Fine African Art Auction
Lot 364:
Length 12.5 inches, width 8 inches. Some wear.
This mask reminds us about our strengths and beings, weaknesses, our pure and impure thoughts as beings, including man, was created with these gifts and we cannot truly avoid them. The Onuku mask is a depiction of a perfect person, a perfect person is the one who recognizes his strengths and weaknesses, and instead of fighting to correct the weaker part of him, chooses to focus on his abilities and strengths by changing his thoughts. Everything that a person gains or fails to achieve are the results of his thoughts; therefore all that we do are caused by the way we think, and not by another person and it is only us who can choose to alter the way that we thing and our ability achieves prosperity increases. This spirit reminds us that our suffering and our joy all evolved within us. Therefore as we think so we are and as we continue to think and see the world, so the way the world remains for us. A weak person cannot be helped, unless he is willing to be helped, however, a weak person must develop the strength that he admires in others in order to elevate himself and it is only an individual himself that can alter their conditions. A person can only rise, and defeat, and gain by lifting up his thoughts and how he sees the world around him, for a free person is he who puts away all selfish thoughts, and will definitely remain weak, poor and miserable by refusing to raise up his thoughts. A person whose first thoughts are focused on indulgence could neither think clearly nor make good plans, this person cannot develop any lasting resources and is most likely to fail in any undertakings. Onuku is the fool who lacks the understanding that there can be no progress without sacrifice and that in all things, you can only get out of the efforts as much as you are willing to sacrifice. The more you lift up your frequency and vibration of your thoughts and fixing your mind on the development of your plans. The higher you raise your thoughts the greater will be your success, and the more blessings your achievements will become. The universe of life does not reward the greedy, the wicket and the dishonest, even though it may sometimes appear as it does… It only helps the, the virtuous who have devoted their lives in an up right thoughts. As the saying goes, that he who would accomplish little, must sacrifice little, and he who sacrifice much will achieve much; however, he who gained highly must sacrifice greatly.
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