The Pulse of Spirit

David Karchere’s words at the Arise Festival Dome Event and the International Teleconference Service of the Creative Field on August 7, 2016. I want to address something that’s mundane and yet so important. It is a reality that is indicative

We, as human beings, can get wrapped up in the pattern of life that we are living and forget our relationship with the origin of that life. That forgetfulness leads to dwindling joy and dwindling fulfillment. Life runs down for

There is a connection between spirituality and grit. When I first came to Sunrise Ranch in 1975 I had just graduated from the university. The Ranch had been operating since 1945 at that point. I came for a spiritually based

We stand on earth, being witnessed by the sun and the solar system around us, and by the larger pattern of Being that we relate to when we look up at the night sky and see those tiny points of

The nation is in anguish over the deaths of this past week. Just when we thought we were getting over race issues in this country, America has been witness to the deaths of two black men at the hands of

Last night I had the opportunity to participate in a “sushi summit”—a dinner meeting with Tierro Lee and Paul Bassis, who produce the ARISE Festival, and Michael Costello from Sunrise Ranch. We agreed to extend the length of time that

  It seems I never spend time with the late afternoon breeze so filled with pine, or walk high into the peaks to feel Your sun upon my head and breathe the chill of snow that has cooled the mountain

Do you believe in magic? Do you believe in the magic of the flowers outside, blossoming all around us? The magic of creation? The magic of what you share with other people? I recently received suggested edits back from the

I just returned this morning from two days in the Rocky Mountains. My mind is filled with visions of frozen lakes, all kinds of birds, a rushing river, and a magnificent time with three other men. It was a time

It is so good to be in the natural setting of the valley where I live, between the pines and the granite rocks to the west and the red sandstone and rim rock to the east. Where is the God

In The Pulse of Spirit last week, titled “Convergence,” I spoke about two topics from Ken Wilber’s talk at the Global Purpose Movement Synergy Forum: Waking Up and Growing Up. At the end of Ken’s talk, someone asked about the

We have had a wonderfully full schedule at Sunrise Ranch in the past week. For me, personally, it has been a very rich and full time. After my 19-day trip to Norway, England and Wales, I turned around and traveled