Feb 3rd Cross-Quarter Meditation & Livestream Video

ByNovasutras Movement 2018-Jan-192018-Jun-23

Please join us to celebrate the midpoint between the December solstice and the March equinox. The livestream event at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf-J-mAsKEo will feature a guided meditation, and a brief conversation about the Novasutras movement (agaya & ubuntu, our plans, values, and ambitions, and how you can participate).

The astronomical cross-quarter moment is at 21:12 UTC / 13:12 PST on 3 Feb 2018.

Join us on our YouTube Livestream on 3 Feb 2018 at 1pm PST (or meditate for peace and loving-kindness on your own through 21:12 UTC / 13:12 PST ) to celebrate the astronomical ‘cross-quarter’ as a global event.

Help spread the word – tell your friends, share on social media, print these fliers (or make your own) and distribute. (You may even want to hand color fliers as a meditation and offering – see Understanding the Novasutras Logo for ideas.)

Map showing day and night parts of the world — **UTC time** = Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 21:12:00. From https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/sunearth.html

At 21:12 UTC on February 3, 2018, the sun will be directly overhead at Latitude: 16° 20′ South, Longitude: 134° 32′ West. This is in the South Pacific, east of Tahiti, west of Lima, Peru. At that time, you are invited to face toward the sun, and meditate on agaya and ubuntu, so that people all around the world will focus their attention and wishes for global loving-kindness at the same time.

In the northern hemisphere this is the Winter-Spring Cross Quarter (a.k.a. Imbolc, Risshun setsubun), usually celebrated in the first few days of February.

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