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David Gittlin
Jun 20, 20213 min read
The First Day of Forever
This is the prologue to the new edition of “Three Days to Darkness.” I’ve extensively rewritten the original novel (first published in...
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David Gittlin
Jun 8, 20211 min read
“Fields of Gold”
“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...
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David Gittlin
Apr 16, 20211 min read
The Gathering Of Spirits
I had never heard of Carrie Newcomer before a friend played one of her songs in an online gazing/meditation class. “The Gathering of...
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David Gittlin
Mar 18, 20212 min read
Appreciating The Beauty Within And Without
A photographic interpretation of the Kate Wolf song “Muddy Roads.” Visit http://www.davidgittlin.net for the full post titled “Through...
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David Gittlin
Mar 10, 20211 min read
Awakening Vision
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...
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David Gittlin
Feb 9, 20211 min read
Through Her Music
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...
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David Gittlin
Jan 25, 20211 min read
Love In An Open Field
“Lay me Down Easy” is technically a blues song. To me, the song sounds upbeat with a whisper of the blues in the background. And there’s...
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David Gittlin
Jan 19, 20211 min read
Beauty In Blue
I first heard “Cornflower Blue” as the opening song on Kate Wolf’s 1983 double album “Give Yourself to Love.” As I listened to the...
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David Gittlin
Dec 22, 20203 min read
What’s At The Bottom Of The Staircase ?
Six years ago, I attended a seminar presented by Saniel Bonder titled “The Sun in Your Heart is Rising–Activating Your Embodied...
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David Gittlin
Dec 3, 20201 min read
In The Windswept Fields Of My Soul
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.* I wonder what secrets they keep. The moon paints the leaves with a blood-red stain. If I go in...
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David Gittlin
Nov 9, 20202 min read
If I Dare To Leap
“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...
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David Gittlin
Sep 18, 20205 min read
Are You Stuck In Shades of Gray (And Black)?
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?...
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David Gittlin
Aug 4, 20201 min read
What Lies Deep Within?
Go beyond the mundane mutterings of mind I tell myself Into a broader perspective Into a deeper reservoir of peace and love within Dive...
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David Gittlin
Jul 20, 20202 min read
What Would Happen If We Made Life Simpler and Less Difficult?
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...
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David Gittlin
Jun 15, 20203 min read
Where Does Peace Begin?
I am constantly amazed that people wander around all day staring into their smart phones, as if these devices somehow magically fulfill...
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David Gittlin
May 19, 20203 min read
Towards an Unshakable Foundation of Peace
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...
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David Gittlin
May 14, 20202 min read
Hidden Treasure
What Do You Really Need? There are things in this world that promise satisfaction, and we launch into the quest to have these things...
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David Gittlin
Apr 21, 20201 min read
This Single Moment
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...
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David Gittlin
Sep 18, 20192 min read
Awakening of the Heart
“The Sun in Your Heart is Rising.” Saniel Bonder I’ve been working towards a spiritual awakening for most of my adult life, and it seems ...
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