when was the last time that god (or the divine or the mysterious) spoke to your heart?

[datasuspect]

i was sitting in a cubicle in an office building in houston, texas when i was overwhelmed with the guilt of my many trangressions.

a very powerful stirring moved within me and a radiant heat suffused my body and spirit with calm, as if i were a child and my mother was holding me close to her.

i was moved to tears and prayed for the first time in many years.

[soleft]

1. Isn't it dangerous to have too many transgressions in Texas?

The universe usually speaks to me when I'm in a very creative zone and ideas come to me like they're coming from somewhere else. Sometimes I wake up in the morning and it's just there, like a gift.

[datasuspect]

8. this morning i awoke from a dream

i was handling these political advertising documents that transformed into schematics for understanding pictorially the meaning of the names of demons like sephiroth, mephistopheles, and other weird names. the images superimposed over the text into strange hybrids of hieroglyphs and ancient greek letters.

[Pierre.Suave]

16. I recommend

laying off the weed (or whichever drug you use) before bedtime.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

2. The only thing that speaks to me is the demon in my mind.

:evilgrin:

The WORLD, on the other hand, the honest and tangible and true, is always at hand.

[datasuspect]

5. just one demon?

10 roger on the WORLD. it is often lacking though.

i remember coming to terms with the prospect that life ultimately ends with nothing, which it may or may not, there is no way to know. so then i figured that one must be an agent of meaning in their own way; that is, create meaning out of meaninglessness to put off the encroaching horror of life's essential randomness. or something

i guess the closest parallel would be music. when i took LSD i could SEE it, but that wasn't necessarily a true thing.

[lpbk2713]

3. It was just this morning.

A voice in my head told me it was time for a bowel movement. Damned if it wasn't right too.

[datasuspect]

6. hmmm. i usually know i have to go potty when it tickles

i can go big potty all by myself.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. The Voice often speaks.

But lately I find that I don't pay sufficent attention.

[datasuspect]

7. i guess that is the crux of the matter

arguments regarding theism, atheism notwithstanding, i think it is encoded within the human mind to find/create meaning. as i grow older, i allow for the possibility of the "mysterious" or the "unknowable."

i wish i was still 23. back then i knew it all and could gain philosophical comfort from weekly paradigm shifts.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

15. I never thought I'd be in my current position...

What I need most, what sustains me, is time to myself...to meditate, reflect, pray, commune with Nature...whatever you want to call it. It is the one constant that has remained in my life from the time I was very young, and first cognizant of meditation's importance to my self.

Yet I make no time for this lately. There's always something else that needs to be attended to. And there's this nagging sensation that this perceived need is selfish. I hope I get unstuck soon. :-)

[Ariana Celeste]

9. i was on mushrooms

and i danced with the trees and the wind and felt as one

[Chemical Bill]

10. Every day.

I get up and feel grateful that I'm alive. The universe answers that it's glad to have me. Love is the answer, to quote John Lennon (I just have to get a handle on the question).

I like your Jesus. My favorite is the "Buddy Jesus" from the movie "Dogma".

Bill

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

11. When my mom held my hand and she told me loved me while she was in the ICU ...

and she told me that I did'nt have to wait to have kids. It let me know that she wants to see the continuation of our family and that she was looking forward to a longer live and she wants grandkids to have life with :hug:

My mom had the aneurysm the weekend of Thanksgiving 2006 ... 3 months ago ... today she is walking , and driving by herself :hug: I was so scared when it all happened ... Its hard for me to read my posts that I first posted when it happened ... but I feel so much stronger now and that I can do anything. Prayer kept our family together. By his stripes I am healed ...

[BlueIris]

12. This past December. Right before Christmas.

I was more or less in a spiritual crisis. I couldn't figure out what to do next with my life, especially the part of it governed by that pesky, newfound spiritual awareness I'd uncovered. I was asking anything out there, "Now what? Give me a reason to go on if I am this miserable." The divine entities promptly reminded me that two people I love profoundly "still needed" me. It was such an immediate and tangible response, after weeks of nothing. Very powerful.

[idgiehkt]

13. lately alot

I don't know if it is God, but I'm feely really good lately and been having those moments quite a bit for the past few weeks. Probably because I had something really spiritual happen in my life about a month ago that let me know that I'm not really in control of things, or that maybe I am to an extent; i.e. someone told me once that if you have something to deal with in your life, you have a certain amount of time to do it, and if you don't, your 'angels' will do it for you. I guess he meant 'guardian angels' or something, mine weren't exactly angels but that whole experience kind of brought it home to me (again)that there really is a higher being or consciousness looking out for me and protecting me.

Of course it could also be because I usually get depressed in the winter and it is almost spring so naturally I get a euphoria this time of year.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

14. I feel everything that you wrote ...

Exactly everything ...

[AlecBGreen]

17. yesterday

I usually go to church every week, sometimes I miss a week, but rarely two in a row. For some reason (laziness? the deeeevil?) I havent been in over a month. So yesterday (Sunday) I skipped once again. As I was getting ready for bed that night, my dog pushed his tennis ball under the couch and then looked at me with that "hey, a little help here!" look. I reached under the couch and sliced open my hand on a piece of metal. I saw lots of blood and a little bone so 10 minutes later I was in a hospital emergency room. I was staring off in to space trying to ignore the blood dripping onto my boots when my wife plops a Gideon's Bible down into my lap. "Here...read something" she said. Instantly I had that "Aha!" moment - God had been patiently calling me back and I kept ignoring Him so he took matters into his own hands. I opened it up randomly to Psalm 119 and read "You rebuke the arrogant, who are cursed and who stray from your commands." Well, Im arrogant and Ive strayed. Hopefully Im not too cursed :) 7 stitches later and I've got plans for Sunday :)

-Alec

[Shine]

18. Every day.

I give thanks for being alive every day, despite it's mundane challenges.

We are spiritual beings having a human experience. :hug: