Dr. Gbadegesin started his lecture by telling us the story of Orumila and Iwa. Orumila is the guard of wisdom and Iwa is the granddaughter of Sulu. Iwa agreed to marry Orumila as long as he does not bring her stress. After Orumila became wealthy he began to complain about how Iwa was doing her household duties and she left him. Orumila did apologize for his actions and Iwa forgave him. Dr. Gbadegesin even demonstrated a calling that was used by the Egyptians. We learned about Ma’at which Ancient Egyptians learned and practiced truth and justice and maintained order, balance, and harmony. The principles of Ma’at were all written in negative terms. Some examples are “I have not committed sin”, “I have not stolen”, “I have not cursed”, “I am not deceitful and many more. With these principles the Gods were made strong. From the instructions of Ptahhotep we learned that “a man of character is a man of wealth”. From that the term Omoluabi arises which means a person of character, disciplined, self-improving, thus earning respect of peers. I am currently in the process of improving myself and with self improvement I am leaving my mark on human existence. We also learned about Iwa as the good of existence. We have a responsibility to ourselves to remake ourselves through education and we also have the responsibility of serving our community with the education we receive. Iwa says that “immortality is the crown of existence” to me this means that as long as we give back to our community we will leave our mark on the world and that is something close to immortality.
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