Does God speak to you?

[I, Brian]

Agreed pathless - and welcome to CR.

[achnai]

Originally Posted by I, Brian

As an extension from the issues raised from the "Prophecy" thread, I'd like to pose a somewhat different question:

Do you personally feel that God can communicate with yourself?

This can be either directly, through intermediaries, or through phsical circumstance (ie, coincidence).

And has anyone ever felt as if they could commune directly with the mind of God? If so, what was revealed?

Shalom Brian

I think that when religious Jew is learning the Gemara ( the Talmud) the feeling is not so much as if God is talking to him, but is very much as if God is communicating with him in some manner. It is true that leraning the Gemara demands much of an intellectual effort, but from my own experience this has also an emotional quality. it is said that through learning the Gemara one attains the ability to see through things and actually (so the saying goes) better communicate with the immediate future.

[tom]

hi all,
in taoism we beleive in gods and actually we can talk with them or see
them.thats why we have medium which can go into trance state
where this gods will enter the body of the medium and say out things
through the medium mouth.there are a few ways that can communicate
with by means of meditation and through third eye which can see directly.the gods mean here is some kind of angel as refer to by other religion.taoism and hinduism are having the same belief when come to the terms of communicating with gods.

wisdom preacher

[9Harmony]

I don't believe God actually speaks to anyone. I do believe He gives us inspiration when we need it if we are open to it.

An example of this in my life happened several years ago after a job interview, i knew i wanted the job and i said a prayer that if it be God's Will could i please get the job and immediately i knew i needed to write a letter expressing my eagerness. so i did and mailed it right away. as it turned out the program coordinator had already decided to hire another person, but she procrastinated calling her (which was out of character for her), then she received my letter and called me and gave me the job.

I still work for this organization and it was through this job that i learned of the Baha'i Faith. God does indeed work in mysterious ways!



Loving Greetings, Harmony

[I, Brian]

Originally Posted by 9Harmony

I don't believe God actually speaks to anyone.

I'm sure there are plenty of people on this forum who would disagree - though as to what form of communication this takes is incredibly variable.

For one, there's recognising the patterns of the universe - for example, those little coincidences that open incredible paths.

Then there is also the familiar "intuition" that nudges the self into making choices that are not necessarily rational, yet have incredibly importance consequences.

There are also those moments of inspiration - like momentaryly staring through the fabric of space-time to see an incredible truth or idea.

And those moments when something inexplicable touches us - a sudden warmth while in grief, like God or the Angels (or whatever) have touched us.

There are perhaps other instances.

Perhaps the biggest is full blown communion with God. I've done this before - an utterly mind-bending experience that is both difficult to sustain and explain.

[9Harmony]

Originally Posted by I, Brian

I'm sure there are plenty of people on this forum who would disagree - though as to what form of communication this takes is incredibly variable.

I guess maybe I should have said, He's never talked to me in the way I think of it. I agree there are numerous ways the Divine communicates with us. Mileage may vary. I still would love to hear of your experiences. Sounds fascinating!

[Susma Rio Sep]

In my case, I pray to God for guidance, and I have a standing general prayer to the Lord to kindly and most generously always be around me everywhere I be, and whatever I be doing.

In more serious matters, I say more earnest and prolonged prayers.

That's the part of my talking to God. I don't feel that He's ever talked to me the way I do to Him. And I don't blame Him either; He does have a lot of other more important things to attend to, like quantum theories and dark matter/energy entities, and of course the state of mankind and the salvation of the world.

But when I look back, there have always been times when I think that God being in the right gracious mood towards me had saved me from all kinds of major and minor disasters, like making a complete fool of myself which can be a lot worse than death, or getting horribly hurt and even killed.

Then also in those cases of moral or physical or social calamities that have befallen me in life, I can still say to the Lord:

Thanks, just the same, God; for things could have been worse.

The worst thing is to get killed; then, as I tell God, I won't be around anymore to appreciate my worst catastrophe, or I will still be around and congratulating God and myself, saying to God:

Hey, God, it's all true, You exist and there's life after death.

Then, maybe God would tell me, Not so fast, Susma, there is life after death, but you haven't gotten to where you should go...


Briefly: yes, God talks to me and everyone and we should know that in hindsight; but for making decisions here and now, just pray and use our God-given mind and good intentions. And don't even try to get a message from Him by tea leaves or opening up the Bible with eyes closed.

Susma Rio Sep

[achnai]

Originally Posted by Susma Rio Sep

Briefly: yes, God talks to me and everyone and we should know that in hindsight; but for making decisions here and now, just pray and use our God-given mind and good intentions. And don't even try to get a message from Him by tea leaves or opening up the Bible with eyes closed.

Very wisely put!

[Phi]

Originally Posted by I, Brian

As an extension from the issues raised from the "Prophecy" thread, I'd like to pose a somewhat different question:

Do you personally feel that God can communicate with yourself? Yes

This can be either directly, through intermediaries, or through phsical circumstance (ie, coincidence).

And has anyone ever felt as if they could commune directly with the mind of God? Yes

If so, what was revealed?

Many things were revealed, one of the most important is that we cannot be in the spirit of the Originator of all things when we attempt to be left-brained and totally rational, cutting off the right brain functions. We must be whole in ourselves, both brains, to be in the wholeness of the Originator.

The only exception to this I have found is in the new quantum mathematics in which a strictly linear/planar path has begun to curve and expand, but this is simply starting on a left brain path and ending up using both right and left brain functions to comprhend something, which is one way of getting to the whole brain state. Interestingly enough quantum cosmology is circling (I should say globing?) around to the need for Anthropy (a Higher Conscious Originator) in some of the newest of its theories. Which just circles back to Godel's Theorem which implies that linear/rational/half-brain thinking can never reach an ultimate truth.

Unfortunately for men, the path between the brain lobes is a narrow one rather than a superhighway, so their work is often strenuous. Humility is involved, and men have been indoctrinated in pride, while women have been indoctrinated in humility. (No offense meant to you males, but it is the unfortunate circumstance you find yourself in.)

Additionally unfortunate for men is that when the spirit speaks through a whole-brained woman she is supposed to be silent and let the half-brained, left-brained men speak among themselves.

[Thadius]

As Thom Theory states, which none of you would have read as i havent published it yet, the entity, which man has comprehended as god, comunicates to chosen individuals that can bare the weight. It is the calling that i and many others have recieved which allows us to " communicate with god". All though i have not talked directly in words to it or it to me. the entity has shown me images of my life and of its. I would also like to state that Thom theory will be avaliable to read soon and email me if you would like a copy. funkymunkey8@hotmail.com
THADIUS

[louis]

Originally Posted by I, Brian

As an extension from the issues raised from the "Prophecy" thread, I'd like to pose a somewhat different question:

Do you personally feel that God can communicate with yourself?

This can be either directly, through intermediaries, or through phsical circumstance (ie, coincidence).

And has anyone ever felt as if they could commune directly with the mind of God? If so, what was revealed?

From Louis ....

In other words, does "divine inspiration" EVER really happen ? Or do some people just NEED to think it
happens ? If it really does, how do we recognise it ?

If there really is an omnipotent God, then he would
obviously be CAPABLE of speaking to us - but why
should he ? He already gave us the power to REASON-
all we need to do is learn to use that properly and we
will eventualy discover everything God needs us to
know in order to serve his purpose . Might take us a
few million years, but God has plenty of time.

[syzygy]

I would like Brian to allow me to post but fear that he feels I am too much of a threat to his ego to allow me that freedom. He has censored me off these boards and may likely do so again once this is posted. I have had many instructions given by what I can only call God since my original three day long religious conversion experience 25 years ago at Easter of 1979. These instructions come by new religious thoughts coming unbidden into my mind which are then "reinforced" some way in my "real" world by synchronicity signs. That's how God "talks" with me, through such Signs. As only God can arrange my world to bring such Signs to me, and as amazing things have happened besides the creation of a brand new Christian religion, I believe without doubt in my relationship with God as one selected to bear witness of new spiritual instructions sorely needed in our world overrun with men with guns using anything and everything as justification for territorial conquest and control, even a God of mercy and compassion.

Brian, I do not want to create more new identities in order to circumvent your censorship of my postings on Comparative Religions boards. I have much to offer everyone in terms of what prophetic experience is like and what God's will is for us at the dawning of the New Millennium. You should decide now whether or not you will allow me to continue to post or kick me off as I am incapable of pretending to be someone I'm not, i.e., a seeker of religious truth. I have found and want to tell everyone what it is that I have found--a New Christian belief system for New Millennium realities.

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[I, Brian]

Stephen, the ego is yours in demanding that CR conforms to your own expectations of how a community should be run. Also note that CR is not a place for supposed self-styled modern prophets to dump their personal ideology, nor to serve as an advertising ground for their beliefs. This is a place for discussion, rather than for a minority to demand to be able to dictate their own manifestos.

Despite your trolling, if you can accept that then you are fine to stay, but if you are going to insist otherwise then you bet I'll boot you out along with anyone else who tries to set themselves above everyone else in this place.

As for your own spiritual experiences - from everything you've stated, I can only say that there are various members of this forum that make your own spiritual experiences seem like spiritual kindegarten. If you experienced something real for yourself then that's great for you - but don't you dare expect to be excused just because you claim grand titles, and minor experiences, as your justification for your behaviour.

This post is not a discussion point either - you either accept the way of the community here, or I simply impose an IP ban..

[Mus Zibii]

I was going to start a thread on Mormonism, but the question of personal revelation was the only issue I wanted to bring up so... this thread's good 'nough.

I always liked the Torah scenerios of personal conversations with God. Moses took the people to the mountain, God spoke and they crapped their pants. So, here's hoping God keeps the chit-chat on an abstract level. For me, anyway.

I personally feel like everything said, everything done, everything that stands, is the tongue of God. Its a language of images, sensations, words, thoughts, smells, sounds, etc.

[lunamoth]

Originally Posted by I, Brian

As an extension from the issues raised from the "Prophecy" thread, I'd like to pose a somewhat different question:

Do you personally feel that God can communicate with yourself?

This can be either directly, through intermediaries, or through phsical circumstance (ie, coincidence).

And has anyone ever felt as if they could commune directly with the mind of God? If so, what was revealed?

I guess it sounds weird to say that God speaks to me in the shower in the morning. Actually, I've come to think of this more like the Holy Spirit at work, and I do not hear voices or see apparitions or anything. But, when I wake up and my head is clear the ideas that come to me, especially those about spiritual, ethical, moral issues that have been on my mind, are those best acted upon. Sometimes it almost is like someone has whispered a word in my ear. An astounding instance of this was during one of my more active seeking stages when I was just sort of daydreaming about nothing and the word "compassion" came into my head so singularly and clearly that it seemed like it was said out loud. Just meditating on this word moved my path into a wonderful walk that I will always treasure.

Other times there have been very strange coincidences that my rational mind still writes off as just that, but my spirit still believes were answers to prayers. How often have I prayed for help and then been shocked when the Holy Spirit actually shows up! It's easy to see how insanity slips in. I believe that God is mysteriously working in my life all the time. But I am not to forsake my rational mind while making descisions about the practical things of life.

In short, I've never done a mind meld with God--just had glimmers that it is possible.