UKHURE (ANCESTORS), Link-Channel Between Primordial Origin From Which We Descended And Us.
I implore you my esteemed readers to bear with me as I am keeping concepts not rooted in English Language or culture in their original forms. The ideas are in original Edo/Bini (Language spoken in southern Nigeria). This is necessary as I am challenging on one hand, prejudices; on the other hand, I challenge readers to stand and uphold TRUTH. My thesis as Oboiro is necessarily radical departure from foreign ways of writing about Africans, African Spirituality, African Philosophical thoughts, or Practical Metaphysics. The blogs are units in pair A (ReplacingANCESTORS) and B. You are reading B at present.
I wrote, “. . . . absence of ANCESTORS (UKHURE) in lives of Africans and descendants worldwide create the metaphysical block hole in personality, soul, and spirit of people making them spiritually and mentally unstable; they can become depraved and prone to aberrant behavior. . . . Absence of care from ANCESTORS (UKHURE) is like absence of parental care in mundane life. We do not need psychiatrists, religion, or God; we need ANCESTORS (UKHURE). Churches, lodges, cults, shrines, mosques and similar institutions usurp roles of ANCESTORS in vain.” They do not bear indigenous MEME.
Our African religious predisposition suggests that all there is to life is appeasing vexatious gods and ancestors. Indeed, an axiom in Edo is, “ese er Edo zo”; meaning, sacrificing is what Edo as Edo People do. In other words, appeasing gods and ancestors is foundation of existence and survival. This defines idolatry and our past, as another phase of SSN (SpecialSpiritualNeeds).
The ANCESTORS and ancestor worship conceals TRUTH. Living exclusively to appease ancestors and gods could not be Master Plan of extraterrestrial forms (ETF) (which indigenes of Ughoton named computer people (CMPTPL)) that founded OSAGBAYE (name for spiritual Earth, mystical universe of reality, mysteries, life, spirituality, and prosperity). It deviates from UKHURE, the Link-Channel between primordial origin from which we descended, and us.
We defined “MEME” in “A” ReplacingANCESTORS as, “cultural characteristic of a culture . . . transmitted from one generation to the next in a way analogous to the transmission of genetic information . . .” We relate this to UKHU as inheritance.
UKHU And OHRRE
UKHU means inheritance that includes spirituality, properties of psyche, culture, and MEME. UKHU is more than discernible inheritance; rather UKHU is essence of transcendent DESTINY-RESOURCES. We inherit UKHU through descent. It is innate. It is not given; it cannot be taken from people. It is not a privilege—they are inalienable innate resources of human species./p>
UKHU of yam, for example, manifests as shoot that sprouts from parts of its body. An adage says, “Leaves yam will grow are in the bosom of yam”. Branches, tuber, and all that will grow out of the piece of yam one sowed were UKHU of yam and all its ancestors.
By analogy, UKHU of an acorn that grows in a forest was part of UKHU of the forest while existing as a seed-to-be. UKHU of the forest is part of UKHU of the earth, as Earth’s is part of OSAGBAYE. UKHU of acorn metamorphoses first into a seed, then germinates into a seedling. It grows into a giant oak that could live for centuries.
It was not part of the forest with UKHU outside OSAGBAYE; so is every person bound to ORIGIN with UKHU. UKHU extends from origin of OSAGBAYE uninterrupted or broken to the present. Every embryonic person at conception is a unit of the species, a race, ethnic group, and family; it bears genes and UKHU of its origin. Gene is biological; UKHU is transcendent. Put differently, genes and UKHU of 30 million years old human fossil run through us up to present generation, and will continue to all future generations. However, UKHU existed before the first mammal later classified as Homo sapiens was born.
Seeking or aspiring to reunite my UKHU, or to be reabsorbed into origin or primordial transcendent source does not arise. I as UKHU am already of the SOURCE through descent in OSAGBAYE.
OHRRE means pillar or column that supports and sustains structures of buildings and bridges; it connotes ideas as mainstay, tower of strength, and stalwart. (Details at ReplacingANCESTORS)
UKHU-OHRRE or OHRRE that bears UKHU is essential, transcendent, and without human attributes.
UKHURE As Mediator
I mean by mediator, object as UKHURE that acts as transcendent universal medium or Ebo. It serves transference of UKHU from primordial origin to current generations, not a go-between that helps in settling dispute. A go-between would fit roles played by redeemers, “lesser gods”, ancestors, and priesthood.
We may represent UKHURE with object, such as staff, pole, tree, and revealed or sacred images to aid communication and learning. One must NOT understand representations of UKHURE in revealed forms, to be deities, gods, or ancestors. UKHURE has no faculties or senses as human beings have.
UKHURE Not Link To Gods Or Ancestors
We learn through folklore, that some people disobeyed and offended their maker. A quarrel has existed ever since between them, such that they need a mediator to reconcile them.
The stance of quarrel persisting eternally between people and their maker is incompatible with idea of relationship as UKHU that flows through UKHURE. We will take two stories from folklore to illustrate relevant points.
First, we learned that primary descendants of founders of world of OSAGBAYE did not toil. They did not need to hunt or farm.
Sky was so close to Earth people cold touch it. When they were hungry, they cut piece from sky, cooked it, pounded it, and ate. However, rule guiding exploitation of sky was that only human beings should feed on it. No leftovers lest other animals bite from it.
A pregnant woman broke the taboo by cooking more than she could finish. She hid the surplus in calabash. A mouse bit through the calabash and ate a piece from the leftover. Sky WITHDREW out of reach of mortals in reaction. Note that sky WITHDREW without engaging in quarrelling.
A second story says that the route to abode of ORISA was open so ETF/CMPTPL descended to Earth to MEDIATE disputes. However, humankind was so quarrelsome, people engaged ETF/CMPTPL too frequently. ETF/CMPTPL were fed up and WITHDREW; they closed the route.
ETF/CMPTPL of primordial ancestry did not quarrel with our forebears; they did not put any curses on them; hence, curses are not part of UKHU. We therefore do not require any redeemer or go-between between them and us descendants. Mediation between ETF/CMPTPL and us is not through angels, deities, or people—no need for priests, redeemers, or alters of sacrifice. We have, instead, OHRRE that mediates UKHU.
We Are No Idolaters
We, at ARUOKUN COMMUNITY, dissociate us from “ancestor worship”. Hence, we were careful to place UKHURE in parentheses next to “ANCESTORS” as hint in Blog. Everybody needs shaped UKHURE or its equivalent as aid to meditation and communication. However, do not rub blood on them; otherwise, custodians would isolate yours—they would withdraw from your life.
We, in this light, may imbibe signs or non-graven images that ETF/CMPTPL reveal to us as UKHURE without blood. AFANGIAKO, for example, have been appearing in every age and clime as “signposts” to guide humankind in sacred journey of life. ARUOKUN symbol, for example, appeared on Mount ARUOKUN to Oboiro, as UKHURE to mediate UKHU. You can learn to communicate through ARUOKUN Home Version. May OKUN deliver, protect, and guide us who acknowledge. Ikha ogha se.
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