3 Ways to Make Providence Work in Your Favor

My favorite word in the English language is providence.

It's the best word to describe what drives all things in life and business, a word that is often used in spiritual terms and seems to dictate (by definition) whether something will be successful. When providence shines, things happen. It's not the same as luck. The basic definition of providence--when things line up nicely--doesn't do the word justice. It's better to picture a ray of sunshine hitting a building in just the right way that causes a heavenly glow. It just doesn't happen that often. It's a perfect alignment of people, ideas, markets, and trends.

With a little hard work, you can make providence your ally.

http://www.inc.com/john-brandon/3-ways-hard-working-people-capitalize-on-providence.html

Yemaya

The Manifestations of Oshun, Part 2

The Manifestations of Oshun

Chi:The Personal Providence

Chi is the personal spiritual guardian of a person. Chi as a personal providence is a divine agent assigned to each human from cradle to the coffin. Chukwu will assign one’s Chi before and at the time of birth, which remains with the person for the rest of his/her lives on Earth (Uwa). Chi simply means an Arushi (supernatural being) that is assigned to a human being for care, guardianship, and providence, which remains with that person until the end of his/her life on Earth. Unlike Chukwu which is genderless, Chi can be either feminine or masculine. It is the ocean Chukwu’s divine love that takes form on the lower world. It is the spark of Chukwu and the right of any mmadu in the main stream.

Chi determines a person’s successes, misfortunes, and failures throughout his/her lifetime. It serves as an intermediary between mmadu and Chukwu. The Igbo believe that their success in life is determined by their Chi, and that no human can rise past the greatness of his or her own Chi. In this respect, a person’s Chi is analogous to the concept of a guardian angel in Western Christianity, the daimon in ancient Greek religion, and the genius in ancient Roman religion.

To survive spiritually, one must establish a special relationship between oneself and one's godly guardian. This places the human person at the forefront of interlinked activities that involve other cosmic forces. But not so fast: He who walks before his godly guardian runs the race of his life “Onye buru chi ya uzo, ogbagbue onwe ya n'oso.”