Thursday, March 03, 2005
Ashé online
Journal of Experimental Spirituality
In the beginning was Ashé. Ashé was everything.
When Ashé began to think, Ashé became Olodumare.*
- Yoruban creation myth
Ashé is an Afro-Caribbean word for spirit or life-force. It describes the energy which inhabits all people, animals, plants and objects. Ashé is a singular force which is everywhere differentiated into the myth of duality. Ashé is similar to the Sanskrit prana or the Chinese Ch'i. Ashé initiated humanity's primordial origins and stands now as its source. Ashé is more than simple energy; it is similar to the Buddhist concept of Bodhicitta and Karma. Good things happen to one because one has Ashé, bad things because one lacks it.
Ashé is the priestess dancing herself toward possession. Ashé is the thread that weaves itself into the infinite blanket of meditative equipoise. Ashé is the hermit lighting a candle for the great mother; the group coming together in geometric power for common purpose; the drag queen sitting in vipassana before a performance; the homeless teen talking to Buddha beneath the overpass sheltering rain and dharma.
Ashé is a primordial blend of Prana, Qi, Karma, Dharma, Prem,
Agape, Will, and Bodhicitta.
Ashé is the ultimate source of everything.*
Journal of Experimental Spirituality
In the beginning was Ashé. Ashé was everything.
When Ashé began to think, Ashé became Olodumare.*
- Yoruban creation myth
Ashé is an Afro-Caribbean word for spirit or life-force. It describes the energy which inhabits all people, animals, plants and objects. Ashé is a singular force which is everywhere differentiated into the myth of duality. Ashé is similar to the Sanskrit prana or the Chinese Ch'i. Ashé initiated humanity's primordial origins and stands now as its source. Ashé is more than simple energy; it is similar to the Buddhist concept of Bodhicitta and Karma. Good things happen to one because one has Ashé, bad things because one lacks it.
Ashé is the priestess dancing herself toward possession. Ashé is the thread that weaves itself into the infinite blanket of meditative equipoise. Ashé is the hermit lighting a candle for the great mother; the group coming together in geometric power for common purpose; the drag queen sitting in vipassana before a performance; the homeless teen talking to Buddha beneath the overpass sheltering rain and dharma.
Ashé is a primordial blend of Prana, Qi, Karma, Dharma, Prem,
Agape, Will, and Bodhicitta.
Ashé is the ultimate source of everything.*
