The Pulse of Spirit

This a special time of year. Hanukkah began this past Sunday. The solstice is today. Christmas is this Sunday. And the New Year begins a week from then. In the Christian calendar, this is Advent, the time of preparation for

The Pulse of Spirit last week was entitled Crossing the Abyss. I addressed those times in our life when what was is no more and what will be has not yet appeared. A scene in a Raiders of the Lost

There is a time at the end of one cycle, before the next cycle has begun, when a person can feel so many things. The cycle might be of a relationship ending or transitioning into something new. It might be

The life experience of all people begins with one simple thing: response. If not for response, nothing would happen in the human experience. There is an innate response to life that begins in utero for the embryo and continues through

We were all born spiritual. My name for that original state is primal spirituality. Primal simply means “first.” The first thing that happened was that we were born into the world spiritual. Can you look at a newborn baby and

We have articulated the purpose of Sunrise Ranch and Emissaries of Divine Light in various ways. Our constitution talks about bringing spiritual regeneration to the world. Lately, we have simply said we are here to bring Attunement to the world.

My daughter, Helena, has taken a new position at Denver University as director for the Bailey Program for Family Enterprise. It is a resource hub for family businesses and family offices. Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with

I celebrate that in this community of people, there is a higher intelligence to which we connect. It is a remarkable experience. I think we all feel at least flashes of it. When we are together, there it is—a higher

What does it mean to truly know and understand yourself and other people? Our approach to that question is affected by the culture in which we live. And we might look to the knowledge available in our culture for assistance

In stories, myths, and legends, ancient peoples attempted to answer the questions related to the human experience: What happened? What went wrong? The Greek story of Pandora’s box tells how curiosity tempted Pandora to open what was originally a jar,

Do you ever come to a point in your life where you wonder what comes next? Or do you ever embark on a creative project and wonder the same thing? What do I do now? As a songwriter, I feel