About Sunburst
Sunburst is a global spiritual community and intentional community based at Sunburst Sanctuary on California’s Central Coast. Our purpose is to cultivate an environment, both within and around us, that supports spiritual growth and each person’s direct experience of the Divine. This is the path of Self-realization.
We offer spiritual education and support through workshops, retreats, Sunday meditation gatherings, and karma yoga programs. Classes on Kriya Yoga meditation, part of the universal path of yoga, a science for realizing unity with the Infinite Spirit.
Rooted in our mission is a passion for regenerative land stewardship through permaculture and organic farming, caring for the Earth as an essential part of spiritual life.
Join us in creating a thriving future for people and our planet! Explore our upcoming events.
Discover transformative teachings, meaningful practices, and a supportive spiritual community. Welcome!
Spiritual Director Patricia Paulsen
Aims & Ideals
- To seek to know, by direct personal experience, the Infinite Being of eternal existence, pure consciousness, and ever-new bliss. This is Self-realization!
- To create inner and outer environments that encourage and cultivate Self-realization individually, collectively, and globally.
- To offer love and energy to others and to the Divine through selfless service.
- To embrace the timeless codes of virtue and paths of conscious living.
- To recognize and study the sacredness of Mother Nature.
- To use the gifts of imagination and will to design regenerative solutions, and become true caretakers of the Earth-garden.
- To honor the truths underlying all wisdom traditions, and to embrace opportunities to share the teachings of Self-realization with those who seek to know their own true nature.