Ever have an experience like this........?

Question

I was praying and I felt the face of Jesus smiling at me. His Presence came around me like a white mist and I felt Him shine His light of His face on me. It seemed like I was immersed into the waters of reality. It felt like He made a million curtains fall around me and all the truth behind them was shining and revealed. The atmosphere around me felt sharp and crisp and my mind felt like every cell in my brain was illuminated and smiling. It seemed like He took me thru another realm. All I could do was smile at Him and adore Him in prayer.

Ever have a similar experience ? Can you share it ?

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Answer 1

Excerpts from the blog, "Lots of Questions"

" It is being said that any one has 3 aspects of personality,

(1) What he thinks he is

(2) What others think he is

(3) What he really is.

I think the first and second categories have a lot of effect on the way which the third category is presented before the world. Feed backs are always a tool for me to assess and realign myself to go forward further.

Some of those feed backs have already gone to the Reader’s Expressions page. I utilized those opinions to fine tune myself and the site. Deliberately I also used some techniques to improve interests of people in this site. In that process I know, I had to hurt many, but I am quite sure, when they all realize the larger game plan sometime later in future, my efforts, may not be appreciated but certainly shall be understood. My vision on articulation of the site is Expression with a Veil. Behind all those verbal jugglery I have tried to induct some threads for thoughts.

Most of your feedbacks on me and the site seemed to be genuine, powerful and profound. They all have generated lots of questions within for many including me and I think, those questionings within, are the steps from primary to the final before Light of Divinity strike for permanent.

The site primarily aimed at three things.

1.Expression for myself (In that manner, in my own Self- Enquiry path, I happened to get an opportunity to engage myself, into some kind of a contemplation on Godhood)

2.Expression for my comprehension of Sathya Sai Vision

3.Inducing people to be conscious about Self Enquiry in whatever manner they may think right.

I just tried to go to few extremes to make the process of Self Enquiry a joyous one for me. In this country which has an ancient history of even a Buffalo singing Veda, I think anything is not a limit provided the subject is Godhood.

I think the 'Suddha Bodham' deep within all of us, is always under a veil. It's a feeling that can be experienced only. However hard I may try with words, without experiencing some of those glimpses at least once in life, the so called 'Paramananda Avabodham' is not only difficult but virtually impossible to understand or comprehend. With most of the people whom I know, who had experienced this feeling, that came when alone or when they were in a deep distress situation or at some point of heightened questioning regarding the existence of God. Of course the 'Darsan' and 'Sparsan' of Sri Sathya Sai Baba have also invoked in many including me that feeling. Even Many of Modern day Psychologists do agree the existence of such a stage of some kind of Omnipresence. Researches are going on to identify the subtle Genetical aspects of such Gross Behavior that happens sometimes to some people. Learned no more just brush it aside saying that is just madness. May be the present day Central Government might have done that in a Syllabus Book, but I don't think these people come under the category of 'Learned Ones'. Sathya Sai Baba say Science is just a semi circle -- starts at one point and ends at another, whereas Spirituality is a full circle containing all those aspects of known and unknown, Magic and Miracles. "

Answer 2

I was at a Jewish meditation retreat, and I was reading a Hebrew prayer somehwat unfamiliar to me, and I heard my voice reading these words so clearly and perfectly even though they were brand new.

I saw the letters begin to flame and dance, and I heard hundreds of people singing the same prayer in unison behind me. (It was an individual chanting prayer, so the singing was not the other folks in the room.)

I heard their fingers rub across the pages as they lovingly read each word and I heard the pages turning as we prayed together. Have you ever heard the sound of 100 people all turning the page at the same time? It's unmistakable.

I looked over my shoulder and saw them, Jews past present, and future, some dressed in clothing from different eras.

The curtain of light enveloped all of us as we thanked God for the gift of being conscious and able to make choices and able to give thanks.

I have no doubt that what you experienced was real -- how fascinating that we go to a place yet we still see it through the 'lens' our religious experiences teach us to perceive that awesome place.

In Jewish prayer it is called being at the foot of the Sapphire Throne. When you arrive at tthat place, there is just Light and Love and Unity -- no need to name it or try to explain it.

To a certain extent it is a repeatable experience. There are definately ways to get there.

Answer 3

The night before I was going to be baptized, I prayed to God and Jesus because I wasn't sure I 'should be' baptized because I really didn't believe in 'the virgin birth' ... and Jesus 'appeared to me' at the end of my bed and told me 'you aren't fully mine yet, and you'll have a long way to go, but you will be mine eventually, and you do need to be 'baptized' now ... and I will NEVER forget that. I was 'baptized' as a Methodist, but was a Vedantist (a Hindu who believes Jesus was a great prophet) and a Vietnamese Buddhist before I became an Episcopalian ... now I'm a CATHOLIC, and when I was 'confirmed' several different people in the church (none of whom 'knew me') told me that they could 'see the Holy Spirit' come down and 'fill me' ... and that is something they had NEVER SEEN BEFORE, so that they felt that they 'had to tell me' what they'd seen.

Answer 4

I've gotten undescribable feelings while deep in worship, at which point all I could do was praise God. It's like his presence overwhelms everything else.. It's like a light that destroys darkness... I fall to me knees often. I've never had a 'vision' persay, but I've prophesied before. The holy spirit is so amazing...and even I have doubts sometimes.

Answer 5

Read "Why God Won't Go Away."

It claims that meditation and other intense religious experiences actually have a counterpart in the brain's biology. Whether it's God acting through the brain or not is left up to the reader.

Answer 6

I had a very strong experience about 13 years ago,i more or less turned to jelly.
I dont want to discuss it in detail though.
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Million curtains and sharp and crisp truth sounds very similar.

I got things "delivered" differently.
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Answer 7

Well, I have fealt Gods presence before, but not anything like your story. Just reading this gave me the Holy Ghost goosebumps (good things). This type of thing doesn't happen every day so, consider yourself blessed.

GOD BLESS YOU.

Answer 8

I hve had similar experiences but they were less visual. There was one time where I could feel God there and His presence was so strong I felt like it was going to crush me. It was wonderful. God is wonderful, is He not?
May God's peace be upon you sister

Answer 9

kinda, I was walking into Church one day, and a prophecy was coming down in the church. And his spirit came upon me, everything was white. My heart was singing in absolute Joy. One of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. and yes it felt like another realm.

Answer 10

If you seek to feel his spirit, and do so with real intent, with a broken heart and contrite spirit about you, he can speak to you in a still small voice and let you know of his love for you.