“Fields of Gold” is one of Sting’s most famous songs. It is a stunning and thoughtful track about the journey of commitment. The song...

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...

I choose to wander in sunlight to avoid the riptide of darkness threatening to engulf our world. I prefer to see and hear beauty. I...

Six years ago, I attended a seminar presented by Saniel Bonder titled “The Sun in Your Heart is Rising–Activating Your Embodied...

Ever felt like you were in a pitch-black closet fumbling for a light switch you couldn’t find? I’ve felt that way many times. More than...

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

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...

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...

Where is my playground now? I want to romp in sunlit fields. Like I did when I was younger. But there are no open fields now like there...

My mother-in-law, Muriel Erens, was a simple woman. She died last week at the age of ninety-three. We called her Merel. Merel was special...