THIS IS A SECRET LANGUAGE OF POWER AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE INDEED BEEN INITIATED IN IFA. IT IS A WORD OF GREETING COMMON IN IFA RELIGION AND IFA COMMUNITY OF MEN OF WISDOM.
THE WORD “ABORU” MEANS WHEN AN IFA PRIEST HAD PERFORMED HIS SPIRITUAL RITES, PRAYER AND SACRIFICES RIGHT, THEN DISCIPLES OR OTHER FELLOW IFA PRIES WILL GREET HIM, DID SACRIFICES OR RITES GOES WELL!
IF IT IS WELL, THEN GREETIG WILL FOLLOW AS THUS ”ABORU” WHICH CAN BE LITERARILY TRANSLATED INTO SACRIFICE GOES WELL , RITUAL GOES WELL , ALL SPIRITUAL STEP GOES WELL , THE DAY IS WELL , THE TRADITION IS WELL , THE WEEK IS WELL , THE MONTH IS WELL , YEAR IS WELL , AND THE LIFE OR STEPS GO WELL , IS IT WELL WITH YOU.
WHILE “ABOYE” MEANS, YOU SHALL DO THE RITES AND THE SACRIFICE RIGHT AND WELL , VICTORY , SUCCESS AND HARMONY AFTER THE SACRIFICES SHALL BE YOUR LOT , THE DAY, THE WEEK , THE MONTH AND THE YEAR SHALL GO WELL WITH AS LONG AS THERE IS APPEARANCE OF THE SUN .
THEN THE TWO WORDS ” ABORU ABOYE” BECOME A LANGUAGE OF ALL THE FOLLOWERS AND THE DISCIPLES OF IFA ALL OVER THE WORLD. WHENEVER WE WANT OR INTEND TO GREET AN IFA PRIEST OR FELLOW IFA INITIATES.
THEN WE SHALL SAYS ABORU ABOYE WHILE THE RESPONDER OR THE PRIEST OR IFA INITIATES WILL SAY, “ABOYE ABOSISE”, WHICH MEANS, THE SACRIFICE WILL GO TO THE PLACE OF ACCEPTANCE WHICH IS ETHER , AND BRING IN RETURN THE BLESSING OF SUCCESS , VICTORY , HAPPINESS, STRENGHT AND LOVE.
IT ALSO ALL IS WELL, THE RITES ARE WELL AND ACCEPTED , THE SACRIFICE IS FULL OF LIFE , POWER , AND SUCCESS. OR TODAY IS FULL OF LIFE , POWER , STRENGHT AND ENERGY , HENCE ALL GOES ON WELL IN THE SPIRIT OF OLODUMARE (GOD) WORKING THROUGH THE ENERGY OF IFA IN OUR LIVES.
IT IS LANGUAGE OF SPIRITUAL POWER THAT COMMANDS THE ATTENTION OF ALL IRUNMOLE OR DIVINITIES TO BLESS OUR STEPS, OUR LIVES AND OUR BELOVED ONES WITHOUT DOUBT. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST PROFOUND UTTERANCES FOUND IN THE MIND OF MEN TO SHOW THE POWER OF OLODUMARE AND HIS NUMEROUS DIVINITIES IN OUR WORLD OR LIFE.
IT IS A LANGUAGE OF PRAYER, AND ALAFIA MEANS PEACE, BLESSING OF HIGHEST PROPORTION AND MAGNITUDE.