1 00:00:00,060 --> 00:00:01,340 I have a story for you today. 2 00:00:01,640 --> 00:00:05,080 It's going to include talking about getting crowned, 3 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,740 and crowning is destiny. 4 00:00:06,980 --> 00:00:10,020 Everybody who has been crowned, they know that 5 00:00:10,020 --> 00:00:12,080 their crowning was divine timing. 6 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,980 It didn't happen by happenstance or chance. 7 00:00:15,219 --> 00:00:17,500 It didn't happen because somebody tripped and fell 8 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:18,360 and made a mistake. 9 00:00:18,660 --> 00:00:20,000 Crowning is not a mistake. 10 00:00:20,180 --> 00:00:21,180 It's never a mistake. 11 00:00:21,460 --> 00:00:24,300 It doesn't matter if you have bad godparents, 12 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,260 people who led you the wrong way, overcharged 13 00:00:27,260 --> 00:00:29,780 you, tricked you, manipulated you. 14 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,700 You know, people have very bad experiences, and 15 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:35,600 it's usually because, or due to people, not 16 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:36,400 due to the Orisha. 17 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,580 And the Orisha guide and come for you 18 00:00:39,580 --> 00:00:40,840 when you need them the most. 19 00:00:41,420 --> 00:00:44,900 And we find our way into Santeria, not 20 00:00:44,900 --> 00:00:49,080 by chance, but by divine intervention and destiny. 21 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,140 I'm going to tell you today about my 22 00:00:52,140 --> 00:00:56,160 journey into Santeria, and my relationship with Orisha, 23 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:58,360 and how it spawned and how it came 24 00:00:58,360 --> 00:00:58,800 to be. 25 00:00:59,060 --> 00:01:01,040 This is very personal to me, but I 26 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,260 know will help a lot of people moving 27 00:01:03,260 --> 00:01:05,800 forward in their journey, their religious and spiritual 28 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:06,360 enlightenment. 29 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,800 Divine timing is not our timing. 30 00:01:10,380 --> 00:01:12,740 We want everything done today, now, yesterday. 31 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:14,400 Why didn't it happen yet? 32 00:01:14,860 --> 00:01:16,760 Five years later, why didn't it happen yet? 33 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:19,880 And it's not supposed to happen until the 34 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:20,960 time is supposed to happen. 35 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:22,000 Backtrack a little bit. 36 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:23,380 I learned about Ochun. 37 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:24,900 I did a candle. 38 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,340 It showed my little daughter on the candle 39 00:01:27,340 --> 00:01:29,380 with the AD behind her. 40 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:30,900 That was the last video that I talked 41 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:33,900 about my experience learning about the Orisha. 42 00:01:34,140 --> 00:01:34,960 A little summary. 43 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,360 After my initial experiences with Orisha, I purchased 44 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,820 the statues, one of Chango, one of Ochun. 45 00:01:42,020 --> 00:01:43,040 They're still very dear to me. 46 00:01:43,100 --> 00:01:45,460 I have them, and I used to pray 47 00:01:45,460 --> 00:01:47,140 to them and treat them as if they 48 00:01:47,140 --> 00:01:48,480 were the deities a little bit. 49 00:01:48,620 --> 00:01:51,320 But I knew it wasn't the statues necessarily. 50 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,740 It was the energy the statue was representing. 51 00:01:55,580 --> 00:01:57,760 We start off with statues. 52 00:01:57,980 --> 00:02:00,320 At the end of the day, Ochun, Santeria, 53 00:02:00,740 --> 00:02:02,440 Orisha is shells and stones. 54 00:02:02,900 --> 00:02:06,640 All the glamorous crowns, and fabrics, and crystals, 55 00:02:07,199 --> 00:02:09,039 and beads, and ceremonies. 56 00:02:09,479 --> 00:02:11,060 At the end of the day, it's shells 57 00:02:11,060 --> 00:02:11,700 and stones. 58 00:02:11,940 --> 00:02:13,160 But in the beginning, it's statues. 59 00:02:14,260 --> 00:02:18,300 I prayed for Ochun and Chango to accept 60 00:02:18,300 --> 00:02:21,720 me into Santeria because I thought that you 61 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:22,720 had to be chosen. 62 00:02:23,060 --> 00:02:25,460 I thought that only the best of us, 63 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,100 the very special people, get chosen to be 64 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:28,780 crowned. 65 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:29,920 So I begged. 66 00:02:30,100 --> 00:02:31,320 I said, please accept me. 67 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:33,660 I'll represent you with honor, integrity. 68 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,080 This would be a great blessing for me 69 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,140 and an honor, a privilege. 70 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:39,200 Please accept me. 71 00:02:39,500 --> 00:02:40,160 They did. 72 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:41,300 They did accept me. 73 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,180 A lot of people get crowned. 74 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:45,380 Maybe there was a crowning mill, and people 75 00:02:45,380 --> 00:02:46,200 get crowned. 76 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:47,460 As long as you have a certain amount 77 00:02:47,460 --> 00:02:48,740 of money, you could get crowned. 78 00:02:48,940 --> 00:02:51,080 For whatever reason, people get crowned in different 79 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:51,520 ways. 80 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,240 Regardless of the way that you got crowned 81 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,780 or somebody else got crowned, it's destiny. 82 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:57,960 It's always destiny. 83 00:02:58,380 --> 00:02:59,080 It's meant to be. 84 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:00,540 There's no tricks. 85 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,060 There's no deceitfulness from the Orisha. 86 00:03:03,460 --> 00:03:05,720 It's only through people that's trickery. 87 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:08,420 If you had a bad godparent, you had 88 00:03:08,420 --> 00:03:11,460 a bad experience, and you broke up with 89 00:03:11,460 --> 00:03:13,980 your godparent, or you spent too much money, 90 00:03:14,180 --> 00:03:16,480 or you got tricked into buying this next 91 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:18,320 Orisha, and then you spent triple the money 92 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:20,500 that you should have, or whatever it is. 93 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:22,760 You had a falling out, disagreement, argument. 94 00:03:23,460 --> 00:03:25,760 Whatever happened, everything happens for a reason. 95 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,500 When you got crowned, when you received that 96 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:30,760 Orisha, everything that happened was the way it 97 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:31,640 was supposed to happen. 98 00:03:32,020 --> 00:03:33,220 It makes sense in hindsight. 99 00:03:33,860 --> 00:03:35,960 While we're going through it, it's painful. 100 00:03:36,260 --> 00:03:36,960 It's challenging. 101 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:37,760 It's concerning. 102 00:03:38,060 --> 00:03:39,380 Why is this happening to me? 103 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:40,460 Why do I feel this way? 104 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:41,780 Why did you let this happen to me? 105 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:43,340 That person took advantage of me. 106 00:03:43,420 --> 00:03:44,040 I'm a good person. 107 00:03:44,140 --> 00:03:45,460 Why did you let that happen to me? 108 00:03:46,020 --> 00:03:47,540 Everything makes sense in hindsight. 109 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,140 We all go through it, because at the 110 00:03:50,140 --> 00:03:51,800 end of the day, like I said, when 111 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,260 I first learned about Orisha, I thought to 112 00:03:53,260 --> 00:03:55,080 myself, wow, people are crowned. 113 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:55,980 That's divinity. 114 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:56,900 That's amazing. 115 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:58,820 I wish that would happen to me. 116 00:03:59,430 --> 00:04:02,080 And then you meet people who are crowned, 117 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,240 and you realize after a while, first you 118 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,920 give them this aura, like, oh my god, 119 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:08,300 that's amazing. 120 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:09,160 You're crowned. 121 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:10,720 Orisha chose you. 122 00:04:10,860 --> 00:04:13,040 Child of Ho-Chun, child of Chang-O, 123 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:14,160 child of Ila-Gua. 124 00:04:14,900 --> 00:04:17,079 But then you realize that the people themselves 125 00:04:17,079 --> 00:04:19,420 are flawed, and they're not Orisha. 126 00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:22,500 Just because you get crowned by an Orisha 127 00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:24,140 doesn't make you an Orisha. 128 00:04:24,140 --> 00:04:27,260 We're children of Orisha, but we still have 129 00:04:27,260 --> 00:04:28,100 the human flaws. 130 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:32,040 We don't change into divinity and greater-than 131 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,960 -thou and spiritual evolution overnight. 132 00:04:35,420 --> 00:04:37,160 It takes time, it takes learning, it takes 133 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:38,460 dedication, it takes commitment. 134 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,600 What I've learned is, just because a person 135 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:43,680 is crowned doesn't mean that they're the best 136 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:44,840 person in the world. 137 00:04:45,420 --> 00:04:47,880 And what happens is, Orisha comes to save 138 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,800 those who need them the most. 139 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,080 And so they're not crowning the best of 140 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:53,300 us. 141 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,220 They're coming to save sometimes the worst of 142 00:04:56,220 --> 00:04:58,280 us, the people with the most flaws, the 143 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:01,300 people who have been hurt and traumatized by 144 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:03,120 life, people who have been cursed at birth, 145 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,560 like myself, people who are in difficult situations, 146 00:05:07,860 --> 00:05:09,900 in poverty, have been taken advantage, have been 147 00:05:09,900 --> 00:05:12,540 manipulated, have been ridiculed by society. 148 00:05:12,820 --> 00:05:15,560 And then Orisha comes, and they always understand 149 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,760 that that's what makes them so divine. 150 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:19,100 That's what makes them so special. 151 00:05:19,340 --> 00:05:21,900 They love us unconditionally, and they come to 152 00:05:21,900 --> 00:05:23,260 save those people. 153 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,460 And that's why, when you have people that 154 00:05:26,460 --> 00:05:28,980 are crowned, they're not necessarily the best people, 155 00:05:29,060 --> 00:05:30,800 because they've been through the worst. 156 00:05:30,980 --> 00:05:33,540 Now that they're lifted and elevated and given 157 00:05:34,140 --> 00:05:38,300 a little bit of power and capacity, it's 158 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:39,780 not always the good parts of them that 159 00:05:39,780 --> 00:05:40,220 come out. 160 00:05:40,220 --> 00:05:42,460 I'm not saying all people are bad, or 161 00:05:42,460 --> 00:05:44,560 they don't learn to be good, or they 162 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:46,960 don't heal, because we all heal, we all 163 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:48,980 get better, but we still all have our 164 00:05:48,980 --> 00:05:49,300 faults. 165 00:05:49,860 --> 00:05:52,860 And everybody does things for different reasons, and 166 00:05:52,860 --> 00:05:56,780 sometimes power corrupts, and ultimate power corrupts ultimately. 167 00:05:57,140 --> 00:06:00,100 So when being crowned and having Orisha have 168 00:06:00,100 --> 00:06:02,140 your back and protect you, and then giving 169 00:06:02,140 --> 00:06:04,960 you a capacity to help others and lift 170 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,860 others and be their godparent, you know, essentially 171 00:06:07,860 --> 00:06:11,220 become a parent of somebody, you know, spiritually. 172 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,360 So there's a lot of power in that. 173 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,000 And people who never had power before, that 174 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,340 can get intoxicating, and people can take advantage 175 00:06:18,340 --> 00:06:19,340 of it incorrectly. 176 00:06:19,740 --> 00:06:22,100 And everybody gets judged for their choices in 177 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:22,560 this life. 178 00:06:22,820 --> 00:06:25,160 So it's really important to pay attention to 179 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,440 those choices, because people don't get punished today, 180 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,260 but they do get punished eventually, one way 181 00:06:31,260 --> 00:06:31,700 or the other. 182 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,180 So we have to be very careful in 183 00:06:33,180 --> 00:06:34,140 the choices that we make. 184 00:06:34,140 --> 00:06:37,000 Never take advantage of other people, even though 185 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,020 people take niceness as a sign of weakness. 186 00:06:39,340 --> 00:06:41,980 Maintain your kindness, you know, because we have 187 00:06:41,980 --> 00:06:44,000 a greater power always watching over us, judging 188 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,380 us, analyzing us. 189 00:06:45,540 --> 00:06:47,580 So be cognizant of that, and it will 190 00:06:47,580 --> 00:06:49,360 always lead you down the right path, because 191 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,960 people might take advantage of you, but Orisha 192 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:53,460 will always find a way to make it 193 00:06:53,460 --> 00:06:55,460 even, to bring balance back into your life. 194 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:57,860 Always give you abundance and blessings when you 195 00:06:57,860 --> 00:06:58,440 deserve it. 196 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:00,300 I know that firsthand because it's happened to 197 00:07:00,300 --> 00:07:00,460 me. 198 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:01,860 I'm a very nice person. 199 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,180 People love to take advantage. 200 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,080 They try to take niceness as a sign 201 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,180 of weakness, and there's no weakness, but I 202 00:07:07,180 --> 00:07:08,360 still prefer to be kind. 203 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:10,800 And whenever I have somebody that takes advantage, 204 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 and I end up on the losing end, 205 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:14,320 I always end up winning. 206 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,340 So I'm not concerned about maintaining kindness. 207 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,360 I notice a lot of people who don't 208 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,140 maintain kindness and try to take advantage of 209 00:07:21,140 --> 00:07:23,500 people, they might get ahead quickly in that 210 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:26,100 race, but the car sputters out and ends 211 00:07:26,100 --> 00:07:28,360 up seizing in the engine, not doing too 212 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:28,540 well. 213 00:07:28,540 --> 00:07:29,700 Don't let that be you. 214 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:30,580 Back to the story. 215 00:07:30,780 --> 00:07:32,540 So I wanted to get crowned so much, 216 00:07:32,820 --> 00:07:35,980 and I begged, I pleaded, and then a 217 00:07:35,980 --> 00:07:38,040 lady, I won't name names, but she became 218 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:38,740 my godmother. 219 00:07:39,500 --> 00:07:42,300 Long story short, I'm marked for Ogun, there 220 00:07:42,300 --> 00:07:45,200 was no doubt about it, and the crowning 221 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:46,940 ceremony was $28,000. 222 00:07:47,340 --> 00:07:48,700 I didn't know anything from anything. 223 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:50,440 I didn't know anything about anything. 224 00:07:50,540 --> 00:07:52,120 I didn't know about Etad, I didn't know 225 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:52,640 anything. 226 00:07:52,860 --> 00:07:54,260 I just read a little bit about the 227 00:07:54,260 --> 00:07:56,560 different Orishas, and I just knew instantly that 228 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,180 Ogun was me, like that's my personality. 229 00:07:59,460 --> 00:08:00,940 It just matched, and all the other Orishas 230 00:08:00,940 --> 00:08:01,980 didn't really match like that. 231 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,340 Anyway, the Oba came, threw the shells, and 232 00:08:04,340 --> 00:08:06,160 I was marked for Ogun instantly. 233 00:08:06,620 --> 00:08:08,200 There was no doubt about it, and that's 234 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:09,040 just the way that is. 235 00:08:09,380 --> 00:08:10,680 Wanted to get crowned, she tells me it's 236 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:11,420 $28,000. 237 00:08:12,140 --> 00:08:14,180 Later on I learned it's about $15,000 238 00:08:14,180 --> 00:08:16,200 to get crowned a warrior, so almost double. 239 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:18,720 With everything included that I paid, it was 240 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:19,620 like $35,000. 241 00:08:19,780 --> 00:08:21,800 So I didn't have $5, to be honest. 242 00:08:21,860 --> 00:08:22,580 I didn't have any money. 243 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:23,800 But I wanted to get crowned. 244 00:08:23,860 --> 00:08:25,800 Long story short, I might tell it in 245 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:27,220 the next story, but I could tell you 246 00:08:27,220 --> 00:08:30,280 exactly how the $35,000 came to me, 247 00:08:30,620 --> 00:08:33,980 almost exactly the cost for my crowning. 248 00:08:34,140 --> 00:08:35,320 And I had a choice to make when 249 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:36,159 I received that money. 250 00:08:36,419 --> 00:08:37,840 I could have spent it, I could have 251 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:39,159 used it, I could have bought a new 252 00:08:39,159 --> 00:08:40,720 car, we could have went on vacations, we 253 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,159 could have paid down the mortgage, but I 254 00:08:42,159 --> 00:08:44,920 didn't, and I used it all for crowning. 255 00:08:45,060 --> 00:08:47,480 And that's also a choice that gets taken 256 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:49,960 into consideration and judged by Orisha. 257 00:08:50,140 --> 00:08:52,300 Anyway, I'll tell that at the end of 258 00:08:52,300 --> 00:08:52,580 this. 259 00:08:52,820 --> 00:08:55,540 So I meet with Ababalau, and Ababalau gives 260 00:08:55,540 --> 00:08:57,400 me a reading, and he's like, well, can't 261 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:58,540 get any worse than this. 262 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,060 Basically I'm cursed, and I have to do 263 00:09:02,060 --> 00:09:04,180 Peraltos, which is basically exorcism. 264 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:05,600 I had to do several of those. 265 00:09:05,980 --> 00:09:09,300 I have very bad malignant energies or entities 266 00:09:09,300 --> 00:09:10,360 on me. 267 00:09:11,540 --> 00:09:15,480 I went through a really big transformation, not 268 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:17,000 easy, very difficult, actually. 269 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:18,900 And I just knew I wanted to be 270 00:09:18,900 --> 00:09:19,400 crowned. 271 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,660 And so Ababalau tells me, no, this lady's 272 00:09:22,660 --> 00:09:25,000 overcharging you, don't do it, let me speak 273 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:25,440 to her. 274 00:09:25,580 --> 00:09:27,080 He had a conversation with her. 275 00:09:27,140 --> 00:09:28,920 He tells me, don't do it, you need 276 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:30,200 to start all the way from the beginning. 277 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:32,500 And something in my brain said, start from 278 00:09:32,500 --> 00:09:32,940 the beginning. 279 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,720 I already had Alekis, I had my warriors, 280 00:09:36,020 --> 00:09:37,940 and I was all ready to get crowned. 281 00:09:37,980 --> 00:09:39,720 And something inside me just knew to get 282 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:40,700 crowned now. 283 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:42,320 And I didn't want to wait, but I 284 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,080 took his, you know, he's 20-something years 285 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,560 in the religion, Ababalau, very respected, knowledgeable. 286 00:09:48,940 --> 00:09:50,560 And people around him were also telling me 287 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:51,180 not to do it. 288 00:09:51,380 --> 00:09:53,480 Something inside me was telling me to do 289 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:55,080 it, but I knew that I was being 290 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:55,680 overcharged. 291 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:57,180 So I had to make a decision. 292 00:09:57,340 --> 00:09:58,360 I was at a crossroads. 293 00:09:58,580 --> 00:10:00,000 And one day I'm sitting with somebody who 294 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,620 ends up actually getting mounted by a spirit. 295 00:10:02,820 --> 00:10:04,500 And it was the spirit of Obatala. 296 00:10:04,620 --> 00:10:06,780 It wasn't Obatala necessarily, but it was this 297 00:10:06,780 --> 00:10:09,020 old spirit, male spirit. 298 00:10:09,460 --> 00:10:11,960 And I was telling the story about the 299 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:13,160 crossroads that I'm at. 300 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,820 And the spirit said, when spirit speaks, they 301 00:10:15,820 --> 00:10:17,000 don't speak a lot. 302 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:18,760 And when they speak, it's profound. 303 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,260 That's how you know it's a real spirit. 304 00:10:20,380 --> 00:10:22,020 If they say a few words, and it 305 00:10:22,020 --> 00:10:25,220 means a book, that's divine energy, that's wisdom, 306 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,260 that's knowledge, that's ancient knowledge. 307 00:10:27,660 --> 00:10:30,300 And it happened several times with, you know, 308 00:10:30,300 --> 00:10:31,160 from my experiences. 309 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:33,660 And then there's other times when they babble, 310 00:10:33,860 --> 00:10:35,680 or don't say certain things, or they try 311 00:10:35,680 --> 00:10:37,540 to get to what you're trying to, and 312 00:10:37,540 --> 00:10:38,840 that's somebody just faking it. 313 00:10:38,940 --> 00:10:40,260 But this time it wasn't a fake. 314 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:42,740 And I know the person too very well, 315 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:44,180 and there's no faking with that. 316 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,120 So anyway, the spirit said, just do it. 317 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:48,600 And then he went on to say, and 318 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:50,780 make me coconut rice and don't be stingy. 319 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,700 And I was like, wow, that was interesting. 320 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:56,020 And it felt real. 321 00:10:56,260 --> 00:10:58,360 So I took that very seriously. 322 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:00,220 And I used to do coconut rice for 323 00:11:00,220 --> 00:11:01,520 my statue of Obatala. 324 00:11:01,900 --> 00:11:04,720 And so I guess it wasn't enough at 325 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:05,160 times. 326 00:11:05,420 --> 00:11:07,060 And the next day, I made a big 327 00:11:07,060 --> 00:11:09,260 bowl of coconut rice, and I placed it 328 00:11:09,260 --> 00:11:11,560 in front of my Obatala statue that I 329 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:12,080 still have. 330 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:14,240 And I made the decision to get crowned. 331 00:11:14,260 --> 00:11:16,220 So like I say, crowning is destiny. 332 00:11:16,500 --> 00:11:18,180 So I get crowned, speed it up. 333 00:11:18,780 --> 00:11:21,500 The lady crowning me told the Oba that 334 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:23,520 I was very, very sick, and that's the 335 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:24,620 reason why I was getting crowned. 336 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,480 And it was a no-frills type ceremony, 337 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:28,000 even though I was being charged double. 338 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,100 They did things wrong, you know, like I 339 00:11:30,100 --> 00:11:31,920 didn't even have a drum for my crowning. 340 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:33,840 Went to the river, and she did things 341 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:35,420 a little differently because she's telling me, oh, 342 00:11:35,620 --> 00:11:37,100 they want to curse the ceremony. 343 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:39,620 We have to do things a little differently. 344 00:11:39,980 --> 00:11:41,720 We end up doing Ita on the same 345 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:42,900 day as the river. 346 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,840 We go through all the ceremony, everything needs 347 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:45,280 to be done. 348 00:11:45,540 --> 00:11:47,320 Everybody who's crowned knows what that all is. 349 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,560 And then I sit down at Ita, and 350 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:51,480 I don't mind sharing my Ita because it's 351 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:52,440 really, really good. 352 00:11:52,660 --> 00:11:54,980 So when I sat down with El, I 353 00:11:54,980 --> 00:11:56,700 didn't know anything about Ita, by the way. 354 00:11:56,860 --> 00:11:57,840 I didn't know anything. 355 00:11:58,020 --> 00:11:59,660 And the Oba is sitting there, I'm sitting 356 00:11:59,660 --> 00:12:02,000 there, and my godmother is behind me. 357 00:12:02,180 --> 00:12:04,480 And he starts off with Alaguas. 358 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:08,260 And Alaguas, seven-five, Idaerico yale, perfect blessing. 359 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:09,660 Innocent for lack of proof. 360 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:11,900 You know, also, but they didn't tell me 361 00:12:11,900 --> 00:12:12,360 any of this. 362 00:12:12,420 --> 00:12:13,620 Actually, they spoke in Spanish. 363 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:15,900 And I could speak a little bit of 364 00:12:15,900 --> 00:12:16,200 Spanish. 365 00:12:16,380 --> 00:12:17,900 I know a little bit of Spanish, but 366 00:12:17,900 --> 00:12:19,260 definitely not fluent in it. 367 00:12:19,660 --> 00:12:21,140 About 10 years of school, and I still 368 00:12:21,140 --> 00:12:21,900 don't learn Spanish. 369 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,620 So it's one of my weak areas, language. 370 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:25,720 My wife speaks fluent Spanish and, you know, 371 00:12:25,780 --> 00:12:27,940 half Puerto Rican, but language is not my 372 00:12:27,940 --> 00:12:28,720 strength at all. 373 00:12:28,860 --> 00:12:29,960 It's actually my biggest weakness. 374 00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:32,000 But anyway, so they were speaking Spanish, so 375 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:32,800 I couldn't understand. 376 00:12:33,020 --> 00:12:34,120 They didn't really tell me much. 377 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:35,520 And the things that are written in my 378 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,140 Ita, some of it even cursing and stuff. 379 00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:39,700 So it wasn't very good. 380 00:12:39,820 --> 00:12:40,760 Later on, I studied. 381 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:42,600 I know now what seven-five is. 382 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:44,800 Long story short, it's innocent for lack of 383 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:45,620 proof. 384 00:12:45,620 --> 00:12:47,900 So your forgiveness and whatever it is that 385 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:49,300 you're forgiving for, don't ever do it again 386 00:12:49,300 --> 00:12:51,020 because you'll be judged more harshly next time. 387 00:12:51,180 --> 00:12:53,140 And then also you're surrounded by parasites or 388 00:12:53,140 --> 00:12:54,960 even have a parasite, which I actually did 389 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:56,160 have a parasite at that time. 390 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:57,280 Never told about it though. 391 00:12:57,460 --> 00:12:59,460 Long story short, take ivermectin, it gets rid 392 00:12:59,460 --> 00:13:00,000 of parasites. 393 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:02,400 So surrounded by parasites also. 394 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:03,740 So that was fascinating. 395 00:13:03,940 --> 00:13:06,080 Anyway, he speaks in Spanish, says a lot. 396 00:13:06,180 --> 00:13:07,780 I get told some of it and then 397 00:13:07,780 --> 00:13:08,260 moves on. 398 00:13:08,460 --> 00:13:09,740 Next is Ochoci. 399 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:12,820 Ochoci comes after a ligua when you crown 400 00:13:12,820 --> 00:13:14,340 the warrior, you receive Ochoci. 401 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,900 And then Ochoci said, seven-five. 402 00:13:18,460 --> 00:13:19,420 Idea requiele. 403 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:22,320 The same exact reading that a ligua gave. 404 00:13:22,660 --> 00:13:23,880 Innocent for lack of proof. 405 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:33,000 If you know, Ochoci is judgment and he's 406 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:33,500 the law. 407 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:35,720 So it means a lot for him to 408 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:36,100 say that. 409 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:37,320 Anyway, they were stunned. 410 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:38,220 They didn't know what to say. 411 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,260 They were like, we just said everything in 412 00:13:40,260 --> 00:13:40,780 the first one. 413 00:13:40,860 --> 00:13:41,500 I don't understand. 414 00:13:41,620 --> 00:13:42,580 Why is this coming again? 415 00:13:42,580 --> 00:13:46,240 My godmother who had Ochoci, it's the reason 416 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:47,760 why I really wanted to get crowned by 417 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:49,920 her because she had a spiritual gift. 418 00:13:50,140 --> 00:13:51,020 She had Egun. 419 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:52,420 She had Ochoci. 420 00:13:52,900 --> 00:13:54,080 She was excellent. 421 00:13:54,540 --> 00:13:56,420 Might've been a little bit of a trickster, 422 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,840 but she was very, very talented when it 423 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,860 came to Ita and readings and the Diligun. 424 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,000 She banged her hand on, I think, the 425 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,460 floor and she said, Ogun is going to 426 00:14:08,460 --> 00:14:10,040 give you a son and he's going to 427 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:11,100 play ball with you. 428 00:14:11,460 --> 00:14:13,660 And at the time, we already had four 429 00:14:13,660 --> 00:14:15,480 girls and a boy and my wife wasn't 430 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:16,640 going to have any more children. 431 00:14:17,340 --> 00:14:18,600 She actually had an IUD. 432 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:21,280 So after all the Ita and everything, I 433 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:22,740 told her what was said and she's like, 434 00:14:22,820 --> 00:14:23,800 wait, I don't understand. 435 00:14:23,980 --> 00:14:25,120 What do you mean you're going to have 436 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:25,820 another child? 437 00:14:26,020 --> 00:14:27,340 I'm not going to have another child. 438 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,200 You know, we have already too many children. 439 00:14:29,420 --> 00:14:30,600 Are you going to be cheating on me? 440 00:14:30,620 --> 00:14:32,420 Like she started getting a little nervous about 441 00:14:32,420 --> 00:14:32,660 that. 442 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,240 So anyway, months go by and she ended 443 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,700 up getting a very large cyst in her 444 00:14:37,700 --> 00:14:38,060 uterus. 445 00:14:38,260 --> 00:14:39,900 So they had to take the IUD out. 446 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:41,940 And then a couple of days later, the 447 00:14:41,940 --> 00:14:42,720 cyst went away. 448 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:45,980 Miraculously, we did a little cleaning and the 449 00:14:45,980 --> 00:14:46,660 cyst went away. 450 00:14:46,940 --> 00:14:48,280 We all know how that works. 451 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,080 And then a little while later, she got 452 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:50,420 pregnant. 453 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:57,790 And then we had a son and his 454 00:14:57,790 --> 00:15:01,350 name is Ares, named after Ogun, born on 455 00:15:01,350 --> 00:15:03,750 the Harvest Moon, which is Ogun's moon. 456 00:15:05,030 --> 00:15:09,890 And yeah, he was born very healthy and 457 00:15:09,890 --> 00:15:10,370 perfect. 458 00:15:10,790 --> 00:15:11,970 Actually, very perfect. 459 00:15:12,110 --> 00:15:12,670 So perfect. 460 00:15:13,070 --> 00:15:16,730 I did actually a belly rugation when my 461 00:15:16,730 --> 00:15:18,590 wife was pregnant as a Yawo. 462 00:15:19,050 --> 00:15:20,570 And he was the Ache that I had. 463 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,160 And yeah, he's very special. 464 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,620 And then it turns out that he was 465 00:15:28,620 --> 00:15:29,480 marked for Ogun. 466 00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:33,780 Ogun claimed him and he got crowned Ogun 467 00:15:33,780 --> 00:15:35,180 when he was two years old. 468 00:15:37,340 --> 00:15:41,080 And a little while later, well, not much 469 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:42,960 later, he was always been very, very smart. 470 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:44,200 He taught himself how to read when he 471 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:44,640 was three. 472 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:46,720 He memorized the periodic table when he was 473 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:47,040 four. 474 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,540 And what I mean, memorized the periodic table, 475 00:15:49,620 --> 00:15:51,740 meaning he taught himself the periodic table. 476 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,820 He can pronounce all the elements and he 477 00:15:54,820 --> 00:15:55,520 has them memorized. 478 00:15:55,660 --> 00:15:58,040 You can ask him without an open book 479 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,120 or anything, and he can recite any which 480 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:03,400 one of the periodic table elements just by 481 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:03,880 the number. 482 00:16:04,020 --> 00:16:05,840 Or if you say copper, he could tell 483 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:06,880 you exactly what that is. 484 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,340 When he was four, he memorized all the 485 00:16:09,340 --> 00:16:11,160 countries in the world. 486 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,300 And he's just phenomenal. 487 00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:15,680 He's very, very, very intelligent. 488 00:16:15,940 --> 00:16:16,960 And his gift is learning. 489 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:18,540 He has the ability to learn anything. 490 00:16:18,700 --> 00:16:22,680 And that's the blessing of Arisha. 491 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,140 It's the blessing of Arisha. 492 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,480 And that's why when you get crowned, it's 493 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:27,000 your destiny. 494 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,920 That moment in time, if I didn't get 495 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:34,130 crowned at that moment, it's most likely he 496 00:16:34,130 --> 00:16:34,850 wouldn't exist. 497 00:16:38,370 --> 00:16:48,910 And that's why trust your intuition and go 498 00:16:48,910 --> 00:16:55,070 with, you know, don't listen to what other 499 00:16:55,070 --> 00:16:57,350 people say and trust your instinct and do 500 00:16:57,350 --> 00:16:58,350 what you feel is right. 501 00:16:58,690 --> 00:17:02,290 And let your conscience and your intuition guide 502 00:17:02,290 --> 00:17:02,570 you. 503 00:17:04,410 --> 00:17:07,170 And when you got crowned in the past, 504 00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:10,510 it might not have actualized yet for you. 505 00:17:11,109 --> 00:17:12,569 Maybe there's zebble to be made. 506 00:17:13,670 --> 00:17:14,670 Don't miss on your ebble. 507 00:17:14,829 --> 00:17:15,589 Follow your eta. 508 00:17:16,810 --> 00:17:18,310 Do what you're supposed to do. 509 00:17:19,490 --> 00:17:21,390 Arisha tells you exactly what you need to 510 00:17:21,390 --> 00:17:22,290 do to be successful. 511 00:17:22,630 --> 00:17:25,069 If you decide not to listen, that's your 512 00:17:25,069 --> 00:17:25,470 choice. 513 00:17:25,829 --> 00:17:27,510 But don't complain when you're not successful. 514 00:17:28,810 --> 00:17:30,850 You know, don't complain that Arisha did it 515 00:17:30,850 --> 00:17:32,970 or somebody messed you up if you're not 516 00:17:32,970 --> 00:17:34,470 doing what the work that you've been told 517 00:17:34,470 --> 00:17:35,090 to do. 518 00:17:35,550 --> 00:17:37,370 Arisha gives very specific advice. 519 00:17:38,230 --> 00:17:41,610 And it might seem simple or nonsensical. 520 00:17:42,150 --> 00:17:43,790 Why am I putting a fruit on my 521 00:17:43,790 --> 00:17:44,210 head? 522 00:17:44,270 --> 00:17:47,310 Or why am I putting my face in 523 00:17:47,310 --> 00:17:47,730 the river? 524 00:17:47,910 --> 00:17:49,710 Or whatever it is that you told to 525 00:17:49,710 --> 00:17:53,590 do, some abstract thing of wear a knapsack 526 00:17:53,590 --> 00:17:55,410 or whatever it is, I don't even know, 527 00:17:55,690 --> 00:17:57,730 you know, rub this plant on your on 528 00:17:57,730 --> 00:18:00,710 your face, whatever it is, do it. 529 00:18:01,090 --> 00:18:03,410 If Arisha tells you to do it, do 530 00:18:03,410 --> 00:18:03,610 it. 531 00:18:04,210 --> 00:18:06,450 It doesn't make sense in the physical world 532 00:18:06,450 --> 00:18:09,030 sometimes, but in the spiritual world, it makes 533 00:18:09,030 --> 00:18:09,630 a lot of sense. 534 00:18:09,870 --> 00:18:15,410 And divine timing, divine intuition, divine knowledge is 535 00:18:15,410 --> 00:18:17,250 beyond our capacity to understand. 536 00:18:17,250 --> 00:18:19,310 We just have to have faith and trust 537 00:18:19,310 --> 00:18:21,670 that Arisha guides us in the right way. 538 00:18:21,890 --> 00:18:23,770 And people who know Arisha, people who have 539 00:18:23,770 --> 00:18:25,550 been crowned, they will tell you, Arisha never 540 00:18:25,550 --> 00:18:26,810 led me in the wrong direction. 541 00:18:28,310 --> 00:18:30,570 And I've heard that so many times without 542 00:18:30,570 --> 00:18:31,750 prompts, without asking. 543 00:18:31,890 --> 00:18:34,850 Everybody who sits down at an etah, they 544 00:18:34,850 --> 00:18:35,390 all cry. 545 00:18:35,990 --> 00:18:38,570 Because Arisha always speaks divinely, and they know 546 00:18:38,570 --> 00:18:40,630 exactly who that person is and exactly what 547 00:18:40,630 --> 00:18:41,270 they need to hear. 548 00:18:41,370 --> 00:18:42,870 I have so many stories to share. 549 00:18:42,990 --> 00:18:44,970 That's why I'm sharing these stories one at 550 00:18:44,970 --> 00:18:45,550 a time. 551 00:18:45,770 --> 00:18:47,330 And I did promise that I would talk 552 00:18:47,330 --> 00:18:49,410 about how I got the $35,000. 553 00:18:49,690 --> 00:18:53,630 So my godmother, she was very talented, and 554 00:18:53,630 --> 00:18:54,730 I used to go to her every week 555 00:18:54,730 --> 00:18:55,850 to get a reading, because I want to 556 00:18:55,850 --> 00:18:57,110 know, oh my god, I was so invested. 557 00:18:57,710 --> 00:18:58,470 This is amazing. 558 00:18:58,570 --> 00:19:00,650 You could throw these shells down, they could 559 00:19:00,650 --> 00:19:01,510 tell me what's going on. 560 00:19:01,550 --> 00:19:02,610 I need to know, I need to know. 561 00:19:02,710 --> 00:19:04,690 And she tells me, you know, that the 562 00:19:04,690 --> 00:19:07,110 crowning is, you know, $28,000, plus you 563 00:19:07,110 --> 00:19:08,650 got to buy sopetas and everything. 564 00:19:08,750 --> 00:19:10,690 Okay, I don't have $1,000, I don't 565 00:19:10,690 --> 00:19:11,750 have $100 for it. 566 00:19:11,750 --> 00:19:13,210 So she tells me, you're going to go 567 00:19:13,210 --> 00:19:15,530 to on your birthday, you're going to light 568 00:19:15,530 --> 00:19:17,630 all these candles, you're going to bang on 569 00:19:17,630 --> 00:19:21,950 your you're going to speak to and you're 570 00:19:21,950 --> 00:19:24,610 going to say, oh yeah, please bring me 571 00:19:24,610 --> 00:19:26,770 the money, bring me the money to be 572 00:19:26,770 --> 00:19:28,790 crowned, I will use it to get crowned. 573 00:19:29,090 --> 00:19:31,330 Bring me the money to be crowned, I'll 574 00:19:31,330 --> 00:19:32,530 use it to be crowned. 575 00:19:33,470 --> 00:19:36,270 Now, when you pray at the Boveda, it's 576 00:19:36,270 --> 00:19:37,050 the dead, right? 577 00:19:37,150 --> 00:19:37,570 It's your ego. 578 00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:41,520 So I don't know if it was a 579 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:45,440 week later, but make it make sense. 580 00:19:45,740 --> 00:19:47,540 Maybe about a week later, I get a 581 00:19:47,540 --> 00:19:49,560 letter in the mail, and it says, because 582 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,000 my parents were disabled, my mother was disabled 583 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,640 when I was six months old, and that's 584 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:54,960 why we never had any money or nothing. 585 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,660 And it said, Social Security Disability didn't pay 586 00:19:58,660 --> 00:20:01,080 your mom a certain amount of money over 587 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,660 the time period that she had you, so 588 00:20:03,660 --> 00:20:05,960 we have a refund that's due to you. 589 00:20:06,540 --> 00:20:11,200 And it was $35,000. 590 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:13,740 Yeah. 591 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,460 And that's what happened. 592 00:20:17,540 --> 00:20:19,560 The dead people, my parents were dead at 593 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:20,700 that time, they're dead. 594 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:25,560 And the dead delivered to a centenarian, the 595 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:27,280 money came to me and I got crowned. 596 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:29,980 And that's how I got crowned Ogun. 597 00:20:30,940 --> 00:20:33,620 And Ares was born. 598 00:20:35,220 --> 00:20:38,040 So, hope this makes sense for you, I 599 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:39,140 hope it's helping people. 600 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:40,960 You know, I think more people need to 601 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,880 share their intimate stories with Aresha in the 602 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:44,220 public. 603 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:46,120 Don't be ashamed, don't be afraid. 604 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,280 This is not a dirty religion, this is 605 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:51,280 not a low-life religion, this is not 606 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:53,300 a demonic religion, this is actually a blessed 607 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:59,020 religion of highly divine intermediaries who act on 608 00:20:59,020 --> 00:21:02,820 behalf of God, Olodumare, whichever name you want 609 00:21:02,820 --> 00:21:07,920 to give, and they're real, and they make 610 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:08,700 miracles happen. 611 00:21:11,620 --> 00:21:14,460 And I'm blessed to be able to share 612 00:21:14,460 --> 00:21:15,500 their message with you. 613 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,260 Thank you for watching, and come back next 614 00:21:18,260 --> 00:21:19,160 time, let's talk more. 615 00:21:19,300 --> 00:21:21,380 Well, like and subscribe too, darn it.