Category: Identity
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From Shadow to Illumination: The Hero’s Journey in Yoruba Ifá Cosmology
Read more → : From Shadow to Illumination: The Hero’s Journey in Yoruba Ifá CosmologyIn Yoruba Ifá cosmology, the hero’s journey is not conquest but alignment — the transformation of Àṣẹ into wisdom, and of strength into Ìwà Pẹ̀lẹ́.
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Five Paths to the Self: Comparative Reflections on Identity in Buddhism, Daoism, Ifá, the Quran, and the Bible
Read more → : Five Paths to the Self: Comparative Reflections on Identity in Buddhism, Daoism, Ifá, the Quran, and the BibleFive great traditions — Buddhism, Daoism, Ifá, Islam, and Christianity — offer distinct yet convergent answers to the question of identity. From illusion to destiny, obedience to grace, the self becomes both question and mirror.
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Who Am I? — Daoism’s Answer
Read more → : Who Am I? — Daoism’s AnswerDaoism answers the question ‘Who am I?’ not through concepts, but through flow — dissolving the ego and returning to the natural rhythm of the Dao.
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Who am I? — Ifa’s answer
Read more → : Who am I? — Ifa’s answerIn Ifá, identity is divine, purposeful, and relational. You are your Ori — the consciousness that chose your destiny before birth — sent to Earth to live with character and fulfill your ayanmo.
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Who Am I? — The Qur’an’s Answer
Read more → : Who Am I? — The Qur’an’s AnswerThe Qur’an’s answer to ‘Who am I?’ unfolds across creation, consciousness, and covenant — a reminder that you are from God, by God, for God, and to God.
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Who Am I? — Buddhism’s Answer
Read more → : Who Am I? — Buddhism’s AnswerIn Buddhism, the question ‘Who am I?’ leads not to the discovery of a permanent soul, but to the realization of no-self—anattā. Liberation arises when we see that what we call ‘I’ is a flow, not a thing.