The Mighty ‘O’

The abundance of water is by the grace of the Creator Supreme is life-giving and life-sustaining from the beginning. So important is its existence that it is the stuff from which life emerges and is the most prevalent substance on the face of the earth. Likewise, it is the most prevalent substance contained within the physical body of each and every Afrikan soul. The Afrikan masculine man carries the precious seed of life in waterflow as a constant throughout his life. The Afrikan feminine woman carries the precious haven which upon receiving the seed of life by way of the male waterflow, can grow and prepare new life in the necessarily amplified waterflow of pregnancy.   The ‘O’ of water is in the word Ocean. The ‘O’ of water is in one of its components of Oxygen. Water is everywhere. According to a mainstream source:

“In its very ordinariness water is extraordinary. It is everywhere. In the form of oceans, ice fields, lakes and rivers it covers nearly three-quarters of the earth’s surface; these bodies together contain more than 324 million cubic miles of water. Beneath the earth, permeating soil and rock, lies some two million cubic miles more in the form of ground-water. In the earth’s atmosphere is another 3100 cubic miles of water, mostly vapour. This abundance of water was present when the earth was born, and most scientists believe that life was conceived in the planet’s primeval oceans”.

Afrikan self-determined spiritual-cultural fabric reflects and is informed by natural occurrence in the sacred universe. Here, water holds divine quality that is vital throughout Afrikan cosmology. It’s divinity is personified to energise Afrikan life through deities. For example, the deity of Yemanja represents the water’s surface with qualities and characteristics of that empower Afrikan life at that level. Then, there is the deity of waters deepest depths that is represented by Olokun. Olokun is a mighty ‘O’.

Water is everywhere and remains water. Here there is practical application of ascension and building for the Afrikan that has been represented by many. One such superlative soul is the great hero Omowale Malcolm X, a name with the mighty ‘O’. ‘O’ can be found in various Afrikan life empowering names such as that of deity Oya or the name Olusegun that means the Creator is the victor. Names are powerful in Afrikan life.

As the powerful divine masculine energy of the waters of deep is represented by the name with the mighty ‘O’ of Olokun. Establishments of learning and spiritual-cultural development such as that of Yemanja-O have included the mighty ‘O’ in their name to reflect not only the divine feminine but deepest depth of masculine divinity.

Of course, the spiritual-cultural observance of Yemanja-Olokun Siku (Day) that forms an important part of the cultural observance calendar of the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation is a time to celebrate the divine masculine and the divine feminine of waterflow.

Water then is a whole substance that exists because of the harmonious complementarity between its male divine characteristic and female divine characteristic. Thus, for Afrikan life to flourish, (despite the ills of destructive alien forces over the Maafa of recent centuries) flourishes with the harmonious complementarity between the Afrikan masculine man and the Afrikan feminine woman. New life can come forth with mighty ‘O’ of offspring.

The levels of the self as is the spiritual focus of ASBWOK (Afrikan Spirituality By Way Of Kwanzaa) are expressed within the celebration of Yemanja-Olokun Siku (Day) and other observances throughout the observance calendar of URAN. The levels can be articulated thus: