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Loyalty and the Red Rubber Ball
by Sharon Ray The equinox just passed on March 21st, and we are springing into the vibration of Aries, which is the virtue of Loyalty. This is a great opportunity to celebrate our love for the Divine, our love for the Path, and our Loyalty to both. “Loyalty is the...
The Rose Petals of Faith
by Sharon Ray “Faith is that belief I have in You, O Giver of Life, a force of energy and consciousness that is projecting everything I see and know. My heart beating this very moment, this beat, this pulse of life— what a miracle it is to burst forth from sleep and...
Charity Is the Nature of Divine Spirit
By Sharon Ray O Divine Giver of Life, may I become a true recipient of Your cosmic healing forces, and then may I join You in helping others wherever I can. - Norman Paulsen Charity, the selfless act of loving and caring for others, grows as we grow. Charity, as...
Creating a Temperate Climate Within
By Sharon Ray "Temper, temper, temper!" These are the words we used on the playground, way back when, to tease other kids who were very angry. I used to think that the words "temper" and "anger" meant the same thing, but actually the word temper is the root of the...
Surrender and the Floodgates of Grace
By Sharon Ray Sunburst offers surrender as one of the words that describes humility—surrender to the Divine. Who among us has not had those moments of excruciating pain and frustration over an unwanted situation that seems like it simply will not change? Those are the...
Humility On The Wings of Love
By Sharon Ray We have just stepped into the time of year when the sun is in the sign of Sagittarius. The strength of this sign is the virtue of humility. When trying to understand and more deeply embody this virtue, one can make use of defining its opposite: pride....
The Courage of Letting Go
by Sharon Ray "We come to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything." Jack Kornfield As we grow and change and evolve it is natural that our needs and our environment should change and evolve along with us, otherwise we are...
Awakening To Courage and Power
By Sharon Ray We are in the month of Scorpio, so it is an auspicious time to study and more deeply embody the virtue of courage. Courage has many sources. A new source of courage has come to me recently. It began with a look… I watched the trailer to the movie,...
Inspiring Friends
by Sharon Ray Paramahansa Yogananda said, "Drink with the hero the good wine of virtue." I feel that my Sunburst friends, Al and Dawn, are heroes, and that hearing their report of a recent trek into the high Sierras is drinking the good wine of the virtue courage...
Seeing the Lighter Side
By Sharon Ray We can get very serious during hard times of difficult challenges. Humor uplifts the vibration of everything. It is a powerful, helpful tool for returning us to a state of equanimity. Norm Paulsen, the founder of Sunburst, loved to laugh and he laughed...