Todd Burke
(1950-2006)
Todd Burke was a visionary, teacher, healer, leader and good friend. If ever there was a "remarkable human being" this man was it. He lived as he taught and was a true master of life. He wrote "Anointed for Burial," a true story about his early life as a missionary in Cambodia during the war. He later moved away from "Christianity" and opened to embrace a much broader perspective that included the teachings of the Eastern Masters, Native American and other Indigenous Cultures around the globe. Todd also studied with Lester Levenson, who mastered life and became enlightened in his later years. We are so grateful to have known Todd. He helped millions of people. He was a living example of an enlightened Being.
About Todd:
"The rapture of being alive," as described by Joseph Campbell best expresses how Todd Burke felt, loved and lived his Life.
"People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life . . . I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive." - Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth "The Rapture of Being Alive"Todd lived and worked all over the world. He was an expert in many disciplines including world philosophies and religions. Todd was also an expert on the Bible and the words of Jesus. His life was lead by Spirit. He inspired and assisted others to realize the same and to achieve greater harmony and well-being in their life.
"The common unity we share is often hidden behind our unique ways of attempting to describe what cannot ever be adequately described. So by being exposed to humanity's many diverse ways of pointing to the same thing, the stark boundaries that divide us begin to fade. Unity is not uniformity . . . unity is appreciated and even harnessed diversity . . . as is all of creation." - Todd Burke (1950-2006), Founder of Ascendance
Todd's Projects Included:
- AscenDance
- The World Peace Treaty
- Eco-Plex Living
- Anointed For Burial
- Seminars and Tours in Sedona, the Havasupai, Peru, and Brazil
- Featured in a 1998 Paramount Television special for his work in the Havasupai and with the Supai Indians in the Grand Canyon
- Worked with Humanicom and the Millennium World Broadcast
- Promoted World Peace and Prayer Day 1999 in Costa Rica with Chief Arvol Looking Horse (a monumental prophetic gathering of key indigenous leaders from around the world)
- Produced a PBS special on the reconstruction of Eastern Europe
- Consultant and speaker to corporations and designed a national award winning multi-media training program for a company in the health industry
