Sunburst Blog
You Have Such a Teacher
• by Valerie King • When I was seventeen, I fell in love with God. The taste of Spirit had come to me in meditations, and I had to have more! I prayed for a guide who knew the way up the mountain of God. Miraculously, I was led to Sunburst and its founder Norman...
Loving Our Best Friend
• by Norman Paulsen, Sunburst Founder • The Divine beloved can and does relate and communicate on an individual, personal level. The more you seek to know and love God and pray to feel that Presence, the more (s)he responds to you. God is the Presence, the pure...
The Ever-Present Now
• The founder of Sunburst, Norman Paulsen, was born on February 3. His wife and successor, Patty Paulsen, wrote: Happy Birthday Norm! It’s hard to believe so many years have passed since you left your earthly body, but I know you are ever-present, for there is...
Your Hidden Gifts & Talents
• by Dawn King • Our world is changing so fast around us. Today, a child in Africa, India or Siberia with a smartphone has access to more information than the leaders of the world had not so long ago. It’s an exciting time to live in, one in which the future is...
Light on Sunburst Sanctuary – Stand Unshaken
Light on Sunburst Sanctuary – Stand Unshaken • Master Yogananda has told us: "You must learn to stand unshaken amidst the crash of breaking worlds." In that spirit we carry on at Sunburst Sanctuary. In fact, we are making the best of it, letting “breaking worlds”...
Become a Divine Warrior
• by Norman Paulsen, Sunburst Founder • As you walk through this life, you begin to realize how short it really is. When we’re young, we think life is forever, and no matter what we do we are somehow going to get out of it. As we grow older, and we’ve seen the...





