Stupid Questions = Stupid Answers!

My wife is all over me whenever this comes up. She believes there are gentler ways of teaching. She is right. There are kinder and gentler ways, but in my 40 years of training individuals to be the finest they can be, nothing has proved so effective. Let me explain... First and foremost divination is not some parlor game. It is the most sophisticated method of forecasting the likelihood of future events that has ever existed, it is NOT something one should take lightly. Second is the fact that, like it or not, believe it or not, the Universe (Orunmila? Arula?, Quantum Physics?) demands an intelligent conversation.

If you ask, through the diviner or through your own casting, is the question that is considered unintelligent? the answer will mirror the question with its answer. In other words, the Universe will give you nonsense answers to nonsense questions. Thousands of years later, before anyone examined this, the computer world coined a relevant expression: Garbage in/Garbage out!

But to answer the question without addressing the problem, does not solve the issue. That lies with understanding just what is a "stupid" question?

In simplistic fashion allow me to give you some generalizations... Foremost is the individual who "wants" something so badly, they allow that "want" to color their thoughts and the conversation. When the man doesn't return, or the Lady doesn't forgive, they will often blame it of the diviner. And, in some measure, the diviner is at fault. Either the diviner was not listening to her/him, refused to explain that they have chosen the wrong partner, or is arrogant, and skilled, enough to believe that not only can the errant partner come back, but that it is worth the effort and the shifting of universal events. Even though, time and again, this type of reconciliation will only last days or weeks before the process must be revisited.

You can see this is a real partnership between the Client's feelings, the Diviners integrity and the demands of a Universe that is not about to give in to feelings rather than facts. Money is another example. Everybody wants money...and most need it  Others simply want more... and refuse to understand it has been their behavior - 95% of the time - which caused the losses they have endured and yet spurs them to seek more and more money, rather than examine their character, their lifestyle and the welfare of their family. And, of course, there is the question of health. Is the diviner supposed to be an internist? We are not speaking of having the flu... we are speaking of the family member who has been struck with a major infirmity and the question for the diviner becomes how to balance the patients facts with the relatives hope and reach an accommodation that the Universe will accept as factual and worth doing.

The burden on a skilled diviner is enormous... and the burden is two-fold. One is their own integrity and two is the self-delusion of the client in denial. But if the Diviner is confused, look for the a string of answers that end in a unexpected way...and then make the decision that it will be easier in the long run to examine that which, for the longer term CAN be done, not that the client wishes to get done.

Love and Blessings...

Oluwo Philip Neimark