How do you experience God?

Question

Please do not quote to me from the Bible or any other text. I'm not looking for an "explanation" of what God is. How do you personally EXPERIENCE God?

I'm looking for personal perspectives and experiences only.

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Answer 1

I personally experienced God, when I was alone in a place without anybody beside me. At the time, I prayed to God for him to be with me so I would not be in danger or scared, and right after praying, I felt this warmth surrounding me, and you know, it felt like God was really with me. I beilieve in God strongly. He helps me in a lot of situations.

Answer 2

Experience God is a very rare moment.

The last time I experience God, He gave me a very clear feel (but last less than 1 second) which I later put into a beautiful statement...

"I am the dream, dreaming as the dreamer.
God is the dreamer, dreaming as me."

Note: Don't be misled to think that that means we are Gods. No, that's not the real meaning. Neither has it to do with false ego. I believe that experience grant me a rare wisdom to penetrate the illusion of our ego-self.

------ Addition today (Oct 24, 2006) ------

Also I receive a very powerful insight from God. One evening (many years ago) I was sleeping, I dreamt of going to my parents' bedroom. There's a closet in this bedroom that I always feel my parents will put secret stuff in. But in my dream, they were not around. WooHoo! So I go and open this closet to take a look and hope to find something interesting my parents want to keep away from me. Something caught my attention. It's a tome - something like a big complete book of encyclopedia. Honestly, I don't believe this is Akashi Record, at least not in my parents' bedroom. But it's interesting nevertheless because I can find a lot of general knowledge - sports, ancient artifacts, etc but all these don't interest me. Then suddenly, a section on Buddhism caught me. I am a Buddhist myself so definitely I'll go check about Buddhism. What I realized and learnt from that 1-page buddhism section is this ...

There's a hierarchy of Buddhas throughout our human history, 10 or 12 of them (I forgot how many exactly). Each Buddha came here to spread the word of God so that human race can achieve enlightenment and liberation. The problem is, everytime each of these Buddha achieve+spread the Words up to 90% completion, they left the world. The other 10% was never mentioned. That's when I learnt 2 things:

1. That true enlightenment can only be achieved when we practice that 90%. Only when we practice this 90% will we be able to access the unmentioned 10%, which is critically needed to complete the whole Word to 100%. Only then, achieving that perfect 100% can we be truly liberated.
2. What Satan did, was to distort the Word of God by transforming the Buddhas' 90% teachings into 100%. This result in followers misbelieving that 90% is the Truth. When in fact this 90% is but a key to access the other 10%, which is needed to achieve true liberation.

You may choose to believe this or not, but I swear my dream was true. Only God knows whether I am truthful or not. I am for God. So should everyone else.

Answer 3

You do not simply experience Him, you see Him in every day life and all of His creation. The more a person gains humility the more a person can be brought into the presence of God. Do not have pride or you would be accepting your great works instead of God's wonders. For all our talents came from Him so why should not all the glory go to the one who truly created them.

Answer 4

god made flowers
each flower is a good deed
look at the simplest flower or even a weed see how delicate it is thus also is our belief ,yet the harshest wind cannot break it ,it flexes in the wind
sit back and relax ,breath in really deep ,now exhale while you exhale think there have been thousands of these breaths ,god made your body so you dont have to worry about each breath
god serves all of us our life ,science can explain it but cant do it for you as well as god does even for the lowliest
look at the light comming into the room it is unseen ,yet when it is there you can see it
thus is god ,unseen unfelt untill you finaslly see you arnt doing it god is
and its all free ,you never need to thank god or beg god god does so much more ,but the joy that god gives you you must find yourself ,and when you find it ,silently say ..wow god you are amasing
she likes that
but dont do it before man this is between you and god
if someone smiles at you say the silent prayer thanking god
if some one yells at you think why ,even silently ask god why and he answers every time ,you know its god when the answer is good
a negative answer or one that feels bad is not from god as such ,all good comes from god ,the negative stuff is just fear we can make up because we arnt perfect
god/good you cant go wrong ,you wouldnt thank god for bad things right ,god serves all of us equally ,just by you noticing the good you are thanking god,the one and only trully good
the one perfect ,ie god
just looking for the good is serving god
you get bonus points for making good better ,or something seemingly not so good better and when you keep it between you and god its even better
dont do good so man can see it ,but also dont avoid doing good just because someone might see it either
a single thought of bad can be balenced by a quick appology to god ,now or in the future god holds interest but dosnt ask interest to be repaid ,dont worry if you live right or try to do right it all adds up
say you only found out right now you can begin again ,god made us human its the sum total of good that lasts for eternity ,or that we really are trying to be good from now or when you are ready ,not so much how we got there in gods time ,not mans
god is great ,good for goods sake still feels better than bad for no reason.

Answer 5

I experience the God and Goddess all around me everyday. Every breath I take, every tree I see, each blade of grass, every flame, the rain that falls, the wind that blows, the earth under my feet..........all the energy in the world. They're all examples of the divine in the world around us.

~And yes, I'm a Wiccan~

Answer 6

I experience God in many ways: in the face of a newborn baby that He created...in a beautiful sunset that shows the beauty of creation that He gives us as a gift...in the face of my 90 year old grandmother who has love Him so dearly her entire life...in a rainbow that reminds of us how He keeps His promises...in the quiet when I can listen to what He is trying to tell me...in the Bible which teaches me about His great love for me...and many many more. : )

God bless

Answer 7

You seek him. You cast aside everything you think you know about him, every thought, every restaint you put on him, every doubt that he is there, and then brace yourself for the answer. You will not be able to handle it, if you truely allow yourself to seek him. You must meet him to experience him. You must come on his terms and not your own. After all he is god. Perhaps the first thing you must do is realize that he is god and you are not.

Answer 8

You ask The Lord to reveal His self to you...And he will...Finding this out is something YOU...have to do for yourself....Don't listen to what others say you take this Journey own your own....Because what you are seeking cant be got-ton by BUYING IT.....And you cant wish upon a star and get it you cant get it by hip noses or buy someone else getting it for you ....You and only you can seek for it for your self....And by you doing this only you will know when you find it.....GOD bless you through your Journey,,,,,,,Do you be leave in ANGELS....

Answer 9

first this is what i did i looked down not up like others do and seek the truth askin for the right way to life it will come to u it has for many god is the most merciful most gracious remeber that

Answer 10

Well I have been saved so now god speaks directly to my heart.I also experience his blessings through other people obeying him!