Recently I’ve been exploring the website and substack of Black Modern Mystic, where you can find articles, interviews, videos, and conversations. I have been inspired by their “core commitments and rule of life based in discernment, not dogma.“ To quote from Dr. Tamice Spencer-Helms: “Black Modern Mystic is a space where scholarship, social transformation, andContinue reading “Black Modern Mystic”
Author Archives: Lola Georg
Journaling
Journaling is a wonderful practice. I have been keeping journals for years. Some advocate getting up each morning and journaling daily pages. Others use journaling to record daily events, or reflect on the day. Other uses of journaling are to clarify one’s thinking or to process experiences. While some people keep a dream journal toContinue reading “Journaling”
Howard Thurman
“How good it is to center down! To sit quietly and see one’s self pass by! The streets of our minds seethe with endless traffic; our spirits resound with clashing, with noisy silences, while something deep within hungers and thirsts for the still moment and the resting lull.” – Howard Thurman Book Recommendation: Jesus andContinue reading “Howard Thurman”
Fireworks of Forgiveness
A mystical experience in the form of a vision shared by Lola Georg.This vision was revealed during silent meditation in a group setting. In my mind’s eye, I am walking on a path in a meadow. It is dusk and the sun is setting, creating a sky full of oranges and pinks. I feel peacefulContinue reading “Fireworks of Forgiveness”
Bottom Feeder in the Stream
A mystical experience in the form of a vision shared by Lola Georg.This vision was revealed during silent meditation in a group setting. In my mind’s eye, I see the woods on a bright, sunny day. I walk to the edge of a stream; a babbling brook that makes the sweetest music. Suddenly, I amContinue reading “Bottom Feeder in the Stream”
Fences on the Ocean
A mystical experience in the form of a vision shared by Lola Georg. This vision was revealed during silent meditation in a group setting. In my mind’s eye, I see an ocean, flat against the horizon. There is no land in sight. The sun is shining brilliantly. A slight breeze causes ripples to form onContinue reading “Fences on the Ocean”
Harriet Tubman
“If you’re tired, keep going. If you’re scared, keep going. If you’re hungry, keep going. If you want to taste freedom, keep going” – Harriet Tubman Book Recommendation: Walking the Way of Harriet Tubman: Public Mystic and Freedom Fighter by Therese Taylor Stinson It is easy to think of Harriet Tubman as a freedom fighter,Continue reading “Harriet Tubman”
Prayer
“It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi “It has been said that mysticism is the antidote to fundamentalism; I think we can expand that to say that contemplation is an antidote to scapegoating. Jesus taught his disciples to refrain from judging others – andContinue reading “Prayer”
Meditation
“We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us that they may see, it may be, their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps even with a fiercer life because of our quiet.”― William Butler Yeats Meditation is a common practice among many people, includingContinue reading “Meditation”
Silence
“There is a silence into which the world can not intrude. ²There is an ancient peace you carry in your heart and have not lost. ³There is a sense of holiness in you the thought of sin has never touched. ⁴All this today you will remember.” – ACIM Lesson 164 Silence is a practice, andContinue reading “Silence”
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