every person around the world experiences pain/loss/grief at some point. No matter how alone we feel in our sadness, all we have to do is listen to music, read poetry or watch movies to understand how much that feeling is pervasive in all human beings. We are not alone in our sense of loss, it is not new, and it is not forever.
Be Thankful for Your Sadness
Be Thankful for Your Anger
This is the second in a series of posts about embracing all of our emotions as necessary and beautiful aspects of our development of self and relationship. I draw on my own experience living in community at Sunrise Ranch, …
Be Thankful for Your Feelings-Even the Uncomfortable Ones
Anger, fear and sadness are negative emotions and we shouldn’t listen to them. To be spiritual is to be positive, thankful, and happy!
These are prevalent ideas in our society, especially in the self-help and “New Age” movements. We are …
Sunrise Ranch: The Door
Many people ask what Emissaries of Divine Light is about and what it’s headquarters Sunrise Ranch is about. EDL is a a spiritual network dedicated to living in a real experience of heaven on earth.
Martin Exeter, Emissary leader, referred …
Humor: It’s Not All About Jokes
A rabbi and a priest walked into a bar……………….
Upon reading that phrase, different people have different reactions.
Some immediately begin thinking about jokes they know involving rabbis, priests, or bars so they can tell it next.
Some see if …
Peace Corps – Not Just For 20-Somethings
You’re 59 years old. The job isn’t fulfilling or even exciting any more. You’re not ready for golf 5 times/week. You know there is a lot more to Life than you have yet tasted. So – what do you do?…
The Other Side of the World
He thought there might be adventure
on the other side of the world,
past the silly stone pillars
of the “cul-de-sac”
and out beyond the well-edged lawns
that made his mind ache
and his soul grieve
as he drove by.…
At 81, I Learn What a Blog is
At a recent community meeting I (Helena Barrera) gave an explanation of what a blog is for those who don’t know and showed them what we’ve been writing on our Sunrise Journal since we created it a few months ago. …
Bumper Sticker Wisdom
As the person responsible for receiving and distributing the mail for the spiritual community at Sunrise Ranch, I go through and usually dispose of a lot of mail that isn’t addressed to anyone in particular or to someone no longer …
How to Feel LOVED!
A one line poem: Love, so that you are not consumed by the lack of it! If we are not transmitting love (which is our real essence), we become vulnerable to the feeling of lack of love = not being …
Four Mothers: A Poem by David Karchere
FOUR MOTHERS
Four mothers could save the world.
Yes, four young mothers
From the four corners of the globe,
Suckling their new born babes,
Smiling that contented smile
That only nursing mothers know.
They, with slow, knowing nods
Of their …
Resolving Conflicts in Community
No matter who we are, or where we live, we all live in some form of community. We regularly engage with others through mutually acceptable behaviors. And in spite of how gracious and friendly we might imagine ourselves to be, …
Our True Value and Identity
As human beings, we often build our identity and our value from the things that we do. Are you a Dr? Oh, wonderful! Do you have a big home? A beautiful girlfriend/boyfriend? High paying job? New car? Or, “I am …
Walking in Circles: Meditations from the Labyrinth
I recently spent a sunny, Sunday afternoon walking the labyrinth. I don’t know the “official” how to, so I walk it meditatively, to the pace of my breath: in breath, raise the foot, out breath, place the foot. Breathe. Step. …
Why Journal?
Journal writing has kept me sane for decades. It’s always been a place for me to pour myself out. To explore and come to understand at least part of the vast world of feelings. To explore the deepest crevices of …
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