David Sunfellow's Campsite

Hometown:

Sedona, Arizona

Relationship Status:

Single

About Me:

I'm the president and founder of NHNE (NewHeavenNewEarth), the organization that hosts this social network. For general information about me, there are few tools better than Google. For more personal and specific information, NHNE contains a wealth of information about me, my life experiences, and ever-changing beliefs and perspectives. I'm interested in everything having to do with life's big questions: Who are we? Where are we from? Why are we here? Where are we headed? I'm also interested in everything having to do with human beings and human relationships; planet Earth, especially how we are going to clean up the mess we have made of this beautiful planet; and learning everything I can about the insights and life experiences of others.

Along with shepherding NHNE, I'm also the driving force behind several integral networks, including Integral Rising (see below for links).

Website 1:

http://nhne.org

Website 2:

http://nhne-pulse.org

Website 3:

http://integralnhne.ning.com

Website 4:

http://integralrising.org

Website 5:

http://integralcommunityorganizers.ning.com

Website 6:

http://sunfellowphotography.com

Website 7:

http://sedonacommunitygardens.ning.com

Website 8:

http://sedonaweddingprofessionals.ning.com

Favorite Music:

Everything, but rap and opera. OK, I even like some rap and opera. Favorites include: John Denver, Hayley Westenra, Michael Tomlinson, John Michael Talbot, Jessica Andrews, Clay Aiken, Indigo Girls, Eden's Bridge, Celine Dion, Ricky Nelson, Madonna, Josh Groban, Judy Collins, Loreena McKennitt, Jewel, AH*Nee*Mah...

Favorite Books:

Healing Dreams (Marc Ian Barasch), Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet (Sidney Kirkpatrick), Grace & Grit (Ken Wilber), Creating Union (and all the other Pathwork books), Where People Fly and Water Runs Uphill (Jeremy Taylor), The Journal of George Fox, The Nightmare Years (William Shirer), The Complete Idiot's Guide to Near-Death Experiences (P.M.H. Atwater), Indian Oratory (Vanderwerth), Meeting Jesus AGAIN for the First Time (Marcus Borg), Return From Tomorrow (George G. Ritchie), to name a few.

Favorite Movies:

Power of One, Braveheart, Last of the Mohicans, Gladiator, Thunderheart, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Time Machine, Ghost, Phenomenon, Contact, Matrix (Number 1), Stardust, Lonesome Dove, Where The Spirit Lives, In The Shoes of the Fisherman, The Butterfly Effect, Dante's Peak, Titanic, Touch, Brother Sun Sister Moon, Million Dollar Baby, Crash, Lord of the Rings (all three), Joan of Arc...

Favorite TV Shows:

Big Love, Battlestar Gallactica, Firefly, Heroes, Charlie Rose, Oprah, Keith Olbermann, 60 Minutes, Frontline, Nova, all things PBS, Nightline, Dateline, syrupy Hallmark movies...

What do you do to make a living?

I currently make a living as a professional photographer. You can find links to a couple of my photography websites and my photography blog listed above.

What kind of hobbies do you have?

I love hiking, watching good movies, spending time with my kids, spending time with friends, traveling, basketball and other sports.

In a world where you were pursuing your deepest, most heartfelt callings, what would you be doing?

What I am doing now: Spearheading NHNE, doing what I can to help others understand and anchor the integral impulse in their personal lives and communities, photography, spending time with family and friends.

What is the most important thing you have learned in your life?

See "Three Epiphanies"

Describe a belief that you previously held and then subsequently changed. What caused you to change your mind?

I've had to abandon so many cherished beliefs, that it's hard to know where to begin. But two rush to mind: 1. A belief that the earth changes described in the Edgar Cayce readings were imminent (I've since come to believe that while the spirit of Cayce's predictions were accurate -- take a look at all the earth changes currently underway -- the specifics, including the world views that created them, were grievously wrong); 2. That Jesus almost certainly is not the be all and end all that many believe him to be. What changed my mind? New information, life experience, and half-baked beliefs not delivering on what they promised (see "Three Epiphanies").

Who do you admire most in the world (past and/or present) and why?

My grandfather, because he was the kindest, most loving person I have known. Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Socrates, The Dalai Lama, Ken Wilber, Edgar Cayce, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther, George Fox, Joan of Arc, Gandhi... Essentially, folks who challenge convention (and reality) with ideas, experiences, and actions that cause the world, and humankind, to become deeper, better, fuller, more conscious of themselves and their place in the universe.

At this turbulent moment in history, what do you think is the most important thing a person can do to help humankind (and the rest of the planet) survive the many dangers that confront us?

Discover what you're purpose in life is, and be it, do it. Strive to be a healthy, whole, well-balanced, integrated person. Work on your shadow issues. Take care of the people Spirit brings into your life. Seek to be aligned with your deepest Self and follow, bravely, wherever Spirit leads. Pay attention to your dreams. Seek the advice of those you trust -- and also those you don't trust, who probably see things you don't. Seek to be as conscious as possible -- aware of all the forces within and without that are pulling your strings. Be willing to make mistakes and admit you are wrong. Also be willing to be right, graciously, remembering there is always more going on than you are aware of and you're turn to be wrong again is just around the corner.

What are your answers to the big questions: Who are we? Where are we from? Why are we here? Where are we headed?

See "Three Epiphanies"

Why did you decide to join this community?

God told me to (or at least I think it was God)...