Category Archives: Spiritual Experiences
He Found Me by Shannshann29
Reprinted from Spiritual Experiences:
tell people that the Lord found me because at this point of my life I certainly wasn’t looking for him. As a young girl I was incredibly hurt by my mother. My spirit had been broken, battered, and emotionally abused. I acted out and was well on my way to self destruction when one day I attended church with a friend from school. I never would have imagined what the Lord was preparing me for.
I had never seen anything like what I saw that day. There were people at the alter on their knees with tears in their eyes. I found out later that no one had died and in fact there was no real reason for this radical flow of emotion.
I had enjoyed myself so much that I continued to go with her on a regular basis. I began to spend time with the youth group and made friends of my own. At this time in particular I was there for the boys and the friends that I had made with no serious interest in what was being taught in the youth group. None the less, I continued attending the youth services (for the boys) for about 2 more years when one day the Lord would reveal himself to me in a powerful way.
I was 15 years old and in high school by now when on this particular day I had been witnessing to a boy in my ceramics class. I was on my way to becoming a better christian. I had finished my assignment and asked the teacher if there was anything else I could do. He instructed me to help the teachers assistant in cleaning the clay machine. Teachers assistant was busy at the moment and showed me what exactly he needed me to do. I began cleaning the clay off of the sides of the machine and placing the excess near the entrance of the inside of the machine. I pulled my hand back and the blade had taken hold of my thumb and very slowly began to take the rest of my hand into the machine. At this very moment I knew that I was in danger. I spoke the words “JESUS HELP ME” and then proceeded to yell for help. I never cried, I was instructed to stay calm and focus and I did do just that. I began to pray as I arrived at the hospital. Scared and confused, all I could do was pray. I began to cry as the doctors spoke of surgery and asked his Holy Spirit to hold my hand.
As I was taken in and prepped for surgery I was wheeled out by the waiting room where my entire youth group and family members had been waiting for word. Instantly I began to feel the presence of the Holy Spirit and a calmness had come over me.
11hrs of reconstructive surgery and an almost certain report from the doctor that my hand would have to be amputated by the following week was of no worry to me as I knew that I was no longer alone. What I asked of his Holy Spirit he had granted. I did not just believe this to be true but I KNEW IT! Matter of factly.
The Doctors believed I would never be able to recover and they had convinced my mother that I would rely on my left hand for nearly everything for my entire life. I told my mother that she did not know the power of the Holy Spirit and recovered over 85% in two years. I believe today that he picked me. I still don’t know why but I am grateful that he did because I am no longer allowed to not believe.
Being a Mystic
“The most beautiful and profound emotion we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their primitive forms – this knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of true religion.” – Albert Einstein
January, 2012 will be the beginning of my 35th year of experiencing being captured by the God of my understanding. The first year, I didn’t have any labels for it. If you are a mystic, you generally have to be told by someone else that you are a mystic and find out for yourself what that means. It was only after I read William James’s book, The Varieties of Religious Experience that I had a label of “radical conversion”. Soon after this, someone asked me if I knew what mysticism was and I was able to add another label. I am a Christian but have gained much insight from studying all religions and incorporating other practices into my spiritual experiences.
Mystics are found in all faiths and/or religions. Beginning the mystic journey, each pilgrim has an individual journey yet all will have some common ground with other mystics. For my 35th-year journey, I have let go of most of my earthly ties to family and friends. I felt an extreme urgency to experience and study my inner experience. So, although God’s gift is free, it isn’t cheap. I have lived without most of my family for most of the 35 year experience. I have never made a lot of money or taken the time to climb the ladder. I have driven cheap cars and owned very little materially. But I did what I wanted to do–follow the God of my understanding as best I could. My reward has been Heaven on earth–the peace, love, joy, contentment, fun is amazing. And I look forward to life’s greatest adventure–giving up this bodily burden.
Some of the spiritual techniques that my help for your spiritual journey are:
(1) centering prepares us for the Presence of God;
(2) deep breathing helps us to quiet our mind because we can only think one thought at a time–when we are counting our breaths in and out, our mind is focused on one thought relieving our anxiety;
(3) meditation and prayer;
(4) mindfulness.
According to Carl McColman, who writes The Website of Unknowing, a soul friend is a friend who provides others with coaching, support and guidance as they progress along the path toward fulfilling their spiritual and mystical potential.
“Of Mystics and Activists” by Peter J. Leithart
‘The Challenge of Understanding Mysticism” by Richard D. Engle
“Understanding Mysticism” by Matthew Bingley
Alan’s Spiritual Awakening by Drummy
Reprinted from Spiritual Experiences:
I had been suffering with very bad depression for 20 years and I am in a relationship with my partner for 17 years, her name is Tina who I love dearly. Tina went on holiday with her mum for 2 weeks in Spain and when she came back home she told me she had a weird thing happen to her, and I said what was it and she said I heard you call my name and I asked her to tell me what it sounded like and she said it was deep toned. Then told Tina that I did call out her name like she described and said it out vocally and in my head, I started to tell Tina why I called out her name and this why: I was on my own for two weeks and had some personal issues going on with family which was very upsetting for me and found myself very alone and isolated, empty, and very low; it was the lowest point that ever felt in my life and I have had plenty lows in my life. I needed Tina to be with me and I sat on the edge of the bed with my hand cupped on the side of my face and I called out her name and said it again in my head.
I don’t know if it was the next day or the day after that I woke up, I felt really good, I felt happy and very contented, I realized that my depression had gone completely and still has, my family and friends have noticed a big change in me and they see a gleam in my eyes and my face sparkles and asked had I won the lottery because they have never seen me so happy. And that is that part of my amazing story.
I asked Tina if she would like to go to Glasgow, Scotland to see some family and friends, so we went and my friend invited us to a country and western night, the event was held in the grounds of the local chapel in a community hall and started to record some of the line dancing when I saw little white objects flying past on video screen and I immediately knew what they were and I don’t know how I knew that I just did, I started to get very emotional and found myself drawn to a row of empty seats and tables in a corner of the hall and had my camera focused on the wall where the empty tables and chairs were. I stood there for ten minutes and thought to myself “I wonder what these people are thinking what is this guy filming a wall for” but I knew what I was doing and got orbs that seemed to come from that area and when I moved from there to record the rest of the event I got more orbs coming into view and I got emotional again.
So that was that little part of the story. The next part is we went back home to my sister’s house (that is where we were staying when went to Glasgow) and I said to Tina “I wonder if we will get anything happening here” and to our surprise and to my delight we got lots of orbs flashes and different colors when it was all happening we felt so happy it was all very comforting and all this continued every day we were there, and sometimes more frequent and sometimes less and on one particular day, it was what I can only describe as snowing orbs, the orbs were coming in the morning, afternoon and in the evening I have not told my sister what was happening because she does not believe in anything like that and I did want to scare her, so she is and still is unaware of the things that happened.
Here is the last part of my wonderful story, we went back home and our home is 16 moss walk Corby north ants England and I said to Tina I wonder if they have followed us home and again to our surprise and delight it is happening again every day and we get some amazing colored orbs and it makes us feel so happy inside. There was one time when we thought they have left us because we did not get anything for three nights and I felt really sad because I thought they had gone but the next day it was like they put on a little show for us and all this is still happening right now and I don’t want it to ever stop and what’s amazing about all this is I have all the pics and video of everything that I have told you about, if you would like me to send you some pics please let me know, I believe this is all happening to me for a reason but I am not sure what it is maybe you will be able to help me.
Kind regards Alan & Tina
