And we are chosen not over and against anyone, but chosen with everyone to bring good in the world. Odu 78:1 says we should do things with joy “for surely humans have been divinely chosen (yan) to bring good into the world” and that this is the fundamental mission and meaning of human life. The chosen status of humans is a second major tenet of Ifa. But inherent in this firm belief in the good that is found in the Odu Ifa is the faith that in the midst of the worst of situations there are good people, good will and possibilities for creating good, increasing good and thus constantly expanding the realm of good. It is obvious here that all is not well with the world, given the poverty, oppression, exploitation and general suffering of people. The Odu (chapter) begins by declaring “Let’s do things with joy…” For it is understood that the world was created in goodness and that we are to find good in the world, embrace it, increase it, and not let any good be lost. Although these themes are throughout the Odu Ifa, nowhere are they more explicit than in Odu 78:1. Its central message revolves around the teachings of the Goodness of and in the world the chosen status of humans in the world the criteria of a good world and the requirements for a good world. Nowhere is the profundity and beauty of African spirituality more apparent than in the Odu Ifa, the sacred text of the spiritual and ethical tradition of Ifa, which is one of the greatest sacred texts of the world and a classic of African and world literature.
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