In these troubling times, it seems like the world could go off a cliff at any moment. I remember what it was like in the nineteen-sixties...

I had never heard of Carrie Newcomer before a friend played one of her songs in an online gazing/meditation class. “The Gathering of...

A photographic interpretation of the Kate Wolf song “Muddy Roads.” Visit http://www.davidgittlin.net  for the full post titled “Through...

There is beauty within us. There is beauty everywhere in the world. All we have to do is to want to feel it and see it. Even in the...

“The path forward may sometimes be unclear. And it may be messy. But the shared heart is calling, and we have an opportunity to make...

Are you stuck in the land of sadness? Do you always come back to this all-too-familiar place, no matter what you do to get out?...

The next step isn’t always clear. What an understatement. Motivated people always know where they are going, the voice in my head tells...

Go beyond the mundane mutterings of mind I tell myself Into a broader perspective Into a deeper reservoir of peace and love within Dive...

To say there is a lot going on these days is an understatement. To say most of it is very troubling will not shock anyone. To ask, “What...

I downloaded this image randomly because I had no idea what to write about. Let’s see if we can have some fun with wordplay. Airplanes...

I’m taking a ten-week online course about awakening to consciousness. One of the teachers in the course made some statements in a video...

I am constantly amazed that people wander around all day staring into their smart phones, as if these devices somehow magically fulfill...

I had a good childhood compared to what kids are going through these days in a complex, ultra-competitive world. There was one weird...

Waiting for a connecting flight from San Francisco on my way home to Fort Lauderdale, I look around me at the faces of my fellow early...

What Do You Really Need? There are things in this world that promise satisfaction, and we launch into the quest to have these things...

Let the sky break open and burn a deep azure blue. Let the ripening fields explode in the warmth of the shimmering sun. Let God fall down...

The moment arrived unannounced during a set of solitary yoga postures on my plush, living room rug.  A long stretch to relieve the...

To experience serenity, I think of the word “see.” To feel serene, I remember that a wise person sees the big picture. From this...

I don’t know anything anymore I don’t know up from down Or east from west Or happiness from sadness I don’t know anything It’s becoming...

I’m losing my shit with cabin fever and the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus. I call out to God, “What do I do now?” “God answers,...