MY 2023 PREDICTIONS ~ Your Time to Fly!
Dear Friends,
Based on the world view of the Dagara of Northern Ghana and Burkina who see each year as influenced by one of the five elements of creation, 2023 is a NATURE year.
(This was taught this world-view by my teacher Dr Malidoma Some, now an ancestor. He was an initiated elder of the Dagara from the village of Dano in Burkina Faso. To Malidoma and his people, I owe an eternal debt of gratitude. Their elemental world view has been the foundation of much of my work and writing.)
Other years are influenced by FIRE, WATER, EARTH and MINERAL. This year, 2022 was a FIRE YEAR. It has been a year when a lot of things got burned up and burned out— things exploded and imploded, and yet a new Light was found, as many of us decided to step out of our shadows and into our own Light.
What does it mean that 2023 is a “NATURE” year?
In 2023 you can expect to journey through even deeper change and transformation. This year is an opportunity to embrace your limitless nature and to change in profound and fundamental ways. It is a time when your genius along with your sense of freedom will want and need to shine forth, uninhibited.
It's time to fly!
With that said, to not allow this to happen in you this year, will come deeper feelings of stuck-ness and stagnation— the feeling that comes with being in a maze, and not being able to figure your way out — like feeling lost in the wild.
2023 will again be a time to pause and to more deeply tap into your own memory, intellect, reasoning, will and imagination — WITHIN.
I say within because the new territory that you are seeking is within your own being. So make no mistake the yearning you now have for a new adventure, to see new things, to adapt new information and to travel are all harbingers--an expression of a deeper desire and to find new harmonies within.
So get out there and do your thing, knowing full well that you are also entering on an inner journey of deep transformation!
Again this is your time to fly.
I have written two books based on the element frameworks developed from my work and study with Malidoma. They are about how to find new purpose and life balance — BLOOM, The Essential Journey ~ A New Guide to Balance Growth & Well Being, and FINDING YOUR B.I.G.~ Finding New Purpose In A Changing World. In them I introduce a new way of thinking, and asking fundamental questions based on the five elements that grow and balance life. This body of thought is called “The Philosophy of BLOOMING.”
I believe they are among the best books you can give yourself and your friends this year as we navigate this coming NATURE YEAR.
Check them out on Amazon in print and e-book formats!
I trust this time of year, finds you well, joyous and prosperous as we venture together into the year ahead!
InBLOOM Always,
Olubode
