, Orisa and your Ancestors can help you enhance the quality of your life. We will help you to learn Afrikan culture that has been stripped from you as a result or your
ancestor's enslavement.

Remember you are all free to speak here and on all of our forums. No one will be attacked for their cultural NATIONALIST viewpoints. Our goal is to assist you in learning about Ifa, Orisa and the ancestors without the colonizer's influence. This
new community is also pro-black, pro Afrikan and pro-procreation and there is no
discussion of anything otherwise. There are other lists for that. I have my
own ETA or marching orders which I must follow and this community is born out of
that. I pray that you all get what you need here in this universal Ile.

Now being nationalists, there is no way we can go forward in the veneration of
Orisa, Ifa, or  (Ancestors) without touching on slavery or Afrikan
colonization from time to time. Ancestor veneration is the foundation of Afrikan
Tradition Religions. Ancestors can bless you, for they have a vested
interest in your very survival and the survival of your lineage. We shall
see that later. Or, they can stop it all! For anyone to not recognize the
Afrikans role in Afrikan traditional Religion is foolish and cannot be of
Ifa, Orisa or the Ancestors in my reality, all of whom are BLACK.

I am not speaking of racism. I am not speaking of hating anyone. I am
speaking of loving ourselves. And to love you is to love others. You
must love the very fullness of your black lips, the wideness of your hips,
the blackness of your skin, handed down by your AFRIKAN ancestors to say you
love yourself. There cannot be such a thing called "universal love" unless
that is in place! You must love and care for your black neighbor and not be
ashamed before you can run 10 miles to help your white boss and call that
love. Because in loving your black neighbor you show love for yourself. Then
you can turn and help your white boss.

Malcolm said, "Don't love your enemy, love yourself." That did not mean
HATRED. That meant that what he saw in the slums showed that we as Afrikans
and descendant of the Afrikan did not love ourselves enough. So how could we
then love somebody who did not care about our own humanity? Ase!

Your own Ori and Ancestors will show each of you, your own individual paths.


May we all be blessed from the Heavens!

Princess Adinasse

http://www.african-spirituality.info