Associated with Ọ̀yẹ̀kú Méjì, this teaching shatters human ego and the hoarding of wealth. It asserts that every journey, regardless of its grandeur, terminates in the earth. It creates a theological symmetry between birth and death, reminding us that no status or power can circumvent the final return home to the soil.
A dífá fún ilẹ̀; ilẹ̀ ni à ń bọ̀ l'éyìn.
The earth is what we return to after all journeys. No matter the path taken, the destination remains the same.