ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT ePUBLICATION *Promoting the three Bottom lines*
The Bible is a functional tool; only the true believers: real seekers of the truth, in faith and in deeds, the Doers of the Word, know, understand and experience it.
Indications abound that you belong to a Church, even go to Church regularly, and take active part in the activities of the church, yet the Bible is still not represented in your life as a functional tool.
The major challenge of the self-righteous people is the fact that they focus more on their goodness that they don't have the time to prune themselves.
As a Kingdom oriented business operator, it is very important for you to note that loyalty and love for your business, family and friends, must not take precedent over doing what is RIGHT.
Anything to the contrary will amount to disobedience to God's command, a development more often than not that leads or results in the withdrawal of the Holy Spirit, the unseen guard and helper from you.
Faith in God, obedience to follow through on the path that He (the Almighty God) is leading you, and reliance on the Bible as the Word of God are the major ingredients that can help you move beyond the pains and distress associated with great losses and disappointments of life. They are the key to real success in business.
Fact is Real success in business goes beyond making money.
By Bernice Ego Michael, Institute of Archaeology and Museums Studies, Jos Plateau State.
INTRODUCTION
The Igbos are located majorly in the South Eastern part of Nigeria. The area consists of the following states: Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, and some parts of Rivers and Delta states.
Igbo cosmology simply means Igbo world view about creation, the universe and the things around them, including the belief of the Igbos.
To them (Igbos), Chukwu is the supreme God, the maker of heaven and earth; and the creator of the stars, humans, nature and even the deities that control lives and livestock.
Igbos see god as Chukwu Okike, who started his creation on the anthill. Their ancestors landed on the anthill through a rope from the sky. The Goddess of the earth: Ala, was levered as the mother goddess. In Igbo cosmology the supreme deity Chukwu (God) is in close communion with the sun. Chi is so central in Igbo thought that it is portrayed in most of their names. Chi is associated with success or failure than with wickedness or righteousness. They see the day as bringer of daylight as well as the agent of Chukwu. They belief that each individual is born with special Chi as said earlier. They believe in the lower deities that serve the Chiokike: God of creation. These deities include “Ala spirit” earth goddess; it is a guardian spirit of the luring descendant and moral rectitude. They also believe in the principal spirit of the sun called "Anyanwu”, Igwekala, and the god of thunder and lightning called Amadioha. Other deities are related to the river, stream, forest, sacred wood, agriculture, and days of the week which are structured into 4 week days: Eke, Orie, Afo and Nkwo. Ajoku is one of the principal deities of the Igbos, and it is believed by them to be in-charge of the yam.
