Contemplation on the Odu Oturupon Irosun

In a world of chaos
It is important to stop
And hold yourself against the current
So you can hear the water
As it rushes by
Even if you know that
Eventually you can hold on no longer
And you will
with absolute certainty
Be swept up in the rush of humanity
But for one sweet moment
As you steady yourself against the tide
You will live in the moment
Of the moment
And experience the synchronicity
We call life

-- Marcos Caracol Sanchez -- Contemplation on the Odu Oturupon Irosun, written while listening to a violinist play Vivaldi's Four Seasons solo.

Contemplation on the Odu Iwori Ogbe

Religion

by definition

should be immutable

in its flexibility, thus allowing it

to stay meaningful through the ages.

Once it has lost its elasticity, it

no longer serves any

worthy purpose

and

like a branch

unable to bend, it will

invariably break under the weight

of dogma, righteousness and certainty

breeding fear and contempt while

becoming the very

thing that it

hates

Confronted

with an immovable

barrier, the stream continues its

journey to the sea by embracing its true nature

moving fluidly to adapt to its new

environment fulfilling 

its destiny