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Please Hold in the Light
January 2015

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 symbolically stand together with all actively working in the spirit of the Charter of Compassion, and hold these events in the light of a Higher Wisdom.

Daily Reminder
Check out a daily reminder of these events to hold in the light. Share this daily reminder with others by including the app on your website.



Millennium Goals & Climate Change 
These International Days and events reflect important themes in the mobilization of energies to:
  • fulfill the historic promise made by world leaders in 1999 to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, halving extreme poverty
  • to respond appropriately to the urgent needs of climate change
  • and to engage people of goodwill all over the world in the process of defining new Sustainable Development Goals to replace the Millennium Development Goals that expire in 2015.
 
2015 United Nations International Years
  • International Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies
  • International Year of Soils
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    Silence at the United Nations



    The Spiritual Caucus at the United Nations gathers in the vicinity of UN Headquarters in New York (September - 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. Traditionally a gathering has been held in the Meditation Room in the public lobby of UN Headquarters in New York, but during the major redevelopment of the UN building in NY the Meditation Room is closed so on this first Thursday all are invited to hold the Meditation Room in the light and ponder its significance.NB The Meditation Room renovation is now almost complete.
    Please link in from wherever you are. More information at: http://www.spiritualcaucusun.org/

    In January the Spiritual Caucus invites all to link subjectively on Thursday, 1st, 12:45 - 1:15 USA Eastern Daylight Time. Please also link with the full meeting on Thursday, January 15 at 1.15 PM EDT.
     
     
     

January Please Hold These Events in the Light


January 5
Full Moon - Capricorn

Since ancient times human beings have honored the full moon as a time when the sacred is most accesible. It is a time of light - the moon reflects the light of the sun onto the face of the earth. In astrology this is a time when the qualities and potentials of the zodiacal sign of the sun are especially available to humanity for use on service.
During the full moon religious and esoteric groups around the world use the opportunities of this time to vizualize light and love and spiritual power flowing into humanity and strengthening all that is being done to help prepare the way for a world of unity, justice and peace; a world in which the Millenium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals will be achieved.
www.lucistrust.org
www.worldservicegroup.com/

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 21 - 24
World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland

2015 Theme: The New Global Context
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. Complexity, fragility and uncertainty are potentially ending an era of economic integration and international partnership that began in 1989. What is clear is that we are confronted by profound political, economic, social and, above all, technological transformations. They are altering long-standing assumptions about our prospects, resulting in an entirely "new global context" for decision-making.
www.weforum.org/

January 27
Holocaust Remembrance Day

2015 Theme: Liberty, Life and the Legacy of the Holocaust Survivors
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.
This years Day marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the founding of the United Nations. Reflecting how deeply the Organization was shaped by the experience of the Holocaust, the principle of human rights for all was enshrined in both the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance

January 30 - April 4
Gandhi, King, Gyatso Season for Nonviolence

2015 Theme: Inspiration, Education and Action
The annual Season for Nonviolence is now in its 18th year. Spiritually guided citizen leaders in 900 cities in 67 countries have participated since the campaign began in 1998.
Through events organised locally educational and media attention is devoted to the power of nonviolent change as exemplified by Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, Nelson Mandela, and HH the Dalai Lama. . www.agnt.org/season-for-nonviolence