The Experience of the Holy Spirit

“ 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.