Did you know that the shamanism of southwestern Nigeria is called “Ifa” which means “wisdom of nature.” It is home to the Yoruba nation which is composed of 20 million people who believe in a completely different world view than what you and I are used to in the Western world.
“Ifa teaches that everything in nature has some form of consciousness called ori, and it teaches that the world is a multi-dimensional reality.
Most forms of shamanism teach the idea that the visible world is influenced by invisible worlds that co-exist in the same dimensional space as the physical world.
The invisible realms are usually called “Spirit Worlds”. The word “spirit” means “essential nature” or “essence”. From a shamanistic point of view Spirits are fundamental Forces in Nature that help shape the physical reality perceived by the senses in a non-altered state of consciousness.
From an Ifa perspective learning how to empathize with the consciousness of a cloud is a way of retrieving information related to future weather conditions. It is also the first step in learning how to influence the weather.”-Taken from “The PK Man Seen From an African Perspective ” by David Wilson
As a young metaphysical intuitive, my teacher taught us how to do just that. While we didn’t study Ifa, but rather the law of attraction, the premise is very similar. Everything in the physical world is simply an effect of the vibrational or non-physical world. We are mostly non-physical vibration with just a portion of ourselves projected into the physical world. And we exist in both places at the same time.
So, when we tap into the vibrational reality of who we truly are as massive non-physical extensions of Source energy, we can access our vibration of not only well-being but also delightful weather – (this may be thunder storms if you so choose).
10 years ago, I understood the metaphysical concepts intellectually, but I didn’t really “believe” that we could effect the weather, I needed proof. So one Saturday morning, as we sat in her home with the storm clouds forming in the horizon and with a forecast that predicted 90% chance of rain, thunder and lightening, she informed us that we would spend the day, outside, crystal hunting.
She guided us through a simple meditation where we all visualized and felt that our day was going to be glorious, bright, sunny and supportive of our adventure.
We then got into our cars and drove 30 minutes out to a quarry. For 6 hours, the sun warmed our backs and we lost track of time. Each woman found pieces of crystal. Some were small pieces, cloudy, some large and clear. We were ecstatic, oohing and ahhing about one another’s finds and completely forgot about the “weather” that we were supposed to be having.
On our drive home, we noticed the sky darken drastically, as well as the wetness of the road. Branches and trees felled by the thunder storm that we had somehow missed littered our path. Power was out in different parts of the county, yet we had experienced not a drop of rain.
This experience left a deep impact on me and is so similar to the information I have since received about the Path of the Beloved.
When we are in alignment with what brings us happiness, when we are expecting the best that life has to offer, when we intend for love to appear to us in every interaction, then we access the reality that cooperates with our desire.
Do not listen to the weathermen/women who predict gloomy skies, do not listen even to your own past experiences where you were caught in torrential storms (especially, if you didn’t like them). There are so many reasons why we may have chosen consciously or unconsciously to experience drama in th
e past.
It is all unimportant, because like weather, creation changes by the second and so does the forecast.
All You have to do is predict love in every moment.
All my love,
Bella
