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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 />

BODHI TREE|<br />

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