The text explores the concept of “effort” as a measure of self-worth, revealing how it transforms intrinsic value into a negotiable commodity. It contrasts “effort” with “exertion,” suggesting that true worth exists in effortless action, free from societal judgments or definitions. True self-worth is innate and unburdened, requiring no validation.
A meditation on breath, word, and manifestation — exploring how spirit becomes form through the instantaneous movement of thinking as divine action. The essay traces breath as the source of word, word as flesh, and listening as the sacred bridge where separation dissolves and presence reveals itself as life.
What is abundance?
Let’s start with breath — this primordial rhythm.
No one can say they know its origin no matter how much they attempt to measure it.
We stand at a crossroad in the evolution of being—between the self inscribed in symbols of chronological time and the vast, pathless flow of relation. Difference is not a distortion or speration from essence of being, but the unfolding of the singular into plural, one into many. Igbo wisdom reminds us: ‘Where one thing stands, another stands beside it.’ Existence is not opposition, but encounter, movement-as-relation–the air, breath, and wind of all formations.
This essay introduces and sets the stage for expounding the concept of all-centeredness—a term coined by Emeka Okereke to describe the dynamic interplay between individuality and unity. It invites readers to reflect on presence, essence, and the fertile ground of being, exploring how difference and interconnectedness coexist in harmony
There is so much knowledge and wisdom embedded in the unknown. Thus, when one says, “I do not know” it does not always mean one is not wise. Quite the contrary. The unknown is a headroom. The ever sprawling horizon. It is an ordered hierarchy that discreetly and patiently hold the missing pieces of our logic, waiting for us to weave our way to it.
DIARY OF A BORDER-BEING 