THis can be spiritual in essence, which I believe inevitably opens a door of truth for each individual.
Please give me a story that was so profound that it chaned the way you perceived things to be, and do not refrain from writing
as much detail as you can
2006-10-20 07:23:36 · 13 answers · asked by fryedaddy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For me, that would be witnessing my fiance's shotgun suicide. Horrifying as that was, it completely changed me for the better. Up until that point in my life, I had been a truly awful person. I was a drug addict, a runaway, a thief...you name the crime, I have committed it.
Watching him die, and seeing how his family suffered put my own selfishness into perspective. I finished my education, quit running from things that I felt unable to cope with, paid for my crimes and became free of drugs. In short, I repented.
I found a peace within myself and an inner-strength I had no idea I possessed. I miss him terribly, and I think of him daily. I am thankful that I knew him, and that his death saved me from myself. I was on the same path to self-destruction. When he took his life, he saved mine.
2006-10-20 07:41:06 · answer #1 · answered by . 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Possibly the most profound moment in my life was when I first viewed a victim's photo of an 18 month old girl who had been killed, barbed-wired to a concrete block, and thrown in a canal. It deeply affected my thinking, humanized the law for me, and made me more aware of the reality of the human condition. I have never stopped thinking of the picture, and I hope I never become so jaded that I am not deeply touched and disturbed by man's cruelty to man.
Since that day, I have done what I can to protect children on any level possible, and to provide a better life for those I encounter.
2006-10-20 07:28:42 · answer #2 · answered by Blackacre 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many years ago, when faced with the hypocrisy that I found in the Church and the people, I decided to no longer be Catholic. I made a conscious decision to leave the church and no longer practice.
IMMEDIATELY I could not breathe. It wasn't an asthma attack or shortness of breath. I was unable to perform the action of breathing. I remained like that until I realized that my faith is like that. it is as vital to me as the air I breathe. It permeates my life as oxygen permeates my cells.
With that realization and the accompanying realization that I could not STOP being Christian, I was able to breathe. I also immediately came to understand that the faith and the people are two different things. Faith in Christ is not changing , non wavering, but the other people who believe (or claim to believe) and fallible humans trying to follow Christ. Some do well, many do not and fall from the way. But that has ALWAYS been the case and I cannot judge the pure faith and the teaching of Christ by those who claim to adhere to it. I can only judge myself and do my best to follow.
2006-10-20 07:35:20 · answer #3 · answered by treehse65 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I've answered this question or similiar a couple of times before. I'd like to repost it since you ask.
My only direct experience with a 'supernatural being' was in the form of sharing a moment of psychospiritual ecstacy caused by extreme pain and sensory overloading (intentionally caused, look up the word 'ecstacy', it doesn't necessarily just mean 'extreme joy') with Fenrir Wolf of nordic mythology in his aspect as Pack Alpha tending a deeply wounded omega (me). The experience was an eternity of hell in one sharp instant for me because of the truths I experienced... but it was the most spiritually significant event in my life, and made me feel whole in ways NOTHING ever did or has since, even with knowing that it was nothing more than an abnormal reaction in my brain brought on by endorphin overload and sensory overload.
Imagine being in the presence of the IDEAL. Not a divinity, but the very icon of the true core of your being, as if the truth of who you were was right there in front of you -- and you get, even if only for a moment... to be it.
When I came back to myself... which was literally a physical fight in and of itself, when I got to a safe place, I let loose a howl that has haunted me to this very day because even if I resolve the issues causing the pain I heard in that howl, I will still know it is possible for a person to HURT that much. Every way that Christians try to depict Hell absolutely PALES compared to the pain I heard in that howl.
2006-10-20 07:28:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ooh! fun!
I am regularly given over to spiritual experiences. Angels, people who have passed on. Audio messages from God. Silly stuff like that. My best friend has permission to have me committed to the local nut house if I ever stop questioning my sanity on a daily basis.
One day, I was just walking down the street. It was a bright sunny and GLORIOUS day! Not - so NOT - the kind of day when one experiences sadness.
Suddenly I was taken by a deep grief. I was allowed to feel the grief God has for those who reject him. It wasn't an accusation. It wasn't angry in the tiniest way.
The flood gates broke and I cried for about half an hour.
It really shook me.
2006-10-20 07:30:53 · answer #5 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Honestly for me the day i accepted Jesus as my saviour 4 years ago on 3rd November 2002 was the most profound day of my ife.. i had lived a life i was ashamed of so much that i had attempted suicide..... and carried the guilt for long many years ....but that day 4 years ago.. its hard to explain but i honestly tasted freedom.. for the first time i didnt hate myself anymore... amazing... and it keeps getting better :)
2006-10-20 07:29:09 · answer #6 · answered by The phoenix 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had a near death experience which was strange but not involving the usual phenomena like the tunnel, light etc. but I was left with a sense of purpose and determination to overcome life's hardships that I never had before it happened.
2006-10-20 07:27:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
one of the most profound moments i've been a part of is the birth of my daughter---the mystery of it still haunts me. I still cannot believe that God allowed me to be a vessel of a life that He created into being. It is an awesome miracle.
2006-10-20 07:40:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The birth of my first child. You talk about a life changing experience. You go from it's just me and my wife doing what we want, when we want, as we want to every decision considering what impact the decision will have on the well being of my daughter.
2006-10-20 07:35:30 · answer #9 · answered by yagman 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
True story. Sitting on a topless beach in Bali, Indonesia, was about ten years old and was playing with this sand crab. I said "Oh, youre so cute!" and this girl walking past said "THanks! So are you!"
I responded "I was talking to the crab!"
My dad hit me upside my head. I realized right then that I was MAN...that I had expectations put on me by others, by society. I had a role I had to play. It made me think alot...
2006-10-20 07:28:04 · answer #10 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋