“ But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no
law.
- Galatians
5:22-23 (NKJV)
I
have not written a blog entry before about the presence of the Holy Spirit lest
someone would believe that I am crazy. Although I think God speaks to
each of us in many ways - through nature, pets, friends, and loved ones, I believe
the Holy Spirit is a direct conduit between God and each other where thoughts
are shared. After one sermon at church by the Pastor, I thought about
the order of the books in the Bible and wondered if the order was important,
and got a resounding yes by the Holy Spirit in my head. When experiencing
the Holy Spirit I feel a warmth, peace, and expansiveness (feels like warm air
expanding inside out in my brain). Sometimes it is when I am thinking of
others I love, I feel the expansiveness connected to God and to the other
person I am thinking about. It is a
physical sensation of affirmation without words. I am never sure that
others are experiencing the same sensation, as I am when I think of them, but
it feels like it.
Sometimes
I feel like I am sharing thoughts with a group and I feel so connected to the
love of others. I once read that the Jesuits when traveling alone to
other parts of the world with no way to communicate with the Jesuits in Italy
were connected to each other in thought through the Holy Spirit. I know
many people don't believe in telepathy, but if we can communicate through
wireless, then why should not we also have the ability as humans to communicate
by telepathy using the Holy Spirit as a conduit? The sharing of thoughts through
the Holy Spirit is not like speaking with words, but it is a different form of
communication with God and others. Perhaps the more we are open to it;
the more we experience the Holy Spirit. I feel the Holy Spirit the most
often when I go for walks and the experience makes me happy, loved and at
peace.
