Kongo philosophy states:
Kani ka bwe, kana ku lumoso-ku lubakala-ku n’twala-ku nima-mu zulu evo mu nsi ukwenda, vutukisa va didi i yand. No matter what, you may walk leftwards, rightwards, forwards, backwards, upwards or downwards, you must come back to the core/center.
The holy Odù Ifá Ọ̀ṣẹ́ Ògúndá states:
E baa lo loo lo bi olo
E baa re ree re bi ere
Ibi ti e ti lo naa
Le o pada si
Dífá fun Ojola
Ọmọ Ere L’apa
E ma ma paa o
Eran ab’ohun ni o
e ye e ma p’Ojola
Ọmọ Ere L’apa
Ifá ni Ìṣẹ̀ṣẹ lo máà leke
Ìṣẹ̀ṣẹ lo máà gbeniyan
No matter how far you wander like the grindstone
No matter how far you wind like the boa constrictor
It is your starting point
to which you shall all return
These were the declarations of Ifá to the royal python
the offspring of the boa constrictor of Apa town
Pray, do not slay it
Do not slay the royal python
The offspring of the boa constrictor of Apa town
Ifá says Ìṣẹ̀ṣẹ will prevail
Ìṣẹ̀ṣẹ will allow mankind to prevail.
*Ìṣẹ̀ṣẹ – the original primordial wisdom and the true name of the Yorùbá spiritual and cultural way of life
It is my belief that most of the problems in our Afrikan communities stem from the fact that we have forgotten how to walk in what the Kongo call the 7th direction; the direction within. Abrahamic religious devotion and distortion is part of the reason. Yet, we have the information now. It is time to go back within to the core. The core? Our inner being where our true Creator, ancestors, personal and familial spirits and our true Self reside. To do this is to engage in a constant process of de-polluting and shedding of the old body forced upon you from a deviant oppressive culture. This is our strength and our victory. Claim it, for this is the true knowledge of self.