Extra Normal Experiences

[Guest]

I have had varying degrees of awareness above normal. I suddenly open to a vaster mind or I feel energy move inside my body different from usual. Sometimes I get answers to questions I cannot otherwise imagine as a new dimension of thought. Usually this is when I pray and appeal to a greater power, but many times, it happens by itself.

 

Have you had similar experiences? Also, your comments are welcome.

[riobikini]

Guest,

 

I, personally, have never experienced this, -but I have listened to many others who say they have.

 

In reviewing all their stories, I have found a few similarities. Three of the main ones I think, which may be significant to the phenomenon are: they were going through a terrible, trying time, often having to do with the death of someone very close to them, or they were going through a period of having to make excruciating and life-changing personal decisions, or they were dealing with a very serious illness (their own or someone close).

 

Some wish to relate these experiences to a spiritual connection while others try to connect them with physiological effects of the body during stress.

 

Perhaps both may be correct to some degree.

 

We keep asking very thought-provoking questions and continue to learn about the possibilities of spiritual development in regards to how our human bodies perceive, process, accept, and understand our universe, and ponder our very purpose for existence.

 

But we are also still learning about the physiological aspects of the human body and, for the most part, we have chosen it as our primary focus and given it precedent over the spiritual.

 

As for these phenomenal spiritual 'revelations' and lightening-quick doses of insight, -if they do not mislead you, disillusion you, nor harm you or others in any way- and if they do indeed, comfort you and point you in the right direction, or give you the 'right' answer at the right time...just go with it.

 

And remember to thank whomever you think it came from.

 

(Smile)

 

-Rio

[Curmudgeon]

I've had many of them, both visual, physical and auditory. Many people refer to guardian angels. Others refer to spirit guides. Some refer to the "little birdie" that told them something.

 

I've learned to listen, be accepting and pay heed. They haven't let me down yet.

[riobikini]

Guest,

 

re: " I have had varying degrees of awareness above normal. I suddenly open to a vaster mind or I feel energy move inside my body different from usual. Sometimes I get answers to questions I cannot otherwise imagine as a new dimension of thought. Usually this is when I pray and appeal to a greater power, but many times, it happens by itself.

 

Have you had similar experiences? Also, your comments are welcome. "

 

While I have not had a sudden 'revelation' of what to do in the middle of a serious crisis, nor heard disembodied voices during a prayer, I have had other experiences which may be more difficult to explain, but which I am personally comfortable with.

 

Maybe they do not fit into the category of what you are asking for, (I interpreted your post to mean that you were asking for religious experiences and I have had none of those in the way you ask) -but I'll share one of my most significant personal experiences just the same, -and you be the judge.

 

My father was my absolute greatest hero in life, although he certainly wasn't perfect.

 

I loved him anyway, faults and all, -and because I dealt with many of his shortcomings directly (he drank) , I was also keenly aware of what a wonderful person he was without a drop of alcohol, -such a stark difference.

 

He was a great father, provider, teacher, and he was kind and had a great sense of humor, -again, though, when he wasn't drinking.

 

He was very, very intelligent and we talked about all kinds of things, in depth, and because of him and the casual way he imparted what he knew in our conversations, I listened and learned so much that I am grateful for to this very day.

 

My parents divorced after years of fighting and it broke my heart, as well as my younger siblings.

 

Actually, it was devastating for me, but I tried to hide it and be strong for the other children, who just wept because of the whole thing, (I was the oldest, I thought being stronger was my 'job').

 

We lived in a rural part of Virginia, far back in the hills and hollows, and on the day my dad left the house, all the children came out on the front porch and cried as my dad gave us all hugs and gave us a few words of encouragement, trying to soothe the crying, and then he turned to go down the path to the yard gate, -and out of our daily lives.

 

There were two cattle gates farther down the hollow that he had to go through and as he passed the knoll and started down towards the first one, he suddenly stopped and turned around and looked back with a great big wide grin and waved at all of us. It was early spring and the sun was on his face, making it look brighter, making his dark hair look shinier, and his teeth look whiter against his quarter-Cherokee tan.

 

I never forgot that picture of him turning around to wave. Now, I realize that it must have taken all he had in strength to have done that. I knew he loved us, everyone.

 

Years later, I was in my early twenties sitting in a medical class, when one of the staff members came to the door and motioned to speak.

 

I suddenly -and for no apparent reason, yet- felt 'disembodied' (for lack of better words to explain) and the whole concept of time just kind of didn't matter, anymore.

 

The night before, I had dreamed such a realistic dream that I had woken up and didn't sleep very well the rest of the night. The dream was still clinging in my memory while I got dressed for the day and I tried to shake it off, thinking it was just a subconscious cue to go visit my dad.

 

In the dream, I had relived the day my father had left the family, and all the details of the flashing grin, the wave and the sunlight on his face were so vivid, as if I was still there viewing it from the porch among all the other children, fighting the tears streaming down my own face, watching him walk away.

 

I didn't want to hear what the staff-member was about to say...because, I felt, I already knew.

 

Of course, I was the one who was summoned, and I reluctantly, and with dread, left the classroom. In a quiet room, I was asked to sit down, but I just stood there, still feeling very strange, as I listened to her tell me exactly what I didn't want to hear: that my father had been 'in an accident'. I learned later, that he had actually been killed in an accident a couple of hours earlier.

 

I don't think my experience qualifies as a religious experience, but it is one of several I have had over my life, thus far.

 

I cannot fully explain why these things happen, nor why we are somehow 'allowed' afore-knowledge regarding certain things.

 

But I am certain, it does happen.

 

P.S. For the record, and for what it's worth -my dad's name was Clint C. and he died in Chilhowie, Virginia.

 

-Rio

[jerbear]

This are somethings I notice about myself.

 

I sometimes avoid areas that I know will have issues and I'm not talking about dark alleys. A few times I would just turn the car another location, as in get lost, only to hear on the radio that there was a serious accident the same time and location I would be if I stayed the course.

 

A few times I noticed that I would do things for odd reasons. A few times, I would stop and once said, I smell money and found $1 worth of pennies. I split it 50/50 between 2 friends; I gave it away. Sometimes I would just buy something and do something weird like bet with the house to lose yet win the next few hands; and I wasn't counting.

 

There are also a few times I would do something that goes counter to intuition. Like leave the phone on and put it beside my bed only to have an potential SO call (worse yet an ex at night ) guess what, both called. Sometimes I feel pain when an SO feels pain. I would ask her if something is wrong and I would tell her something is painful. She would freak out.

 

I guess it is part of me bonding with that person??? Once I don't care, give up, or break up, I would lose that connection.

[KittenMoon]

I've seen some crazy stuff come true when I do tarot readings for my friends (can't really read for myself though- sucks!)

 

And then of course, there are the "feelings". Such as the time my exbf's furnace (from like, 1492 or something) was on the fritz. His landlord had it "fixed" by a handyman friend of his. That night, as I was trying to sleep, i had this funky feeling, which led me to call him and tell him to open his window a crack, just in case ( I was thinking carbon monoxide). For once, he didn't tell me I was being paranoid, and actually did it. ABout 2am that morning, there was an explosion in the basement! Turns out the furnace had been leaking gas or something all day in its pipes and it finally ignited. The firemen called it "chasing the dragon", though I'm still unclear what happened. There wasn't much damage, but it was pretty scary.

 

I try to always trust my feelings. Don't know if it's religious based or not, but I try to keep myself open for signs and warnings.