THREE MYSTERIES OFLIFE ABOUT ILE(LAND)

Aboru boye to all,i want to share this verse of Ifa with
all and sundry.This teaching comes from Odu Ofun-nagbe,
it speaks about three mysteries of life namely:Ibi taa gbe
bini(Where one is born),Ibi taa gbe sun(where one will
end up his/her life and ibi taa mon gbe(Where one will
live).These three factors are misery to us,they are all
beyond our undrstanding as a human.Ifa only advice us in
this verse to make atonement to wherever ile(land) we
find ourselves so the ile(land) that where we are born,live
and die will be of blessings to us.
The verse goes thus:


Kada aso dudu bo erin                  Let's use a black cloth to cover head of elephant
Kada eyi wini-wini ko ekun             Let's use the one with multi-color to cover tiger
Ojo oganjo nni pakoko toju timu     It is the rain that falls in the mid-night that get wolfs wet
Difa fun Ibi taa gbe sun                 The 3 above awos casted Ifa divination for "where death will meet us"
Difa fun ibi taa gbe bini                  "Where we shall be born"
Difa fun ibi taa mon gbe                "Where we shall be dwelling"
Awon meteeta  torun bowaye          The 3 of them are coming from heaven to earth
Ebo n woni ki won o se                   Ebo was prescribed for them
Won gbebo mbe won rubo              They made ebo as prescribed by the awos


As we can read in the above verse the three myteries(where death will meet us,Where we shall be born and Where we shall be dwelling)
consulted Ifa before coming to planet earth.They desired not to be understandable by any man and the awos prescribed ebo for them and they made the ebo.
they did ebo as prescribed by the awos.Their ebos was acceppted by Olodumare(God) and the Supreme Being gave them the power to become
uncomprehendable for all humans.No man can ever tell where he is going to be born,no man can also tell where death will catch up with him/her(A man can be born in Nigeria and end his life in U.K),likewise no man can tell where he is going to dwell(A man can be born in Jamaica and make his/her living in U.S.A).These three factors remain a mystery.So in this verse,Ifa only advice us to make atonement to wherever or whichever land we find ourselves in life.This will make the land to which we are born,lived on and died on be of
blessing to us.

Nje atari o mon ibusun              One's head don't know where one's life will end
Ori o mon ibugbe                    One's head does not know where man will dwell
A ba meku,a ba meja                 We are adviced to take rat and fish
A ba mata,a ba momi                 we are adviced to bring allegator pepper and water
A ba mepo,                              we are adviced to bring palm oil and all other ingredients of atonements
Ka e tunle ibe se                  We shall use all to make the land peaceful(chase away all evils and make it a land of blessing)

This Odu Ifa also emphasize on the importance of giving offering to ile(land) in order to attract blessing on earth and make one's stay on earth pleasurable.The Yoruba people consider ile(Land) as a deity that sees all that man is doing or going through on earth.
As a matter of fact,one of the minor Odus Ifa speaks of Ile(Land) who used to be the wife of Orunmila.She leaked some top secret that's why she was cursed to be able to see all the activities of men but be unable to talk.Anyways that's not the point i am emphasizing in this,all i want to say is that Ile(Land) is also a deity and we neeed to give atonement and offering to it at a point in time in our life so that it will be of blessing to us.My Prayer for every one of us is that may Ile(Land) bless us abundantly  in life Ase o!
Ire gbogbo o!