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/ETSAKOR PROVERBS

/Etsakor Proverbs ETSAKOR DIALECT: 1. Orda orde kpo lor ghu ye alimhi apfer na tser la. 2. Elimhi lor khi apfer ni mha ye. 3. Eme gbe alimhi oder vhi agbor, khor vha gbe nabi uku ewor. TRANSLATION: 1. Everyone dies unto their own ancestry. 2. Elimhi  - (The Spiritual Abode of the dead) is the family where we return. 3. The veil which separates earthly life and the spiritual abode of the dead is.       not as thick as a film of smoke. MEANING:   Through death, man returns to his origins. The ancestry of man called alimhi  in the Proverb, is an abode of spiritual beings, where it is believed that man was created; and there, he came from.   There, it is possible to recognize related, previously connected or familiar beings. There is the eventual return of the spirits of the dead. This Proverb describes the location of the spiritual abode to be within the earth; and among the living! The only veil of separation between the kingdom of the spirits of th...

/ETSAKOR PROVERBS

/ETSAKOR PROVERBS ETSAKOR DIALECT: I kele ni egbe mher, lagi Osimher lor lu mher; khai vier la abor orkpa. TRANSLATION: The self inflicted and the Lord's afflicted, are never mourned alike. MEANING: A man whose misfortune is a reward for his misdemeanors, cannot be compared to another who was born with a condition or a victim of natural disasters. LIFE APPLICATION:   In  life , human beings have empathy. But their sympathy for a man who is the architect of his own misfortunes can not be compared to another who was born with a condition or a victim of natural disasters.   If a man was recalcitrant and lived a wayward life of prostitution, you may not be surprised when he is infected with AIDS disease. Of course, this man, cannot enjoy the same kind of support with another man was born blind or who lost all his properties during an earthquake.   Many people are fond of blaming others for their failures or misfortunes. They could blame other people, weather, animals, wi...