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So how do you see the world one year from now? Meaning the world in November 2009? Let’s do a type of exercise, not a prophecy, about the state of the world in the future. As you know we are at the brink of the US elections; the stock is crashing; wars are ravaging, etc… So I turn to you : in one year from now, where will we be?
So speculate about this and – God willing – I will repost here your answers in November 2009 and see who came closer to reality.
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I am now jealous on you Paul,wow so many women are in to you now having this SCHWARZENEGGER accent. I would be proud not offended at least you attracted a lot of women here .Maybe I should come with something like you did :-)
I feel we will be close to a one world government and one world monetary system and soon would be required to have a certain mark to be able to buy, sell and save money. I know we will be closer to our Lords return “maranatha”. We must get our hearts and souls ready now in order to survive. Love and Blessings to all.
1. The U.S. will be begin to start becoming unified, under the same belief.
2. World leaders and nations will get together to bring peace around the world.
3. I don’t like saying this, but a big earthquake will hit California.
4. *BONUS -I will have finally had the priviledge to have met you in person & have the picture to show for it!
Thank you Jessica, Annie, Jan & Thelma for trying to help understanding what that was all about. As Annie, I believe in being a Homo Ludens,a playful human beings, and I joke a lot, which can be a two egged sword. Now, it seems I hurt our dear fellow Paul, and I regret that, and will try to be more careful. I’m learning something new every day.
I am a regular watching a show called Jay Leno, which often makes fun of Schwarzenegger accent. Having a bad English/American accent myself, I always find this hilarious. Also, I like to express myself with !!! – and with capital letters, and didn’t mean to criticize Paul at all. However, it appears that’s how he read my comment. So, I will be more careful, and hope we can all forget this silly episode, and move on to the wonderful topics of this blog.
Love,
Heart
The world will be one year older this time next year. Her battery will have one years less power.
Stock markets will level off, the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer.
I hope everyone voted for baby Jesus!
paulo,
The world is only going to get worse.It is not speculation,it is a fact.
”In this kali yuga,people in general have no intelligence and they indulge in cow slaughter as well as animal slaughter.4,32,000 solar years from hence,people wil even devour their own progeny.Women will be very lusty and hav paramours.There will be no morality and after this massive degradation of the collective consciousness,the Supreme Lord will incarnate as Kalki.
– puranas,vedic literature,dated 5000 yrs ago..i.e. 427000 years to go.
My dearest friends, I did not look at this ‘space’ since we have a week to.. think and write and now I am reading it I am speechless!
I ‘know’ Paul is NOT a …Swarzenegger and he is one of the kindest and most polite people I have ever ‘spoken’ too.
My dearest Heart, you should notice that I also sometimes write some words with… capital letters, although I am Greek!!! Maybe because I have spent ….2 1/5 in Vienna!!! So it was a bad ..guessing!
Anyway I thought that no matter what or from where we are, we are here as Warriors of Light. I wish you a nice evening.
LOVE,
THELMA
Dear Paulo,
Do you remember;
A year ago Barack Obama won the US election and he’s been the new president for almost a year now.
It’s still a rough economic climate out there, a lot of recovery has to be done.
But a change has come, although the effects are not quite evident yet.
The sleeves are rolled up.
But you can feel something….
Pay attention.
There’s something in the air.
H.O.P.E.
And the woman in the ‘house in the sky’ looks contently down on ‘the house on Capitol Hill’.
There are still wars all over the world, people are still dying of hunger or diseases which could be easily cured.
It’s still a tough place for many people, our world.
But like I wrote; there’s one crucial difference.
It’s November 4, 2009 and I sense it in the air…
Hope
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune–without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I’ve heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
Emily Dickinson
Love,
Rose
Quoted from Paul from Austria:
“STOP BEING EGOISTIC and START LOVING AND BELIEVING THAT WE ARE “ALL” GOD’s CHILDREN!”
“Heart, I am neither Austrian nor American… and I am certainly not to be confused with a brainless muscleman like Arnold S. Whoever you are, and it appears that English is not your strongest language, I despise your sarcasm and your nature (cold) which somehow doesn’t match with your pseudonym (heart).”
Anyone else confused?
Oh my goodness Paul from Austria. The last thing I wanted to was to hurt your feelings. I’m sorry, and will not try to tease you again. See how different opinions we have. I honestly admire Arnold Schwarzenegger who is elected by millions to be the governor of California, even without being born American. My English and my heart, what can I say, I’m doing my best, even with this cold shower. Again, sorry to offend you Paul.
Lets see on a world scale of things -i think I agree with Morning Bear and his comments -but I hope for all of us no matter what happens with the economy -war and employment-it will bring us closer as one -world and we will love our neighbor and show compassion and understanding for what each country is going threw on a larger scale -if we can still love then thats half the battle of anything isn’t it.Its in Gods hands -but we can all make a difference on a daily basis by the way in which we act . This is the time for all the world to be talking to Mary or any other female goddess that they believe in -this energy is needed to help bring balance back for the earth for starters -I would love to say that it would be good to see a female running things but maybe in a few more years .I hope for that ..Blessings Tania
Hi Paulo and Everyone
What will November 2009 look like?
A very great deal will depend upon how the new US president adapts to his role. We may be on the verge of something that Martin Luther King dreamed of all those years ago and then again, we may not. The un-thinkable then, may just happen, now.
The only thing that is certain is that there are no guarantees.
2009 will be a year of reflection for many as the financial implications of living on hype and debt begin to become clear, there may be a need for humility. The world will have a chance to see the impacts of a materialistic focussed behaviour and orientation. Budgets will be tightened and humanitarian aid reduced, the fiscal implications of invasion to secure oil will come home to roost; it may result in troop withdrawal.
Confidence in American world leadership will fall, the European Union will get stronger and more co-ordinated, the UK may finally have to stop its arrogance and join in with the Euro.
There may be a backlash of resentment at the USA for leading us into the financial mess, in a sense isolating it a little more from the world.
Russia has shown that it is not worried what anyone else thinks of it and its approach to capitalism will rebalance, with many of the oligarchs now having very bloody noses. She will exert herself more in 2009.
High technology research is burgeoning in countries like India, China and Brazil. The oil giants have begun shifting the focus towards more sustainable sources such as biomass; a fuel source pioneered in Brazil. This will increase the conflict between the need for energy and the need for food, perhaps driving inflation in the prices of foodstuffs. The rich nations will need to depend more on the poorer though initially this will be, as usual, exploitative in approach.
India and China, who have a long history of entrepreneurial people, will move quickly and exert more power on the world stage. They have been busy educating young people in the West and they are now returning home. China is the manufacturing power house of the world, it will grow further. I am concerned about the tensions which remain between the two nuclear powers India and Pakistan. South America, at least as we hear about it here, appears relatively settled, perhaps because of all of its turmoil in the past. It may well stay that way.
The semiconductor business that drives much of the world economy through computers, TVs and DVDs etc. may have to have a complete re-think. The technology cycles which drive each new generation of “toys” requires truly awesome capital injections. Given the current tight financial situation funding for these will not be so readily available. They may have to be put new development on hold and old technologies will be drawn out and tweaked rather than innovation. Nanotechnology will continue to grow, however a true quantum leap will be needed before it can be integrated into the silicon based devices of today.
Financial power will drift East, these economies already effectively “own” America.
The distrust between Islam and the West, for want of a better word, will probably exacerbate. The middle East will remain tense and an Israeli strike on Iran is still a possibility. Water will continue to be as issue there.
The climate will offer up increasingly erratic and extreme events.
Internet usage will continue to go up, you tube, my space and social networking sites will continue to explode. They will be used for good and less good. Wiki will become the source of all wisdom. People, preferring shortcuts to thinking, will rely even more heavily on Google etc. Google Addicts Anonymous may well be formed.
Because of internet usage, the control of central governments and large corporations will weaken further and small flexible businesses may well flourish better. The storage of information on individuals will expand even further bringing with it the latent danger of Orwellian 1984 scenarios. As individual freedom grows so will the attempts of central governments to cling, legislate and control. The storage of biometric data and monitoring of mobile phone and internet traffic is a real worry; there is much potential for abuse. Consumerism is the principle means of control.
Power will remain with Microsoft, Google, Amazon and the like.
Perhaps this outer focus on materialism and hedonism = happiness will be seen for the sham that it actually is and bring about a shift in human consciousness. In a strange way the worse things get the more likely this is to happen.
People will look for beacons of light in the darkness. There may be more of these.
How many of us here find comfort in “checking in” on a regular basis? To check that there is some sanity left in a crazy world.
There is already a shift, the age of Aquarius is upon us and perhaps now its effects will be felt more strongly. There is hope. A new way of being is needed. We cannot remain overdrawn at the bank of life. We may have to go downhill a little further first though.
November, at least here in the Northern hemisphere, is after harvest and we will be looking at the larder to see what the seeds we have sown during the year have brought us for the winter ahead.
Best wishes,
Alan
Io credo che da adesso al 2009 la situazione cambierà poco! Ci saranno altre guerre…il costo della benzina salirà ancora di più,così come il costo degli alimenti….Al telegiornale sentiremo parlare di calcio, di politica, il governo che cade…..tanti delinquenti in giro….la sanità che non va bene…alla fine Paulo è la solita musica che si ripete di anno in anno!! E’ come un film già visto!!
BAci
Barbara
Only live for today. Next year is too far away to imagine. I dream however that next year the credit crunch will destroy all economies and end the western world and its media as we know it and we all end up living of the land and bartering.
I believe that we can each help the world by envsioning and manifesting our own becoming – not who we might be a year from now but who we could be 10,000 from now.
This is a time of extraordinary change and upheaval which has been predicted by more than one prophecy. I do not know where we will be collectively one year from now but I do know that I can help make it a better place by continuing to bring myself back into balance with the world and by doing what I can to manifest that radiant being I see in my own future.
Rebecca
Just to connect few more things with my previous comment. I think this is very important for everybody!My dear fellow humans we live in UNCERTAIN world and we have been manipulated by the RELIGIONS,GOVERMENTS,MEDIA etc.We let those organizations RULE our life’s,that is the main reason that we are in a WORLD CRISES today.So its our own fault because we are not educated enough and we are afraid to stand up against EVIL and for example people like G.W.BUSH.We need a first HUMAN revolution for our own good and future!
Greetings))
I think, the world the next year will feel force of an economic crisis and no more that. Small provocations between the states.
There will be a race of arms and preparation for war.
Hey Paul, I’m currently reading your book Brida and it’s stirring up alot of emotions in me regarding love. I’ve never been able to explain why unconditional love exists and now that I’m learning we ‘might’ have a piece of our soul in the person we irrationally fall inlove with, it’s beginning to make sense. Some of your ideas conflict with the teachings of Islam (yes I’m a muslim in Kenya… Africa) but somehow I relate. Sigh… I wish life for me in a year’s time will be less complicated… I hope I’ll have ‘found’ myself by then.
Regards,
Farida.
When You Know You Know
by
Michael Pokocky
Don’t tell me you’re content, when the whole world is experiencing economic, political, social, cultural,
environmental and spiritual vertigo, when you know that you aren’t; tell me you don’t know what to do,
and you’re concerned, and I’ll believe you.
Don’t tell me that we are not capable of changing the world; tell me how we could.
Don’t tell me you feel secure in a world, where most people define their lives by the work that they do,
while they’re children wait impatiently for attention, while mommy and daddy finish their work.
Don’t tell me you actually accept the way things are, when I know that you really don’t, no matter how
well you hide it.
Don’t tell me the world is a mess when you know we can fix it.
Don’t tell me you need to be surrounded by material possessions to feel happy, when what you really
want is to be loved.
Don’t tell me you don’t have the energy to take care of yourself; and your family; and your problems;
when you know you have a choice.
Don’t tell me you long for the day, when you were a child, because you’re parents had the moral courage
to be their for you; be there for yourself right now; and for your family; and your friends; and your
community as well.
Don’t tell me you live a hurried and busy life and always use the excuse, “I’m too busy,” when you
know all you’re doing is running away.
Don’t tell me you buy into the dogmas that your leaders are telling you, when you know your inner
voice is telling you something else; explore that part of yourself.
Don’t tell me you hate getting up in the morning; find something you love to do and do it, instead of
trying to keep up with the life you hate.
Don’t tell me your excuses when you know it’s what I want to hear; tell me your fears and your worries
and lets build trust between us, so we can find a better way.
Don’t tell me your marriage is falling apart; accept it never existed because one of you was never there.
Don’t tell me about all the problems of the world when I already know them; tell me what you are going
to do to fix them.
Don’t tell me you don’t know what you could do, when you know you have an idea or a vision.
Don’t stand there in self pity, when you know you’re the one responsible for the choices you made.
Don’t tell me you can’t face life anymore because you’re so sad; I’ll show you people who have a
damned good reason to be sad, and yet, they somehow embrace life and the love of living.
Tell me how you wake-up in the middle of the night full of fear and doubt and I’ll be there to comfort
you.
Tell me you’re afraid and I’ll help you find the courage to deal with it, if you are not up to it.
Tell me what your needs and desires are, and I’ll tell you you’ll feel better if you know that everyone
and everything will find you eventually.
Tell me your angry and I’ll show you how to harness the energy of anger to make your dreams come
true.
Tell me you are a warrior and I’ll believe you; even if you don’t.
Tell me you’re a bad parent and I’ll show you how much your children love you and need you anyway.
Tell me you need to feel loved and I’ll show you that you are already are.
Tell me that one person can make a difference and I’ll tell the world your message.
Will you wake up to the knowledge that we, as a collective intelligent people, working together in trust
and harmony, can make our world a better place to live?
Will you recognize your individuality and never back down from this belief in yourself no matter what?
If you can do any one of these things, then I’ll tell you we can change, because change is about choices.
I sincerely hope I don’t change.
Love,
Nelson
one year from now.. i`ll be a housewife..the kind of job that i haven`t not try it. with loving soulmates travels an experienced that we both haven`t try it out ..
Still hopes for the best things yet to come.
A better approach to the things coming my way. A better perspective about how to view life.A better job. A better relationship.A better self.A better person. A better servant of GOD.
A better world–people will realize how damaged the world is at large and would make all the means to bring it back to the life again.People will realize how precious life is.Many souls will be drawn back to GOD–because they need GOD.They need GOD to fill the empty spaces in their lives.We were created for GOD.And GOD alone can fill those spaces.People will realize those things.
I know GOD will still be there when that time comes for sure–can’t imagine life without a GOD, without JESUS who saves and without the Holy Spirit to guide my way–life would be a mess without the HOLY Trinity.AMEN!
Mabuhay tayong lahat!!!
Joy–Republika ng Pilipinas
lo mucho se convertira en poco….lo poco en suficiente….y lo suficiente en igualdad
One year from now humanity will be divided. The next year many people will have discovered profound meaning in their lives and will be faced with the task to pay more attention to what is truly important in their lives. Hatred will be at an all – time high and so will the need for forgiveness. I think the world at large in the next year will actually go in reverse, therefore to move forward. Many will take a step back to reflect to regain more insight to move forward with intention.
I believe that in one year from now we will be in much the same place as we are in now, providing there are no monumental catastrophies. There will be most likely small changes e.g. less troops in Iraq, fluctuating global financial instability etc, however the primary changes that are needed to not only improve and preseve the world we live in for all species (global warming) and unity among the human race is a vision far beyond my own lifespan.
And if there are any monumental catastrophies then our species has already survived many and I believe aslong as there is an earth with oxygen, water and food then there will be people wether it be as cave dwellers or space travellers.
Se eu puder fazer algo de bom por alguém durante esse ano, que eu faça. Para quando chegar em novembro de 2009, esta pessoa se sentir melhor e mais feliz, e eu também, é claro, por ter feito o bem ao menos para alguém. Já está de bom tamanho… Agora, imagine se todas as pessoas do mundo tentarem agir assim, muitas vidas poderão ser transformadas com um simples apoio em 12 meses.
Muito carinho,
Fernanda
I think the big changes in the world will start from this November, where remarkable man is going to be elected in US. The shock market will be in problems for several months, so the investments will be done in unexpected companies and markets.
Despite the huge campaign of global warming, we will see how blocks of ice are moving and some things from our pass, will be discovered inside of them.
Also, I think, people will be closer to God, in all the ways we call him.
Therefore, many changes will come from now until Nov. 2009. This is my feeling about your question.
By November of 2009 the great spiritual awakening of the countries of this world will start to really gain a foothold in third world countries and it is those meek and gentle souls that will bring it out for the world to acknowledge, through the technological eyes of all the 1st and 2nd world countries.
There will be more peace than the world has known for the past 8 years, as Bush and binLaden both disappear from the face of the earth, for they lived mostly for each other and in fear of each other, where there was really no room for fear.
The present President Bush will become gravely ill from all the pressures and humility he has faced, bin Laden will pass away quietly in some remote cavern in a little known country where he has been taking refuge. Leaks from his trusted confidants will disclose to his enemies where he is and an Italian brigade will bring about his surmise and the other leaders of alQuida will also be exposed and brought to justice within 120 days of the US presidential inauguration.
Brazil and Chile will join forces against some rampant drug forces and and Mexico will also find world acclaim for it’s role in cleaning up illegal drugs in central america.
Great Britain and Ireland will at last make true peace and join together in celebration of spiritual union while retaining their wonderful traditional independence.
Russia will finally see that the baltics have nothing worth fighting for that the great Bear does not already have itself and those small countries with hearts as big as giants will finally gain total independence through peaceful negotiations. Vladimir Puten will pass away from sclerosis or an associated affliction like a heart attack.
Europe in it’s vastness, will become a world technology leader in alternative energy sources and market zillions of dollars worth of useful technology to the rest of the world that will bring efforts to stop world pollution forward by 30 years.
Nous sommes bien sur le site libre?
Oui.
Okay then we can say it loud
“Ce sera l’acopalypse.”
mais que se passe-t-il? Paulo, you have disappeared from our radar’s screen already.
Hombre, todo es tanto obscuro.
Si, tienes que poner la luz.
Claro.
Dialling E.R.immediately, Paulo. Georges is on duty, We know he had his coffe-break half an hour ago.
Gone fishing!
What else? :) ;) :D
I see further shunning of the Church, continued wars, a struggling economy still.
Obama will be elected and the people will have hope but I don’t believe he will be the solution.
I see continued passion about the environment but I hope that passion would be redirected to more pressing problems, like child prostitution, human trafficking, slave labour, a need for morals to come back. Self control.
I hope people recognise and listen with their inner ear to Mother Mary and feel the Christ Consciousness spreading.
I hope the world will become less selfish, lust obsessed, vain, focused on material things.
Kathleen xx
Paul from Austria, you sound like Arnold Schwarzenegger with all your capital letters *kidding* Yes, nobody knows about one year from now, and we can only make guesses. I like the idea how Paul from Austria wants some things to Stop and other things to Start. Since Paulo Coelho wants to ‘measure’ who comes closest to the reality, we should suggest something which is a matter of fact.
I know Osama Bin Laden plan to publish a book in 2009, and I predict sometimes next year, he will be caught and brought to justice for his involvement in the 9/11 terrorism attack. Will it bring peace on earth? Hopefully this could contribute in the right direction.
Financially there will be hard times, but the rich will remain rich, and the poor will remain poor. I predict China’s market will collapse, as nobody trust in Chinese products anymore, and wont buy anything ‘made in China’. The Chinese will need America to pay back billions of $$$ borrowed, and huge conflicts will arise when the USA won’t be able to do so. Will it ruin America as a super power? No.
With higher unemployment, the crime rate will increase most places, and possible wars will start, just like the situation before the World Wars. Do I believe in wars in Europe or USA in 2009? No.
By November 2009, the seeds that have been sprouting in the hearts of many across the globe will already be growing into strong and determined little trees.
In the Southern hemisphere – throughout South America, Southern Africa, Australasia and New Zealand – the back-to-the-Earth movement will become more and more noticable.
Many eco-villages will be born, slowly appearing all over the world, models to how it could be – showing the way ahead to all of mankind.
Inspired by Anastasia’s dream of “conjoint creation and joy for all from its contemplation”, families, young couples and many individuals will be designing a space of love, where they will envisage endless generations living together in peace and light.
All this will certainly only be in its infant stages in a year from now. Yet, as we start noticing the abundance of what has been here in front of our eyes all this time, as our eyes open, overwhelming feelings of love, truth and joy will truly start kicking in.
More and more will notice.
In a few short years, we will recognise and achieve:
Sacred reconnection with Nature, Earth and Spirit;
Rich spiritual lives surrounded by family & friends;
Deep respect and love for all Life;
Realisation of our capacitiy as powerful co-creators;
Man’s uniquely gifted ability to conduct all the universal energies – the living energy of Love being the greatest and most powerful of all
Floods of gratitude and truth washing away forever all the fear, guilt and lies (materialism is a symptom, not a truth, and vanishes without a trace in the light of what is real!)
and then…
KAZAM!!
Paradise on Earth. The timelessly patient Universe will weep in joy for the glory of the jewel of the cosmos! The energy of Love will fill the empty space and the light will overcome the darkness, which has served its purpose.
All is as it should be and so it ever was.
Sunshine and rainbows to all life RIGHT NOW!
I see the world in the first week of novemeber in 2009 if me
myself and i make a change from myself. Let’s see if i can explain myself better since my native language is spanish. If i make that change possible while im living in this world then that would be how i see the world in 2009 by that change that i made for myself for my world while living in this world.
Looking back at History, we are not in a worst place and will not be in a worst place next year. We are in the same place as always either alive or dead. We’ve always had wars, Hurricanes, earth quakes, good leaders, bad leaders, genocides, ethnic cleansing, famine, floods, and on and on and on. It is up to the individual to take responsibility for his/her own life and make it better. No matter where you are physically or monetarily the way you choose to be in that moment will determine if you are in a better place or not. We are strong and we will continue to hang in there. That said;
Obama will be president and hopefully not Biden
We will talk a lot about cleaner air and the environment but little will be done (it takes time)
Israel/Palestine War, More unrest in Africa
World poverty will be the same
Recession will be technically over, markets will be slightly up
Not sure about the Euro, it may not be around
More media in North Korea
Speculate? Cool, I’m quite good at that …
Perhaps not by November 2009 but this one feels like it has the air of inevitability:
President Obama focuses a lot of early attention on scaling up the US Peace Corps, working with UN Millennium Project teams starting in Kenya especially. Like all of a sudden it’s just ‘Peace Corps’ this, ‘Peace Corps’ that, everywhere you look on TV newspapers it’s Peace Corps, Peace Corps, Peace Corps. For starters all Volunteers are provided with appropriate multimedia kit (camera and cool laptop) to empower them to empower their host communities to get their stories on The Net for us all to see.
Other people from other countries will follow in the footsteps of the US Peace Corps and using really simple tools like Google Earth and NASA’s all begin to collaborate with each.
I suspect there may even be a spontaneous emergence of an unoffical “UN Peace Corps” on the Internet. That would be nice.
I’m a Hopeful and Artemistic Thinker!
Love,
Dave
Hummmm, no idea…but it’s possible that it will be exactly as it is now.
I hope it won’t be worse…
I would like to see each of us to have empathy, love and respect for each other. Help the people who surround you, do so with a heart full of love. Forgive and give chances to people who you think may not “deserve” this at the moment. We are all looking for love in one way or another.
We all deserve to be loved….the world would be a better place.
One year from now:
on the outside things won’t look much different. Under the leadership of Barack Obama (I pray) We will be withdrawing from Iraq and the economy will be just beginning to recover. Our medical system will be about to be revamped b/c it is not meeting the needs of the people. We will be utilizing alternative sources of energy and a ravaged earth will be just about to begin a recovery. What you won’t see with your eyes, however, you will be able to feel with your heart, from a place of KNOWING. More and more people will be waking up in droves, becoming conscious, and living a more mindful life. People will be less satisfied with the ways that have governed our planet for the past hundred years or so. I hope…….
hola!…que bueno es pensar por un instante que somos magos y predecir… sobre el estado del mundo…creo que lo que ES el año que viene sera..FUE!a pesar de que las consecuencias las deveremos de sufrir igual,lo que SERA lo ignoro.lo que si creo saber es que predominara estos tres grandes principios….es una frase muy conocida: Dios concedeme LA SERENIDAD para aceptar las cosas que no puedo cambiar,VALOR para cambiar las que si puedo y SABIDURIA para reconocer la diferencia…..a medida que transcurren lo años cada vez son mas los magos que se despiertan y hacen gala de su sabiduria… va ser un año de equilibrios…lo mucho se convertira en poco..lo poco en suficiente…y lo suficiente en igualdad…
Hi Paulo and freinds,
November 09……… The birds will sing and bring joy, the moon will dictate the tide, the sun will shine, plants will grow and provide cures, venus will continue its 40 year cycle.
Humans will continue to try and understand whats right, wrong, and seek the conection with their soul…All the rest is unimportant.
Love Carol
US elections; the stock is crashing; wars are ravaging, etc… So I turn to you : in one year from now, where will we be?
If Obama gets elected, in november of 2009, the stocks market will be stronger and less vulnerable, rising up slowly and constant; less probability of big wars get started in the world because of seeking for resources (energy and environmental ones); and more people getting access to the basic standards of living (e.g. water, light, decent sanitarian conditions etc.).
If not, the world is going to be into the same crise as that it is.
One year from now, i believe that things will not change significantly, but however i think that the economy will slowly get better, Obama would most probably be the next president and as for my small little country; Malaysia, she’ll continue to be hot and humid but of course the little government would have its own changes too and maybe for once the opposition party would take charge.
One year from now, i will be graduating and if not i will be sitting for my final exams right here in Australia, no doubt there will still be wars in the world and of course the natural disasters that follows but i think everyone does have a believe and would wish that everything would be better some day.one day. soon.
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HELP US IN THE NAME OF GOD!!!
In my opinion, after the American election, we will find that it is no one man that will change things, that events will continue beyond the control of policy, government, political parties, churches. The world will continue to twist out of control and strain the unacknowledged interconnectedness of all countries.
China, for example, will come to realize that its pollution, lack of regulation over food and medicine, will poison its relations with other countries, not just people, and, perhaps, change to a posture of accountability.
In America, perhaps gasoline will be less expensive but the loss of jobs, the decrease in income will mean there is no benefit to being able to drive nowhere cheap. And the ecological questions will persist. It will make no difference whether domestic production increases and reliance on foreign oil diminish if the biosphere continues to degrade and we go past the point of reversibility. Perhaps in this coming year America will realize this, hopefully without cataclysm.
There will be no political or military solutions for the US in the middle east within this coming year but, hopefully and mercifully, America will wake up to the damage it is doing to itself sending its young to the war to be scarred by death and killing with no reasonable result expectable.
Hopefully the short term ends of countries, like Russia and Ossetia, Darfour, the Congo, will turn out so brutal that humanitarian impulses will rise up across borders to bring relief and cessation of bloddletting, but I doubt a year’s time will be enough.
In the end it is my hope that all these issues, and more, will spark an awareness that national, sectarian, economic objectives have to give way to a concern for the health of the community of humanity, and that a spiritual sense of our interconnectedness will grow and draw us together to work together for the benefit of the whole community, but it will only be a beginning, within a year’s time, if at all.
Paul,
That is assuming that if there is a god, he is all-knowing, all-seeing.
I do not know much, other than the state of the world will not be much better than it is today. Dare I say, it may be worse, although we can only hope this is not the truth. Improvement the status of the world is going to be a long-term plan – 10 or 15 years at the least.
It will be again warm Autumn. November used to be in the past very windy and rainy and rather cold. That is past. This year, as in previous 3 years it is pretty warm. Ecological issues will be more and more present in media.
US will not be able to gain back the position of being the superpower – it will be still learning ways to live different way that on credit.
Social media will boost.
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Sadly, I think that we will be in the same state that we are in today, more or less.
I do not for see any serious changes coming soon, and many members of our race remain too self centered and materialistic to bother affecting change.
A new war is beginning in the middle of Africa (Congo), and once again nations have refused to send troops to help, and the situation could easily spiral out of control. If this happened in North America, well, it just wouldn’t happen.
What I would LIKE to see in November 2009 is a world that cares more about it’s environment, and it actually taking steps to be more sustainable. I would like to see stability in places like Africa, and of course the middle-east, less violent crimes in metropolitan cities, and just generally more happiness.
Much could change after tomorrow’s US election, but changing the American president is still just changing one person. And regardless of which party wins, we may see a nation more divided than ever.
I predict we will be no where closer to curing AIDS, or to building a sustainable future, and we will still be buying plastic from china.
One year from now,God is still here for all of us. Despite of chaos,immorality,social problems and families broken,homeless people…God still will always there to answer all our prayers.
Still.November 2009 the world is a better place to live in.
Mabuhay!
Lorna
Has cost me to put ideas into clear, but there goes my prediction: P
The year’s hero:
I think the first few months of the year, adversely live in depressive states, with some socials tensions and work doubts in a very cold winter.
Although a lot of solidarity will be known in some difficult months, at the same time apply to be just, assist and not tolerate acts unpunished, we will be more defensive.
Gradually will be known a war in the African continent, where countries outside will be compromised and resolved to help find a state of peace through negotiations and dealings opposed to arms and violence.
These treaties will constitute a road of exploration and colonization of this massive country, will be a year of development for this area by attracting people from Europe and America.
On the other hand many people feel the ambition to travel, explore and learning, what a hot summer we help the transition from the humanitarian trip.
New organizations were introduced, as is knowledge of new planets and ideas about the population explosion and hunger.
At the end of the year, we will have a very constructive step, which will develop new ideas and concepts about our existence and survival, helping people to have experiences that will enable it to be stronger and convinced that all is possible.
I am not convinced that makes sense :D
Hi,
I think actually, this is the place to describe the future 1 year from now as we want to see it.
It has to happen one time that the economy does not grow any more. Maby this year right now is that moment. Maby one year from now I will not be any wealthier, but will be happier and have more peace in my mind . The world will be a bit poorer, less travelling, less colorful plastic things, better atmosphere. I hope there is less wars and conflicts.
Kind wishes,
Kim
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