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”
Category Archives: Experiences
Zooming Way In and Out
A mystical experience during day 7 of the 10 day Vipassana meditation sit offered by volunteers in the Goenka tradition, shared by Viv Hawkins. We had been silently attending to the sensations of our body for hour upon hour every day, noticing them and observing how they changed, refraining from eye contact and speaking, exceptContinue reading “Zooming Way In and Out”
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”
A Momentous Shy Leap
An experience of moving between two understandings of sacred text and their keys to unlock the mystical, shared by Viv Hawkins. The reason I’ve written nothing yet for Mystical Friend is I’m mid-air above and between two cliffs that hold meaning for me about mysticism. On the one side, the one which once spoke instructionallyContinue reading “A Momentous Shy Leap”