I read something in one of the books by Ayo Salami a while back that really convinced me the the completeness of Ifa. Ifa covers very completely the obligations of the husband and wife and the family as a whole. The funny thing is that it is really similar to Christianity in it's implication.
Often times people will go to church or tend their shrines like clock work. They will get up, get dressed, put on their good cologne or light incense, take communion or pour libation, etc without complaint the first. Now if you observe that same person in their dealings with their own family, you may be surprised. You may find that they have their priorities a little out of sorts.
Ifa is a family culture. EVERYTHING about Ifa involves or impacts familial relationships. It covers traditional duties for the husband and wife as far as work and children are concerned, and it even covers sexual obligations. Ifa speaks of how we should care for and treat our children, elders, and even ancestors. The truth is that our families are our first and most important shrines. We have to care for those that we look at everyday. We have to make sure that they are cared for in every way. If you choose not to do this, you are wasting your time at church or in front of the shrines.
Another reason that you must tend to your family is because you cause division which can allow spiritual attach from various Ajogun (negative forces). It is easier to avoid such issues on the front end, rather than let them take over and have to offer sacrifice on the back end.
No matter how spiritual you are, you are wasting your time and making more work for yourself if you neglect you family.
***My Iya reads this blog and added that it is actually taboo for a wife/husband to neglect their "grown folk" duties. I would assume that it is also taboo for you to neglect any relationship that you entered into willingly such as parenthood or even taking care of ones parents when needed. Gotta love Ifa, it is so simple and common sense in it's complexity.
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