Orisa Lifestyle Academy

12/20/2025

We never hear about the legendary spiritual teams of Orisa Lifestyle, but there are shining examples of high powered groups of devotees who have distinguished themselves through service to the community and the divinities.

Some of these teams are known by their lineages or family names. Others are recognized by organizational names.

But even more important than their fame and notoriety is the organizational genius that is responsible for their legendary contributions.

It is essential that we study - and replicate - the structures and systems that give birth to high performance teams within Orisa Lifestyle.

From a distance, you only see the apparent ease with which these high performance teams operate. But once you are on the inside, you see the late nights, the early mornings, the strained communications, the disagreements and disputes.

Bringing about the Good Condition requires that you prepare yourself to understand and properly navigate adversity with poise and conviction.

Obafemi Origunwa, MA | www.ObafemiO.com

12/20/2025

12/20/2025

When you want to go fast, go alone. But when you want to go far, go together. Your practice is complete when you become adept at both.

There will be times when it is to your advantage to go solo. Ifa is filled with verses that describe how Orunmila went on a spiritual mission by himself. There, in a foreign land, he was able to resolve the problems of kings, merchants and generals alike.

Likewise, there are instances when it’s in your best interest to work as a member of a team. The sacred text provides many lessons on how ori assembled the body, how the orisa collaborated with one another to accomplish some task or how a man and woman fulfilled their destinies by coming together to form a family.

There is a time a place for everything. We rely upon Ifa to help us anticipate when is the best time for planning, action, investment or withdrawal.

The purpose of weekly devotion, biweekly divination and annual festivals is to continuously align ourselves with the optimal path of destiny.

Let us thank Ifa for guidance and wisdom. Let us honor Ifa through devotion and improvement.

Obafemi Origunwa, MA | OrisaLifestyle.com

12/20/2025

Eku ojo awo. As long as the thread follows the needle it will never get lost. Our ancestors are the needle. We are the thread. Let us continue to follow the example set by our elders and ancestors. Àse!

12/19/2025

There are aspects of your destiny that cannot be altered. Accept yourself, as you truly are and relinquish all pretense.

12/19/2025

Divination kicks off a variety of responses. Ebo is sacrifice. It sets the stage for total balance and restoration. Adimu is the orisa we cling to because it is specially assigned to the case. Apese is usually a food offering to the mouths of people a or the elders of the night. Lastly, there is ewo, which are observances. These are the things we must do and not do in order to stay aligned with the divination and the offerings.

Obafemi Orígúnwà, MA | OrisaLifestyle.com

12/18/2025

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12/18/2025

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12/18/2025

12/18/2025

48 LAWS OF POWER: When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others.

About 15 years ago, I started to teach step by step phases of living the medicine: Step #1: Optimize your natural gifts and talents, which is consistent with mastery of your ori. Nothing else matters if you do not start with yourself, your true gifts and essential truth.

Anybody who knows me and has followed my work can see that I depend heavily upon my own natural gifts and talents daily. I'm a communicator. My top priority is to convey meaning through words and images. The deeper I delve into my natural gifts and talents, the more Ifá reveals to me about the greater mysteries of life and death.

For every bright light, however, there is a dark shadow. In this case, when you begin to optimize your natural gifts and talents, you inadvertently trigger the greatest fears of other people. The closer they are, the stronger the reaction. Sometimes, the people who love you the most will become the most fearful. Consequently, they potentially become the most destructive.

This is, however, in keeping with the teachings of Ifá, which tell us in the Holy Odu OfunIrete about how all the òrìsà comprised to destroy ori. As it were, the divinities were planning to descend into the world but they needed a leader. They went to consult Ifá and were told to sacrifice. "What is the sacrifice? " The Babalawo told them they must awaken at dawn and put their foreheads down to pay homage to Olodumare.

All the òrìsà felt certain that their destinies were so great that it would be impossible to lose. They all started to celebrate late into the night. The next day, they all overslept. Only ori awoke at dawn and put his forehead down to pay homage to Olodumare.

Later, they all assembled at the feet of the Almighty to discover who among the òrìsà would become the leader. The awo revealed Obi Alase, the Kola Nut of Authority. The one who could open it would be the leader. Each òrìsà tried and failed. Finally, it was ori's time. With a single attempt, ori opened the Obi Alase with a BANG!

The heavens were filled with jubilation! Everyone sang and danced. But then, they started to think of themselves... "I'm destined to be GREAT! I have tremendous powers! They told me I would change the world..." And so, the òrìsà began to RESENT ori. Their resentment turned to conspiracy. One-by-one, they attacked ori. One-by-one, ori defeated the òrìsà in heaven and RECREATED them on earth, assigning to each of them the natural gifts and talents for which they are praised today.

Ori mo gunwa!

Remember, destiny is greater than circumstance, more powerful than conditions and more influential than slander. Ori mo gunwa!

Obafemi Origunwa MA | ObafemiO.com

12/18/2025

Stability is an inside job. It begins in the soul and expands in the heart. When the soul is well seated and stable, we are privy to all manner of blessing.

May Ifa gather spiritual resources necessary for us to transform our lives and make a meaningful contribution to the lives of those who we’re destined to serve:

Otura collect Iyerosun for so long
He collected it in the home of Alara
Otura collect Iyerosun for so long
He collected it in the home of Ajero
Otura collect Iyerosun for so long
He collected it in the home of Owarangun Aga
Otura collect Iyerosun for so long
He collected it to the home of the 16 market leaders
The Awo of Ori cast Ifa for Ori
When Ori was lamenting his inability to have a permanenet abode He was advised to offer ebo
He complied
Ori please let me have a permanent abode
Can’t you see Odudumade
As it stood permanently with the palm tree
- Holy Odu OturaOyeku

May your obi be accepted and manifest peacefully. Àse!

Obafemi Origunwa, MA | OrisaLifestyle.com

12/17/2025

Spirit possession is the bridge to healing and restoration. This picture was taken in Akinmorin, Oyo Kingdom.

The scene was an egungun festival in the Oladokun house. Suddenly, one priestess was possessed by Egbe. But it was almost an hour later that a string of possessions took place.

One after another, the priestesses went into trance until this young lady let out a hair-raising scream as she was possessed by Yemoja and fell to the ground like a log.

I was totally amazed by the intensity of the moment. It was like spiritual humidity! I felt like I could grab a fistful and put it into my bag!

Orisa Lifestyle is the only life for me!

Obafemi Origunwa, MA | OrisaLifestyle.com