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Finally Revealed: Why I do not play at the Ocean

I have always enjoyed the beach as a place to walk, soak up the sun for a minute, give praise and honor, and then I am usually ready to go.  I went on a cruise once and it was the worst to be on the water with no land in sight.  The water is a dark blue black and depressing.  I was of course taught the horrors of the African Ancestors shipped from Africa to the Americas packed like sardines for months.  But it wasn\\u2019t until recently that I came to grips with my true feelings about the Ocean.  As I have gotten older I have looked at how I would like my body to rest once I transition.  I settled in on cremation and to be deployed to the sea at a special Deep Sea Location.  OMG\\u2026The Ocean Is A Cemetery!!!  It\\u2019s a trail of bodies and bones from Africa to the Shores of the Americas!  Nothing but bones!  Now my feelings are explained:  Why I could never feel at ease in the Ocean.  Why I only like the ocean water touch my feet and ankles. Why I would choose it for my burial spot.    As a spiritualist I looked further into the ancestral Ocean spirit.  The African Spirit energy governing the Ocean is Olokun.  Some will argue and say Yemonja but I am speaking of the deep Ocean, if you have ever been out there that ain\\u2019t Yemonja!!! Similar to Olokun who is said to be chained to the ocean floor our Maafa Ancestors were chained and many rest with their bones still in chains on the ocean floor. Therefore, Olokun is known as the patron energy of the descendants of Africans during the Maafa of mass kidnapping and enslavement who died in transit by various means: over board escape from bondage, murder, and sickness.  The Maafa of racism and oppression continues for black people although the kidnapping from the Africa has ceased.

To honor my ancestors who died during this atrocity of human trafficking is to give praise to the Ocean they rest in, to the spirit of transformation and the spirit of Death. Most energy works best in a trinity at minimum.  Giving Olokun her praise was missing for me except the times when I visited the ocean or when I was floating on the deep ocean in misery.  

I have revised my Ancestor Prayer to Include Olokun!

The Prayer is in Yoruba with Drum Bongos in background.

Thank you to  Ambient Bongos by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com

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DR OSUN OMILADE