Sunburst Community

Sunburst Community Sunburst Sanctuary is the headquarters of a world community of spiritual practice dedicated to personal and planetary awakening. www.sunburst.org

Founded in 1969 by Norman Paulsen, direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda. Join in workshops, Sunday Services, yoga, community service projects and more.

02/13/2026

Charity: The Spiritual Nature of Giving & Receiving

10:30 meditation every Sunday at !

Music, inspirations, meditation, and a light lunch; children's program available during quiet portion.⁠⁠ Get all the details at sunburst.org/sundays⁠

⁠⁠View more of last week's Sunday talk on the theme, "Charity: The Spiritual Nature of Giving & Receiving " at sunburst.org/videos.

Join us for a beautiful Saturday afternoon of music. 🎶Organized by the Central Coast Flute Circle, a lively gathering fo...
02/12/2026

Join us for a beautiful Saturday afternoon of music. 🎶

Organized by the Central Coast Flute Circle, a lively gathering for Native American Flute players and friends, will be held on Saturday, February 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Feel free to bring your flutes and other instruments for an open mic session, or simply come to enjoy the music. Potluck begins at noon. Please bring something to share at the potluck lunch, or feel free to bring your own lunch.

For directions or more information contact: alice@growabundant.com or dwn.king1@gmail.com.

Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to t...
02/12/2026

Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.
~ Lao Tzu

You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing ...
02/11/2026

You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
~ Buckminster Fuller

Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the...
02/10/2026

Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
~ Sarah William

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great m...
02/08/2026

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bo...
02/08/2026

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
~ Kahlil Gibran, Mirrors of the Soul

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anythi...
02/06/2026

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh

The happiness which comes from long practice, which leads to the end of suffering, which at first is like poison but at ...
02/05/2026

The happiness which comes from long practice, which leads to the end of suffering, which at first is like poison but at last as nectar -- this kind of happiness arises from the serenity of one's own mind.
~ Ved Vyasa (The Bhagavad Gita)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BELOVED BROTHER NORMOn your heavenly birthday, we remember the beautiful light you brought to this...
02/03/2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BELOVED BROTHER NORM

On your heavenly birthday, we remember the beautiful light you brought to this world. May the wind whisper happy birthday to you among the stars, and may the angels sing for us the song of our hearts' love for you.

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