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I was asked to make some predictions for 2008, and felt moved to take on that task. I do not consider what I do 'predictions', per se, however. I am more of a prognosticator (one who predicts, using current signs as a guide). I did a brief meditation where I watched myself read a newspaper with a January 2009 date on it. I was reading an article entitled 2008: YEAR IN REVIEW. What follows is what I read in the article
(please keep in mind the article was looking BACK at 2008).

Continued turmoil in the Middle East led to a steady rise in the cost of gasoline and home heating oil making it especially difficult for residents in the Northeast to heat their homes this past winter (2008).

Money usually spent for Christmas went instead towards 'necessities',
leading to a blue Christmas for many of the major retailers who were
hoping for better news than last season (2007).

The Dow Jones continued a slow but steady decline, tumbling from a high of around 12000 in January of 2008 to its current levels of under 10000. The market appears to be correcting itself to more accurately reflect real world conditions.

Republicans retained control of the White House.

Iraq continued to drain the overextended resources of our military, leading to the first whispers by certain Congressmen of the necessity to reinstate the draft as recruitment efforts have failed to produce the numbers needed to fulfill the various missions worldwide. Although there was a rise in recruitment late in 2008, most experts attribute that to the weakening job market and stumbling economy.

The rest of these prognostications came over the period of time from early December to mid-January:

All areas of our daily lives are in the process of resetting themselves to overall 'average' levels that are a bit higher than they are currently.
(In some cases, these will be as much as 30%). On the coasts and in larger metropolitan areas, $4.-/gallon gas will become more the norm.
Gasoline at $3.50-$3.85 will be considered a "good deal". In the middle of the country, the rise will be closer to $3.50 as the norm and around $3.15-$3.35 a gallon as a "good deal".

Food prices will take a bigger bite out of your budget in 2008.

FEMA will take at least one other big natural disaster hit in 2008, somewhere along the southern coastline. High winds/water/flooding type damage.

California and a large portion of the West will continue to burn as
drought conditions persist. Firestorms will continue to rage.

Pestilence (insect infestation) takes out a grain crop in the Midwest.
(Looks like a beetle of some sort.)

The dollar weakens against the yen and the Euro as China begins to dump dollars in favor of European currency. But don't give up on the dollar just yet, because some global economic downturns will make the dollar a better bet again somewhere towards the 3rd quarter of 2008.

Gold could reach $1200-an ounce this year.

If you are in the market to buy a home, a good time will be towards the 3rd quarter, i.e. late summer, early fall of this year.

I would like to add a small footnote here. Although much of what I was shown could be construed as being 'negative', I am a firm believer in the premise that if you are forewarned, you can be better prepared. Rising costs of both food and fuel will require us to become more CONSCIOUS in our activities. Consciousness is the Spiritual goal on the planet at this time, so these shifts make sense to me.
Gasoline costs will require us to be more mindful, to plan ahead a bit,
and perhaps to even make some choices about where we go, and how often.
Higher food prices offer us the opportunity to eat cleaner food, healthier food, less food. If we choose to prepare more of our meals at home instead of eating out or eating processed foods, we can actually save money, which will serve us well. This savings could be set aside to help meet the rising costs of fuel.

All of this gives each of us the opportunity to go within and ask: What is the right action for me at this time? For indeed, each of us is individual, and each of us has the ability to discern for ourselves our proper path. Thank you for allowing me to share this information with you.

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