My brother Nze ,the major issue is that there are 2 schools of thought,one treats Chi and Onyeuwa as 2 unique and distinct entities while the other treats Chi and onyeuwa as a fused complex:Chinauwa If the later is the case,one would expect to reconcile 'karmic' debts related to one's past life.
People left church bcuz they can't verify what they're preaching to them, but coming to odinala u meet the same problem. Atimes feel the gods (all the forces that created the world including celestial bodies) are silent in this our generation. So many unfair imbalances in this generation. I think i will go with the Bible saying. That i will bless whom i wish and i will show mercy to whom i wish. It means no matter ur level of intelligent, smart, hardworking, education, spirituality, righteousness etc, if God doesn't show u mercy u will still beg for food and that's what's playing out today. I have seen lazy people become so rich and very hard working people begging for bread 🍞and is heartbreaking💔
English language is not too necessary in Igbo cosmology, because it’s not meant for everyone, let Ofeke pay for translation fees for not being able to understand..
Am beginning to see this chi of a thing as a scam. How can we explain the scenario of where a young man is working very hard, praying to his chi, doing all kinds of sacrifices to his chi just to be in good term with his chi, his ancestors and the gods of his land, yet this young man can't even afford food to eat. The Igbo odinala is more like being evil than good. For instance when u go against yhe norms of the land the gods strike immediately but when u are in serious problem and u start calling on that same gods they don't answer. Coming back to Chi, there's a lot of confusing regarding Chi. For example. Who's chi? Who's Onye Uwa? What are their difference (if they're not the same) and what are their roles? So many things to question about Igbo cosmology but who will answer?
I'll share my understanding as I do not have any confusion about omenani. First, your Chi is you, the immortal you, the energy and vibration of Chi-ukwu in you. Your Onye Uwa is the person in whose life you had a part and who has a part in your current life. Second: there are other entities besides the afore mentioned two, such as deities with interest in your life from your father's side, mother's side, paternal grandmother's side and maternal grandmother's side. Third, in make supplications, the manner you make it is important. Then your Chi is in better position than yourself to know when best to grant your request or better still grant you something you didn't request for but is important at a particular point in time. A simple example: you maybe asking for money to start a building project, you don't have that yet and your business is moving normally. However, if you observe in a whole year non of your family members have visited a clinic talk more of spending money on Medicare. A child who washes his hands (is patient) will eat with the elders (gods).
My brother Nze i totally disagree with you on this onyeburuchiya uzo ogbagbuonweya noso simply means if you do things on your own without you being in good terms with your chi then you can't achieve anything in life, your present life is purely the continued past life of your chi which is you in another body entirely but same soul so anything your chi did in the past life(good or bad)must surely reflect in this present life!!.
Thank you for teaching us
May your chi be free debt
My brother Nze ,the major issue is that there are 2 schools of thought,one treats Chi and Onyeuwa as 2 unique and distinct entities while the other treats Chi and onyeuwa as a fused complex:Chinauwa
If the later is the case,one would expect to reconcile 'karmic' debts related to one's past life.
People left church bcuz they can't verify what they're preaching to them, but coming to odinala u meet the same problem. Atimes feel the gods (all the forces that created the world including celestial bodies) are silent in this our generation. So many unfair imbalances in this generation. I think i will go with the Bible saying. That i will bless whom i wish and i will show mercy to whom i wish. It means no matter ur level of intelligent, smart, hardworking, education, spirituality, righteousness etc, if God doesn't show u mercy u will still beg for food and that's what's playing out today. I have seen lazy people become so rich and very hard working people begging for bread 🍞and is heartbreaking💔
Then who's cross and who's receiving the backlash here on earth?
English language is not too necessary in Igbo cosmology, because it’s not meant for everyone, let Ofeke pay for translation fees for not being able to understand..
Am beginning to see this chi of a thing as a scam. How can we explain the scenario of where a young man is working very hard, praying to his chi, doing all kinds of sacrifices to his chi just to be in good term with his chi, his ancestors and the gods of his land, yet this young man can't even afford food to eat. The Igbo odinala is more like being evil than good. For instance when u go against yhe norms of the land the gods strike immediately but when u are in serious problem and u start calling on that same gods they don't answer. Coming back to Chi, there's a lot of confusing regarding Chi. For example. Who's chi? Who's Onye Uwa? What are their difference (if they're not the same) and what are their roles? So many things to question about Igbo cosmology but who will answer?
I'll share my understanding as I do not have any confusion about omenani.
First, your Chi is you, the immortal you, the energy and vibration of Chi-ukwu in you. Your Onye Uwa is the person in whose life you had a part and who has a part in your current life.
Second: there are other entities besides the afore mentioned two, such as deities with interest in your life from your father's side, mother's side, paternal grandmother's side and maternal grandmother's side.
Third, in make supplications, the manner you make it is important. Then your Chi is in better position than yourself to know when best to grant your request or better still grant you something you didn't request for but is important at a particular point in time. A simple example: you maybe asking for money to start a building project, you don't have that yet and your business is moving normally. However, if you observe in a whole year non of your family members have visited a clinic talk more of spending money on Medicare.
A child who washes his hands (is patient) will eat with the elders (gods).
My brother Nze i totally disagree with you on this onyeburuchiya uzo ogbagbuonweya noso simply means if you do things on your own without you being in good terms with your chi then you can't achieve anything in life, your present life is purely the continued past life of your chi which is you in another body entirely but same soul so anything your chi did in the past life(good or bad)must surely reflect in this present life!!.