Monday, October 26, 2009
ruler of the nation
The “ruler of the nation...” is about a man name Eshu. He has many responsibilities which include protecting the travelers from roads, crossroads. He also has the power to choose fortune and misfortune, and the personification of death. Though Eshu isn’t always about protecting, he believes in choices and chance. In order to get where you need to go, you should know where your going. In the beginning Eshu finds a Christian, he does not believe his way nor his beliefs. Eshu, mocks the Christian, he feels that he does not believe in free hardship because he does not please the Gods. Eshu, is known for not being weak or distracted, when it comes to blaming people for what they did. Eshu is mixed with good and evil. Some might think his doings are evil, when in reality he is just testing what you believe, and how you act upon your belief. Eshu believed that he can predict the future, because many people are predictable. He punished a person today for thoughts or actions that he had tomorrow. Society, gives credit and understanding to their citizens, as for Eshu. He defines what is pure and what filth is. He mixes society views and twists them. Instead of rewarding the good, and punishes the foolish, we rewards them both. The people believe as long as you are in good terms with Eshu, you won’t have any enemies. Eshu isn’t one who would seek to please himself, just to serve justice. But everyone questions everything, once in a while. When Eshu layed his eyes on Olorun he believed that he was born again. That somewhere out there, destiny had found its way to him and he is letting it in with open arms. Outside of the world of Eshu, people believed that a new world could be built, one where you can learn efficacy of patience that would be identical to heaven and earth. But in order to receive this you must have patience and resistance to the temptation of vengeance. That the place you live is just the dark before dawn. That you must reveal your weakness, and by resisting they will make you stronger. In the end, a new world will be given to you, but you must not give in to temptation, or else your new world will be gone, and you would create another world like your own. The ruler wanted peace and tranquility but in order to make it, he would have to give trust in his people to make it come true. Do his people have the strength not to give in to temptation?
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