MYSTERIES OF ÈŞÙ AND OLÓDÙMARÈ THAT WE SHOULD KNOW

MYSTERIES OF ÈŞÙ AND OLÓDÙMARÈ THAT WE SHOULD KNOW:

This Teaching was given by Bàbá Odùdúwà through his Ẹlẹ̀gún, Medium.

ẸGBẸ́ ÓDÙN ỌLỌ́FIN - The Family of the Secret of Olófin.

Yoruba Olofista Tradition.

Teaching given on October 25, 2025.

Bàbá Odùdúwà: Orí, the most important Deity in a personal way. Èşù, the most powerful Deity in the entire Universe and in any Universe. Olódùmarè is the manifestation of an essence, Èşù is the one who gives life to Olódùmarè, which is why Olódùmarè cannot reprimand, much less punish, Èşù. Èşù is the deity who has the freedom to do whatever he wants in the universe. The essence of his energy is most similar to that of Olódùmarè. Unlike all other deities, Èşù retains the primary energy of all universes. Who is the only one who has managed to defeat Èşù? Ọbátàlà has a secret for not being disturbed by Èşù. The only deity who has been able to defeat Èşù is Ọbátàlà. Why is Bàbá Ọbátàlà so important within the tradition? Why is Bàbá Ọbátàlà considered the Father of the deities?

Ifalenu: Bàbá , because he represents the head that directs, thinks, calculates, and creates.

Odùdúwà: Ọbátàlà does not represent the head at all. Well, representing the thinking part. Ọbátàlà represents the leader, he is different. In construction, Ah well, in the conceptual part, yes. Ọbátàlà is the Deity who directs the other Deities, since he is the Deity who preserves the secret and the mystery to prevent Èşù from influencing his mind. The Ọmọ (children of) Ọbátàlà do not perform Ẹbọ (sacrifice) before coming to Earth, the same as the Ọmọ Ògún. Ọmọ Ọbátàlà and Ọmọ Ògún do not perform Ẹbọ before coming to Earth. Their destiny is great, but on Earth they will have to make it great based on the Ẹbọ they perform in their lives. The most important deity on a personal level, the one who possesses a strong Orí, is not susceptible to any sorcery. In ancient times, Orí was given to all those leaders who were considered at birth or from birth itself. Esèntáyé is the way in which the Yoruba determined people's past lives. Esèntáyé determines what steps preceded the birth of a child. In this way, the Yoruba revealed a person's destiny and, as a result, performed the relevant and necessary Ẹbọ rituals to ensure that the person would be functional within society. Orí, the most important deity on a personal level. Who determines your destiny? Orí, our conscience, determines our destiny. Who is the master of destinies? Èşù, the best of friends. One of the deities whom the deities themselves fear, yet he is the best of friends. Èşù will never applaud something you do wrong. Èşù will bring the consequences of your actions into your life, but that does not make him a bad friend, quite the contrary. Èşù is in charge of making people lose their way back to the house of Olódùmarè/God, or finding their way back to the house of Olódùmarè.

Sara: So at the same time, he makes you lose your way, but he also makes you come back?

Odùdúwà: He either makes you lose your way or makes you come back.

It is the consequence of the influence that Èşù has over the consciousness of people and all living beings. It is the result of the influence that Èşù has over the consciousness of everything.

Jimmy: I would like to understand the causality of what the Father Odùdúwà mentions. Are there two actions that allow Èşù to open the doors to Olódùmarè at some point, since it is Èşù who opens the doors? Do your actions reflect the decision that Èşù made?

Odùdúwà: Question: Why did Ọ̀rúnmìlà go from being the smallest and weakest of all the Deities to becoming the representative of the Supreme Deity after Olódùmarè in the Universe?

Ọ̀rúnmìlà is a great friend of Èşù. Ọ̀rúnmìlà understood that even with all the vast power of the deities, the most powerful is the most humble.

There is a story that tells of when the Deities came to Earth, Olódùmarè had decided to delegate to a certain consciousness the power of Wisdom, the greatest power in all of existence. All the Deities went to take the tests to see if they were fit to possess that power: Ògùn, Şàngó, Ọbátàlà, Yemoyale, Ọ̀şun, Orona, etc. None of them were suitable, but when Olódùmarè looked at Ọ̀rúnmìlà, he determined that he would be the holder of the greatest power, because Ọ̀rúnmìlà was small, thin, and weak. Ọ̀rúnmìlà knew what abuse he received from the other deities, and he knew how that power could be distributed for the benefit of humanity. At that moment, it was determined that Ọ̀rúnmìlà would be the holder of such great power, and all this was thanks to Èşù.

Now, what is one of the greatest powers that the Ifá priest has?

The connection they have with Èşù. Èşù is the influencer of minds and thoughts. The simplest way for an Ifá priest to destroy an enemy is to pray the Odù of ÒTÚRÁ Méjì, and other 2 Odù Ifá more and then sacrifice to Èşù so that he may influence the enemy's consciousness, and thus victory is guaranteed.

Jimmy: I'd like to take this opportunity to ask a question that I've been thinking about for a while. Although stories like the one you told us about the house of Ọ̀rúnmìlà are revealed to us, and how by overturning the bucket of water he managed to extinguish the fire, I was wondering, how does that work in our context, in our reality? The simulation of what the stories tell us is what has meaning. In other words, if someone else in the world with partial or fragmented knowledge of what we are learning here today were to imitate but not replicate this ceremony, would it have the same value? Would it have the same effect in reality? Or does it have to be precisely with the knowledge that has just been shared with us?

Odùdúwà: Wars are the greatest conflicts that can arise within the tradition. They occur when your opponent's knowledge is similar to yours. If an opponent or enemy of yours were to wage war on you tomorrow, and both of you have knowledge of ceremonies and so on, what would be left?

Danny: The one with the strongest ORÍ would win.

Odùdúwà: Yes, the one who cannot be disturbed by the actions of another, no matter how much one does, how little one allows oneself to be affected by others.

Understanding.

Danny: Oh, well, of course, if you know and understand how you can be affected, then you shield yourself on that side, right?

Odùdúwà: A writer once said, “When I meet an enemy, at that moment I love them, but I can also destroy them.” What do you understand by that?

Danny: Well, that if you know them, the more you know about your enemy, the more you understand how they work, and by how they work, you can eliminate them. I understand the part about love as the result of knowing that they are someone who, to some extent, is like you.

That's what I understand.

Odùdúwà: Why do you create enemies? Who would be your enemy? What would make that possible?

Danny: I don't know.

Odùdúwà: Someone who wants to be like you, who wants to take your place, and at that moment you feel pity, or maybe mercy, but also love.

Danny: But why love?

Odùdúwà: When you understand that your enemy wants to destroy you, it's only to take your place. If they want your position, it means they admire you in one way or another. And if they admire you, what do you feel for someone who admires you? Love, a kind of attraction. You can destroy them too.

Sara: But could there also be confusion there, thinking that they love you?

Odùdúwà: No. The Supreme Beings are the only ones who can feel Love. Why?

Have you ever consumed what you call a ranch rooster?

Sara: Yes.

Odùdúwà: Have you sacrificed it? Yes, you have sacrificed it. How much have you eaten? Have you sacrificed it?

Sara: Yes, yes, yes, I have sacrificed it, and yes, I have eaten it.

Odùdúwà: You have power over its life. You can sacrifice it and eat it, or allow it to live. Do you understand?

Only those who have, only those who have power over the lives of other people, can love. You decide to do one thing or the other.

What is the power of the Deities over you? Do you understand?

The Deities allow you to live another day; they are showing you their love.

Sara: Yes.

Odùdúwà: Do you understand? Orí, the most important Deity on a personal level. Èşù, the most powerful Deity in the entire universe. Consequently, if we understand that part, we will know what the primary function of Orí is and what power it has over this Earth. If someone knows the secrets and the vision, but above all the interpretation of the Odù Ifá according to what Ifá reveals for their destiny, they can have absolute control over you. Do you understand?

Sara: Yes, that's what we were talking about earlier with my Godfather. What he taught us a while ago is true. My Godfather shared that with us.

Fabio: What you're talking about is Orí, Èşù, Olódùmarè. You said something that confused me for a moment, because to my limited understanding, I've been told that Olódùmarè is Unconscious Energy. And you said that Olódùmarè himself has his Orí, he has Consciousness, so I would like you to elaborate on that a little more so I can understand.

Odùdúwà: What is consciousness? Consciousness is the ability to comprehend and understand one's own existence. Olódùmarè knows he exists, but he is NOT conscious enough to be able to create. The reason why OLỌ́FIN Ọ̀RUN, OLỌ́KUN, OLỌ̀RUN, and all the other beings that construct reality were derived. Olódùmarè is the fundamental and most humble part of all Existence. Throughout their existence, human beings have sought God, or a God, and they seek him within the vastness and magnificence of the universe itself. But Olódùmarè is found in the most humble part of all creation, in the smallest and most humble particle. OLÓDÙMARÈ is aware of his existence, but he is not conscious enough to be able to create. Energy is Nothing if there is no one to give it Movement.

Ifalenu: That is where something that becomes Conscious enters, in this case OLỌ́FIN Ọ̀RUN, which triggers the appearance of OLỌ́KUN and OLỌ̀RUN, the Yoruba trinity, and then the other Irúnmọ̀le.

Odùdúwà: Ashe. They created based on the energy of OLÓDÙMARÈ. All deities create and manifest in reality based on the energy that OLÓDÙMARÈ provides them. OLÓDÙMARÈ is goodness, OLÓDÙMARÈ is love, but OLÓDÙMARÈ is also hatred, OLÓDÙMARÈ is destruction, OLÓDÙMARÈ is everything that exists and will exist. However, despite being conscious within its existence, OLÓDÙMARÈ cannot manifest anything without the support of other deities. If OLÓDÙMARÈ could be conscious and create, he would not have needed to manifest the Irúnmọ̀le. The Irúnmọ̀le are responsible for transforming OLÓDÙMARÈ's energy in order to create what they know as Reality. Do you understand?

Jimmy: When you refer to it as the smallest particle, do you mean that it gives shape to OLÓDÙMARÈ itself? Metaphorically and literally, does it compose the smallest particle of reality?

Odùdúwà: Understanding that it is a particle leads to understanding. A particle is not an object. A particle is a layer, a membrane that composes reality. Atoms, or what you call atoms, are nothing more than a set of layers and membranes that make up reality, which is why it is to some extent incomprehensible within quantum mechanics.

Awo Idelkis: Scientists have not yet discovered where the energy of the atom comes from. They have been asking themselves this question for centuries, they do not understand where this energy comes from.

Odùdúwà: According to certain theories of philosophers and others, self-sustaining energy does not exist, derived from the fact that energy only transforms. However, what Awo Idelkis said is correct. The greatest unknown and the clearest example of energy self-sustainability is in the atom. The atom has energy, it has movement, but nothing drives it. That is OLÓDÙMARÈ.

It is believed that infinite energy does not exist. That is nothing more than a fallacy, but perpetual motion does not exist according to certain modern criteria of physics. How far are we from being able to understand it?

Whoever understands God becomes God... Do you understand?

Diana: Yes, OLÓDÙMARÈ is the base particle, and it is layered, and it cannot create. How is it that Èşù was already there when OLÓDÙMARÈ awoke? So it was Èşù who became aware of OLÓDÙMARÈ?

Odùdúwà: It was Èşù who gave life to OLÓDÙMARÈ.

Diana: And once OLÓDÙMARÈ had life, did it allow its energy to be transformed?

Odùdúwà: Ashe.

Danny: As you say that only those who can understand God can become God, and given that one can only manipulate what one understands, and Èşù manipulated the energy of God, and God is Energy, then he manipulated God. So in some way Èşù is also God?

Odùdúwà: Èşù possesses the Essence of GOD. However, the turkey is born with a beard. Do you understand?

Danny: Yes, I remember a line from The Godfather, something funny.

Sara: Can you repeat that line?

Danny: The Father Odùdúwà says that the turkey is born with a beard, so that means it was always there. In reality, it is precisely a sphere. It has no beginning and no end; it simply is. And wherever you look for it, it will always be the same.

Odùdúwà: Question: Why do I dare to assert that Èşù is the most powerful deity, even more so than OLÓDÙMARÈ?

Sara: Because of its very existence, that it already existed?

Odùdúwà: Yes. Why do you think he is more powerful?

Danny: Because he is omnipresent, that is, he can influence all consciousnesses.

Odùdúwà: Èşù was responsible for the beginning of all universes. But he was not crowned king; he was recognized, but he did not accept the position.

OLÓDÙMARÈ, in terms of position, has a higher position than Èşù, but that does not mean he is more powerful than him. Èşù accepts his position in destiny and in the universe. Èşù, the most humble deity of all.

Jimmy: Thinking about Èşù, my human comparison is obviously very banal, but Èşù, knowing or having the opportunity to be recognized as the greatest, and having rejected it, it may be something similar, a way of understanding his position and being able to take advantage of it, not at that moment when he would lack the crown, if you can say that in some way. But rather in the long term, the position he would have and how he would be revered, or is it a miracle that there is nothing, that's why I ask you.

Odùdúwà: I offer you the following metaphor: for me, let them say that Ọbátàlà was the one who founded the Yoruba kingdom, it does not conflict with me, nor does it conflict with Ọbátàlà. Only he knows what he is. He wouldn't have to prove it to anyone. Do you understand? Èşù, the most powerful deity. Orí, the primordial deity. I understand, I accept my position in the universe. My intentions and desires do not conflict with what my destiny was marked to be. At some point, Èşù will awaken me, and I will BE for eternity.

Danny: And that is why he will be able to be awakened, because from now on he understands, and that is why he will be able to be awakened. Because from now on he understands the position he is going to play. Those who do not know they are going to sleep cannot be awakened.

Odùdúwà: Accepting the position that the Universe has determined for each one, or if we could put it another way, seeing and accepting destiny brings greatness as a consequence.

Danny: I understand. Only those who accept their position will be able to be awakened at some point. Only those who accept their position understand the rules of the game.

Odùdúwà: Tomorrow, you should be greater than your godfather, all of you. But if you accept your position in the Universe, you will have his blessing. If you rebel against your destiny, you will bring about the very thing you seek to avoid. Do you understand?

Children, like godchildren, are destined to surpass their godfather or father. The difference lies in whether or not they have his blessing. The same is true of Olódùmarè/God. I intend to achieve more than him, but I will not do so by betraying him. I will have his blessing. And since the father wants his children to be greater than him, I aspire to be greater. For that simple reason, no matter how far I go, Olódùmarè will always be Olódùmarè.

Ifalenu: Father Odùdúwà , since you are doing this legally, for the greater good, you have your connection, your blessing from OLÓDÙMARÈ. He already knows the prospects that exist.

Question, it comes to me now, are there others at your level? I mean, it comes to me in the sense that if you are here, are there others in other parts of the galaxy and the universe who are also applying to reach the level of Olódùmarè right now?

Odùdúwà: How big do you think the universe is?

Ifalenu: Question: At your level, are there others like you? Or are there more?

Odùdúwà: When the universe was created, the sacred stone broke, it fragmented. That is written in Ifá, but it is not understood. When the universe was created, the stone broke. The stone they refer to is the stone that even reached this planet (the so-called OLỌ́FIN meteorite that fell in a central part of what is now Africa, which was touched by humans, and the essence and consciousness of Odùdúwà possessed it and took control of its body).

Note: Just as it reached other planets of other stars in this galaxy and the universe. Those other beings are part of Odùdúwà's Ẹgbẹ́ Ọ̀run, manifestations of his very essence in other parts of Creation.

Odùdúwà: Ashe.

Ifalenu: Because the others are manifestations of that same essence in other parts of creation in this universe. Yes, they are the same Soul, but different in consciousness.

Odùdúwà: The youngest son of Olódùmarè.

There are different versions of my consciousness in this reality. However, we share the divine essence that connects you to OLÓDÙMARÈ. Do you understand? If you understand what Orí is, you can achieve that and more.