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Welcome
During International Days and major international conferences there is a special opportunity to serve in
the creation of a more unified and compassionate world.
As meditators we can hold these events in the light of a Higher Wisdom.
Millennium Goals & Climate Change
These International Days reflect important themes in the mobilisation of energies to:
2012 United Nations International Years
Rio + 20 Sustainable Development Summit changes dates
The important United Nations Sustainable Development Conference marking the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio was to have begun on June 4, which happens to be the day of the Gemini full moon. Because this date clashes with a gathering of Commonwealth Heads of State it has now been rescheduled to take place from June 20 -22. Read this Guardian article on the date change here.
www.earthsummit2012.org
www.uncsd2012.org
Silence at the United Nations
The Spiritual Caucus at the United Nations gathers in the vicinity of UN Headquarters in New York (October - June) on the third Thursday every month for 30 minutes of silence followed by 30 minutes of dialogue, sharing insights and exploring ways to use an inner focus in service of the work of the UN. On the 1st Thursday of the month the Caucus invites friends to sit in silence for 30 minutes in the Meditation Room in the public lobby of UN Headquarters in New York.
Please link in from wherever you are. More information at: http://www.spiritualcaucusun.org/
In January the Spiritual Caucus invites you to link in with 30 minutes of silence in the UN Meditation Room on January 5, at 12:45 EDT and with the full one hour meeting on Thursday, January 19 at 1:15 PM EST.
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December - January Please Hold These Events in the Light
December 25 - January 6
Twelve Nights of Peace: A Synchronized Global Meditation for a Better World
Twelve Nights of Peace invites you to join hundreds as we envision and pray for peace, justice, sustainability and a healthy and thriving world for all during the nights of December 25th - January 6th. We are focusing on both prayers for your personal life as well as for the state of our dear beautiful planet.
Participants are invited to join in a one-minute synchronized meditation at 9 PM GMT / UTC.
www.globalpeaceprayer.com
December 31
World Spirituality Day / Universe Day
Think of World Spirituality Day as The Earth Day for the Spirit. Just as Earth Day is celebrated worldwide now, in an infinite number of ways, since its inception in 1970, World Spirituality Day has the same potential to expand into a boundless kaleidoscope of worldwide gatherings and events, big and small, year after year.
Universe Day is a day of educational, social connection and celebration events all over the planet. Universe Day begins each December 31 at noon and ends at noon January 1st. This year Universe Day focuses on increasing awareness of the severe climate change caused by carbon pollution. This years Universe Day highlights the urgent need for reducing carbon emissions in the atmosphere, which are directly contributing to the severe climate changes on the planet.
Reducing planetary carbon emissions is truly Job One for Humanity! Universe Day advocates for creating a sustainable planetary biosphere and reducing atmospheric carbon pollution by using a science-grounded universe-scaled, progressive evolutionary perspective.
universespirit.org/
January 15 - February 23
Winter Feast for the Soul
Starting on January 15, people around the world from different spiritual paths are invited to join their intention for personal and planetary peace by comitting to forty minutes of spiritual practice each day for forty days. Although the Feast marks the Northern Winter participants are from northern and southern hemispheres.
We hold a vision of a world at peace that surpasses the imagined boundaries of creed, culture, and philosophical beliefs.We embrace all spiritual traditions and organizations in a synchronized period of practice where we become part of a shared dream for a consciousness of oneness and peace on our planet.
winterfeastforthesoul.com
January 16
Martin Luther King Day
A national holiday in the USA (Day of Service) and Sweden, Martin Luther King Day is also observed around the world with gatherings and activities to mark the birthday of this great modern pioneer of Non-Violent Action
It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. We are made to live together because of the interrelated structure of reality. … This is the way our universe is structured, this is its interrelated quality. We aren't going to have peace on earth until we recognize this basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality. — Martin Luther King Jr
mlkday.gov/
www.thekingcenter.org
January 19 - 20
Youth Assembly at the United Nations
2011 Theme: The UNWIRED GENERATION — Youth Leveraging Technology for the MDGs.
This annual conference at UN Headquarters brings together young professionals and youth leaders from around the world.
faf.org/main/youth-assembly-at-the-un/
January 25 - 29
World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
2011 theme: The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models
The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos provides an opportunity for leaders of corporations and business to consider global issues together with politicians and civil society representatives.At this years Forum, participants will be asked to return to their core purpose of defining what the future should look like, aligning stakeholders around that vision and inspiring their institutions to realize that vision.
www.weforum.org/
January 27
Holocaust Remembrance Day
On this day every year the United Nations commemorates the memory of the victims of the holocaust. Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations General Assembly, in designating this International Day, affirmed that the Holocaust, which resulted in the murder of one third of the Jewish people along with countless members of other minorities, will forever be a warning to all people of the dangers of hatred, bigotry, racism and prejudice.
www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/index.shtml
January 30 - April 4
Gandhi King Season for Nonviolence
A 64-day educational, media, and grassroots campaign dedicated to demonstrating that nonviolence is a powerful way to heal, transform, and empower our lives and our communities. Inspired by the 50th and 30th memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this international event honors their vision for an empowered, nonviolent world.
http://www.agnt.org/node/10
January 31
Conference: Towards Democratic Environmental Governance at the Global Level, Paris, France
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