There is this series of videos on YouTube from the Spiritual Literacy Project which illustrate spiritual practices and capture the sacred in everyday life. In a video about enthusiasm, they share a story about Emil’s Sunset. Emil was a gentleman who each night would gather people at the family cottage just to watch the sunset. He would make people stop what they were doing and come and sit in the fully experience the beauty of the sunset. In the video, they talk about how one day after he had passed away, they were busy doing things and someone mentioned there was an Emil sunset. They all stopped what they were doing and sat and took in the beauty of the sunset.
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A video clip from the DVD series Spiritual Literacy: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life illustrating the spiritual quality of Enthusiasm, recognized in all the worlds religions as one of the markers of the spiritual life. The reading is from "Returnings: Life-after-Death Experiences: A Christian View," by John Aurelio.