Obara Meji

Thank you Obara for this post. Very insightful and very detailed. This is very interesting and informative. Thank you for sharing this knowledge with us about the the water with offering. Thank you again…..

Greetings Cheif Iyanifa

This post has truly highlighted the depth of these bodies of water and the intricacies of our interactions. I am grateful.
It brought me back to the first time I visited the river to give offerings. I had followed the instructions, given by a competent spiritualist , to venerate with as soon as mi arrive….to be honest mi did likkle bit nervous but I still felt safe. This was very early on a Sunday morning and I had entered the area by myself and gave the offering. Shortly after I had finished, 5 men entered the river and greeted me….thinking back, I now wonder if they were human beings . That was an awesome experience for me and I’ve been back many times since then.

There are times when the river or ocean will “send call mi” fi true. Its sorta complex to describe, its a knowing or yearning to “meet with water”. It’s as if the energies of the water can embrace and soothe issues away.

On another note, I have noticed that in recent times, some young men have been gallivanting at flat bridge, dem deh guh live pon tiktok and a run joke bout dem si mermaid and dem swim guh, dem swim come fi prove seh the water harmless. Something about it nuh sit well with me.

Awesome post Sis-
Two questions though- just for clarification- you said Oshun is for the river/Water spirit? I dont know why I had it as Olokun. Or is Olokun for the ocean.
Secondly, when you say if you goto the Ocean/beach and you take something like a shell or stone you should exchange payment for it – how do you do that? Do you just leave coins in the sand or throw it into the water? I would think throwing into the water might be littering and offensive to the water God/Goddess.
What is the best way to leave something in exchange?

Blessed Love
Lincoln

Thanks for sharing

Thank you my dear

Thank you always

Obara please I have a question, in a situation where one knows the particular river that their Goddess resides/rules but for reasons such as security, stigma and illiteracy of the community members (Village where the river is) when it comes to African spirituality, can the individual go to another river
and invite her water family there for rituals and offerings? Also, what’s your take on dried up river bodies?

D’jaunae, depending on the time you had this, this may have been an experience for real. I wouldn’t call this one a dream.

But you have to understand that the quality or personality of Beings that are not humans are not 100% understanding to the human mind. For instance, if a Being seems stern in your vision/experience, that sternness may not mean the same thing as how it means in our reality. It’s hard to qualify the look of a Being in a dream to say that this is how that Being is/feels. Remember, those that acts outside of the human body, do not operate through emotion.

The items that are brought to the ocean or river has to do with your intention. So the intention (your mind) sets the stage of your offering. However, while the ocean is salty, the river is sweet. And both accepts sweet things but the minds of men can be bitter in what he wants and desires from unseen forces.

Normally, we do not give Nature what it does not ask for and this is why it is always good to be guided when doing anything with spirit or unseen forces. While I would love to tell you what to bring to the ocean or river, I don’t want to mislead people by telling you that any particular item can work for any desire. However, if you are in the position to visit these places, try to seek out a mentor or guide who is competent enough to point you in the direction of what to bring and this should match your intention.

Thanks for the comment and thanks for being here Marcogie. It is always good to go into Nature and sit by the river side or ocean side and just meditate and feel the energy that is there and put your own energy out, communicating with spirit around.

However, the same thing is done when you go to your kitchen sink and fill a glass of water and speak to it. It may not be the same ambience as sitting out by the river bank, but the same energy is within that glass of water that your just filled. Again, everything is intention and intention works through the mind. So if your intention is to bring something good and prosperous towards you, and you hold a glass of water and are able to raise your consciousness enough to align your intention with the energy that is filled in that glass, then you are able to do anything or to command anything that you wish.

The only reason it will not work is if you doubt what you are doing. Always remember that water reacts quickly to positive wishes. So try to keep all intentions within that realm.

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