By Margie J. Walden Recently, I was invited to serve on a diverse Committee of leaders that needed to look at reducing a 17% poverty rate in a local Florida city. Many of the areas in this city, most affected by this situation of unrelenting poverty, are historic African-American neighborhoods. I began to work with a small group of … Read More
World Water Day: March 22nd, 2019 Join Sunray Meditation Society members all over the globe as we practice Words of Appreciation for Water on World Water Day. Words of Appreciation for Water Sunray Meditation Society invites you to participate in energizing the healing of our planet with prayer and correct action. Consider that water is medicine and the elements are … Read More
Intermarriages of the Tsalagi, Creek, European Settlers, Africans, Catawba, Yuchi, Shawnee and Melungeon in the Southeast before and after the Removal By Aziza Braithwaite Bey, Ph.D. The League of Five Nations consisted of the Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida, Onondaga and Cayuga, the Tuscarora joined the Five Nations in 1722 forming The Iroquois Confederacy of Six Nations and from ancient times, the … Read More
Dear Sunray Friends, Imagine being on retreat at a place dedicated to peace, where even the trees are happy. Beauty resounds at the Sunray Peace Village. We are a sanctuary based upon the Cherokee Peace Villages and a Buddhist pilgrimage site. Our fully-equipped campground is open to those on retreat from May to October. This year, a new camping policy is … Read More
The Heart Sutra is chanted around the world by many Buddhist practitioners, and is the heart essence of Shakyamuni Buddha’s teachings. Prajna means supreme wisdom, our true nature. Paramita means beyond or the other shore beyond extremes. Hyrdaya means heart of distilled teachings meaning essence of view, supreme wisdom recognizing the great emptiness. As such it reveals the dream like … Read More