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THE CHALLENGE TO LOVE<br />
Suzanne Bishop<br />
http://intuitz.com/<br />
The Bodhi Tree editor asked for<br />
predictions for 2016. I have always been<br />
intuitive/psychic since birth, and currently<br />
as a professional psychic stay away<br />
from predicting anything. Despite this, I<br />
feel differently about 2016 predictions<br />
because we are living in deciding times.<br />
There is something about the energies<br />
coming from what I think is the collective<br />
unconscious/conscious that is huge.<br />
2016 will be decisive in that people will<br />
either let fear take them over, or love.<br />
Many shakeups occur and have already<br />
started to materialize. An example is<br />
the hold that Bernie Sanders has on<br />
a growing section of voters. Info that<br />
was once hidden is coming to light.<br />
Companies and governments are laid<br />
bare and people are reacting with spirit<br />
and a newfound knowing they are worth<br />
more than what the status quo has to<br />
offer. Will we rise to begin to make the<br />
changes in our lives that guarantee the<br />
saving of our planet from climate change,<br />
war and overpopulation?<br />
Our world in 2016 is full of circumstances<br />
that seem out of control. I don’t see<br />
the problems in Middle East getting<br />
better, I see more domestic violence and<br />
terrorism, and violence around the world<br />
in general, more species dying, more<br />
disclosure from whistle blowers, and an<br />
increasing divide between the lovers and<br />
the haters. If the movement continues<br />
with people standing up for their own<br />
self-interests based on self-love, I am<br />
very hopeful for the future. As that<br />
connection to the collective grows closer<br />
home for many, an opportunity opens to<br />
live more authentically.<br />
The connection to the collective is a<br />
heart connection and those that choose<br />
love choose a victory for all. 2016 is a<br />
deciding year, the collective is calling.<br />
Know you are loved, you are perfect, live<br />
to serve others and the world and learn<br />
to thrive.<br />
Lets all rise to make 2016 better than<br />
ever imagined.<br />
PLANTING SEEDS<br />
OF PEACE<br />
http://www.PauletteGlover.com<br />
When we learn to cultivate inner peace,<br />
we create peace with our spirit. Once<br />
we obtain peace within our spirit, we are<br />
able to raise the energetic vibrations of<br />
universal consciousness.<br />
Be aware that peace is within each and<br />
every one of you, simply to be unfolded<br />
as the flower blossoms welcome the<br />
morning sun. We are one with the<br />
Universe, just as we are one tree with<br />
intertwined roots connected to the<br />
neighboring tree, sharing the same sun<br />
by day and the moon by night. That is<br />
why there is no need to seek peace, for<br />
it is already imbedded within your spirit,<br />
ready and waiting to be nurtured. Just<br />
as you bathe your body every day, when<br />
you are mindful of your inner peace with<br />
every breath you take, you cleanse your<br />
spirit and your mind.<br />
Many of you already seek inner peace<br />
through various meditation methods and<br />
breathing techniques, but when you’re<br />
out and about and someone interrupts<br />
your tranquility, you need a quick fix<br />
to bring you back to the well within<br />
yourself in order to bring forth your inner<br />
peace once again. One easy breathing<br />
exercise by Zen Master, Thich Nat Hahn,<br />
can be recited anytime your inner peace<br />
is threatened to bring you back to your<br />
present moment:<br />
Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing<br />
out, I smile.<br />
Dwelling in the present moment, I know<br />
that this is a wonderful moment!<br />
The message is a simple one: as<br />
you follow your journey’s path of<br />
being mindful of your inner peace, it<br />
is necessary to recognize and release<br />
your feelings of fear and anger in order<br />
to give birth to your peace. Only with<br />
a calm mind is it possible for you to<br />
examine, and then accept, release,<br />
and move-on from the root of your<br />
fear and anger. By acknowledging and<br />
taking ownership of your feelings,<br />
you are able to truly be free from<br />
the incorrect perceptions of the<br />
influences that are not your own, such<br />
as inherited opinions of your parents,<br />
well-intentioned friends, or even the<br />
most minor events that contributed<br />
to these feelings. Once you have an<br />
understanding of your fears and anger,<br />
you are able to cultivate compassion<br />
and forgiveness. It is only through<br />
the ingredients of forgiveness and<br />
compassion that you are able to release<br />
any suffering and make room in your<br />
heart to breathe in and breathe out<br />
peace during your daily routine.<br />
By nurturing the seeds of peace, you<br />
have taken the first step on your journey<br />
to integrating the true nature of what<br />
the word, ‘peace,’ truly means and thus<br />
end the suffering around you, one breath<br />
at a time. Peace be with you. My peace,<br />
I give to you.<br />
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