Upcoming power times/festivals:

Most of us are too busy with work to take note of moon phases and its impact on mind. While God is always accessible, nature makes certain times very conducive for one's spiritual progress

• Feb 13, 2018: Shivaratri 2018 : Also called “Night Of Shiva”, celebrated a day before new moon (Amavasya). It is said that by staying awake from 6pm -6am, typically fasting on water or light food, and maintaining a spiritual ambience, everyone can get significant benefits. According to Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev “The unique planetary positions on Mahashivratri are such that there is a natural upsurge of energy within the human system.”.  
  
  Here is an interesting video from Dr. Pillai on Shivarathri
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feIQsIpk5uo
  
  At some point, we can talk about the phases of the moon and its effect on our mind.  By the way, several Hindu festivals are tied to certain “waxing” moon phases…like for example, Ganesh Chaturdhi , 4th moon, Ekadasi- 11th moon , 
  Ram Navami -9th moon etc.
  If you  are wondering what moon phases are, just remember that  between a new moon (Amavasya) and a  full moon (Pournami), the moon “waxes” for the first 14 days  (days 1 to 14), then full moon and then  “wanes” (days 1 to 14) and then New Moon. (English word “new moon” is confusing, because actually there is no moon!!).  Each of moon phasea can potentially be used to attract certain energies, for our spiritual and material progress!
• Jan 31, 2018: Total Lunar Eclipse: If you are interested in astrology, eclipses mean quite a lot!!  Hopefully, we can talk a little bit on astrology in one of our meetups. Often, situations, people and many things get “eclipsed” out of our lives around eclipse times  :) 
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  “Millionaires don’t need astrologers, billionaires do”- JP Morgan.
  https://karenchristino.com/evangeline-adams/j-p-morgan-and-astrology/