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Can We Hear Mother Earth Sing?
• by Heiko Wirtz • When I took a Permaculture Design Course, I hoped to better understand how the principles of natural patterns might apply to our lives. Often, I have felt that when studying nature, one can understand many things about becoming good stewards of...
Can We Know God?
• by Norman Paulsen • We have all asked ourselves where we came from, why we are here, and where we are going when we leave. Are there any real answers to these questions? We can read, we can hear, and we can try to believe. But we are the ones, right now at this...
The Gift Of Our Senses
• Dawn King • Sunburst’s Founder, Norman Paulsen writes: “The practice of meditation and contemplation interiorizes the five senses, which begins to develop one’s intuitive all-seeing eye.…Each one of us has this spiritual vision, this ability to see into the fabric...
Message From The Emissaries
• The Emissaries • This is a special moment. We are in a beautiful clear space of unconditional love. Empty all that you’re holding onto and all that is holding onto you! You are a divine being made only of love—here to use that love to create beauty, connection,...
Honoring Grief and Those We’ve Lost
• Diane Hope • The holidays often bring joy—but they can also stir the ache of absence. At Sunburst Sanctuary, we understand grief not as something to fix, but as a guide. It points us inward, asking us to feel, reflect, and connect with the love that endures...
Mud Between Our Toes
• Diane Hope • photo at Sunburst 11/14 • There’s something deeply humbling about the feeling of mud between your toes. It’s soft yet firm, cool yet alive — a reminder that no matter how far we drift into the speed and noise of modern life, the earth is always...
Your Balance Point
• Paramahansa Yogananda • Peace is the altar of Heaven. When peace comes to you, you are one with God. Peace is not something passive or negative. It stabs the heart of worries. One can kill worries by cultivating peace rather than by becoming angry at...
The Sanctuary Within
• by Diane Hope • As October deepens, the sanctuary takes on a softer rhythm. Mornings are hushed, evenings stretch longer, and the world seems to slow, inviting us to listen more closely. There are places here where silence holds its own presence: the bench beneath...
Virtue Rules
• by Dawn King • It’s interesting that we are in a season of change in which every culture finds its way forward through its own celebrations. The new Moon in Libra of October (this year on the 20th or 21st, depending on location) brings...
In A Fog?
• by Dawn King • If you’re feeling that a lot of uncertainty currently exists in our world, you have company! Let’s explore why we might be feeling this way. The same day as our northern hemisphere celebrated Fall Equinox (September 22), there was a partial solar...