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How Does God Communicate With You?

Sunstone

De Diablo Del Fora
Premium Member
If you believe a god or gods communicate with you, precisely how does it, or do they do that? Through nature? Revelation? Do you hear voices or see visions? Is there a "small, still voice inside"? Or via some other means?

How do you make sure it's a god or gods that is communicating with you?

How do you know what it is communicating is true and/or beneficial?
 

Eddi

Agnostic
Premium Member
God communicates with me through touch - because of this I am diagnosed as "schizophrenic"

I'm certain it's God because it says it's God and I trust it

I believe what it communicates is true/beneficial because I have faith
 

Unveiled Artist

Veteran Member
If you believe a god or gods communicate with you, precisely how does it, or do they do that? Through nature? Revelation? Do you hear voices or see visions? Is there a "small, still voice inside"? Or via some other means?

How do you make sure it's a god or gods that is communicating with you?

How do you know what it is communicating is true and/or beneficial?

I'm noticing more and more thst what I experience daily people say is from god. I guess it comes naturally for some to attribute events and mysterious things to an outside party especially if it happens enough times to say it's more than a coincidence.

God, this experiences, talks when you are open to receive. In other words, it's not special but you become more in touch with yourself (or what god says that you interpret as) you get in touch with god. It's s verbal and conscientious meditation confirmed by events and mindfulness one has and experiences in life. It's not oral, though some have it very deeply it's a still voice telling them everything is good but most I know say this voice is inner and can't be described.

Sometimes I think I need to grab my keys or for something before I leave the house. Since I'm aware of it, I double check myself and decide I don't. I look back and have w "feeling" that I should go back. I don't know why but something may happen if I don't. (I think god is trying to tell me something). I ignore this inner voice.

On the way out, I think I need run to the store. I open my car door, look on my pockets, no key. I knew it. God was telling me I should have got those keys. I reach for the door handle and felt something against my skin. Lifting myself, I round my keys smashed in the leather seat (I don't remember I left it here accidently) thank you god, I say. I grab my keys.

It's confirmation bias. I had that same experience but without keys and I didn't say god did it. I knew there was something. Sometimes I think it's my aunt or grandmother's spirit but other times I just say thank you.

I've heard the same experience from a Muslim saying it's god. Even on RF some similar earthly experiences a Hindu has (in a DIR) is attributed to god in their own unique way.

That's how god communicates: through your experiences and actions. It's being open to events you take for granted. It's finding means to say thank you and basically, god is the sense of self that makes you comfortable that their is an origin to what you can't describe.

Culture, scripture, rituals, etc confirm these experiences as from gods. From my understanding, observation, and personal experience with communicating with god, it's a mental thing.

But mental sounds off to many people so mystic or divine is words they use to describe their communication with life, self, and others without making it a product of the physical world.

This type of communication is all throughout history. It's explained in many different ways from some forms of Paganisms or religions apart from Christian, Muslim, and jewish views.

I don't know when skeptics came about. Maybe during the philosophers day with the Greeks. It wasn't always so. People still look throughout history (scripture) to confirm their experiences. If it happens to the people then, it happens to them now.
 

sun rise

The world is on fire
Premium Member
If you believe a god or gods communicate with you, precisely how does it, or do they do that? Through nature? Revelation? Do you hear voices or see visions? Is there a "small, still voice inside"? Or via some other means?

How do you make sure it's a god or gods that is communicating with you?

How do you know what it is communicating is true and/or beneficial?
This to me is one of the trickiest questions. The stories of Catholic saints have people questioning whether or not what is going on is from God or not.

But if I think that God is favoring ME then I know it's not the voice of God but of my own ego.

But if I do something almost automatically and might wonder why but then learn that it was exactly the right action under the circumstances, then I could attribute it to intuition which to me can be God's voice.

If I feel an impulse toward joy, peace, love, compassion, understanding and so forth, I take it as a true and beneficial impulse whereever it comes from.
 

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
If you believe a god or gods communicate with you, precisely how does it, or do they do that? Through nature? Revelation? Do you hear voices or see visions? Is there a "small, still voice inside"? Or via some other means?
God communicates to me through the Revelation of Baha’u’llah.
How do you make sure it's a god or gods that is communicating with you?
I made sure that Baha’u’llah got a message from God by looking at all the evidence that’s supports His Claim to be a Messenger of God.
How do you know what it is communicating is true and/or beneficial?
I know what Baha’u’llah communicated was true because I have verified in my own mind that He was a Messenger of God.
I know that what He wrote is beneficial because it has caused a positive transformation in the lives of many people.
 

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
This to me is one of the trickiest questions. The stories of Catholic saints have people questioning whether or not what is going on is from God or not.
Those Catholic saints are wise.

I do not think that we can ever know if what happens to us is because of something God is doing.
I do not think that we can ever know if God is communicating to us or not.
We can believe that God communicated something to us, but we cannot ever know for certain because God's actions are unknowable.

I think that if we act out of fear that is coming from self, if we act out of careful thought and intuition that could be because we are allowing God to guide our choice. I have many examples I could cite.

I am really worried about something right now and my ego self says I should do something about it, try to control it, but my intuitive self is saying that I should not do anything about it yet, but rather wait for it to unfold, because waiting is not going to change the situation.

Another example is something I was worried about but did act upon because knowing about it sooner than later was a good idea. I felt like God was telling me to go ahead, and it worked out for the best. In the past I would have put it off out of fear but I learned to listen to that Voice.

Let me just put it this way... We all have our own will, our insistent self, our Ego, and then there is the Will of God. I never used to be able to tell the difference, I just forced my will, but I met with a lot of resistance and things rarely turned out as I wanted them to. It was as if God allowed me to act according to my free will, but God was not assisting me because what I wanted was not good for me or the others involved. It was as if I was fighting the Will of God, but at that time I was totally unaware of it because I was completely out of touch with God... I just wanted what I wanted.

Now, I can tell the difference, if it is my will or God's Will because if it just does not feel right for me to act it is me forcing my will, but if I wait and act later, when the time is right, things always turn out better... It gives the old saying "let go and let God" a whole new meaning.

My life is a pretty big mess right now, but there is really nothing I can do about most of it right now. I can only live one day at a time and take care of what I have to and do one thing at a time. I have a sense that God is there at my side guiding me but of course I could never prove that. I am not saying that I am not still frightened, I am, but I have a sense I just cannot do anything more than what I am doing and that not doing more now is not going to make any difference in the long run.
 

Phantasman

Well-Known Member
For me it's thought. Nothing based on physical. Some think the spirit makes them talk in tongues.Kind of leaves out the mutes, doesn't it?

The Spirit doesn't depend on physical limitation, like water to be baptized. It's a choice of mind, as Christ said. Not might as Moses said.
 

Cacotopia

Let's go full Trottle
You could say god communicates through other people that say they have communicated with god and wanted to spread it's message, but either they or god has a different message every time. So I, uh, ignore them.

If only they would have a little consistency things might be different.
 

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
You could say god communicates through other people that say they have communicated with god and wanted to spread it's message, but either they or god has a different message every time. So I, uh, ignore them.

If only they would have a little consistency things might be different.
If God sent Messengers to communicate to humans, why would the Messengers come with the same message every time? I mean if God sent a "new" Messenger in a "new" age, why would that Messenger bring the same message as an older Messenger brought in a previous age? o_O

There is some consistency though because God renews the spiritual verities of all the previous Messengers every time God sends a new Messenger.
 

Cacotopia

Let's go full Trottle
If God sent Messengers to communicate to humans, why would the Messengers come with the same message every time? I mean if God sent a "new" Messenger in a "new" age, why would that Messenger bring the same message as an older Messenger brought in a previous age? o_O

There is some consistency though because God renews the spiritual verities of all the previous Messengers every time God sends a new Messenger.
but there really isn't any consistency. Just that the worst human behaviors we can think of are supported. Perhaps god is trying to communicate, don't end up like me.
 

Deidre

Well-Known Member
Through pm's on RF.

Seriously though, I just feel His presence. Through prayer, through looking up at the stars, through pondering if eternity exist. Perhaps it is my choice to see Him, but I choose to.
 

Spiderman

Veteran Member
If you believe a god or gods communicate with you, precisely how does it, or do they do that? Through nature? Revelation? Do you hear voices or see visions? Is there a "small, still voice inside"? Or via some other means?

How do you make sure it's a god or gods that is communicating with you?

How do you know what it is communicating is true and/or beneficial?
Through people online and offline, through coincidence, through my psychotherapist, through some priests, through the confession booth, through suffering, through joy, through nature, through animals, through stars and planets, through beautiful cathedrals and beauty itself, through laughter, through Charlie Chaplin, through the three stooges, and the list goes on and on...
 

Deeje

Avid Bible Student
Premium Member
God communicates with me in different ways. Firstly through his word. Any problem or dilemma, I take it to God in prayer and he usually answers me with a scripture or principle, a magazine article, a talk at my Christian meeting, or through a friend or an elder who offers me scriptural counsel.

Nature itself always makes me feel like its a precious gift, made just for us. I appreciate the senses that can convey its beauty to my mind and heart. I think that God tells us so much about himself through creation.

Another way is through circumstances, which often play out in plain sight, clearly indicating the way I should respond in any given situation. Sometimes things just fall into place when they have no reason to.

When you know your God and he knows you, its a two way relationship. He's like the wise friend who is always at your side, eager to help you out in times of need...then guiding you to help others when you can. Sometimes God uses others as an answer to your prayer.....and sometimes he can use you as an answer to someone else's.

It goes way beyond just "believing".....it's totally interactive.
 
If you believe a god or gods communicate with you, precisely how does it, or do they do that? Through nature? Revelation? Do you hear voices or see visions? Is there a "small, still voice inside"? Or via some other means?

How do you make sure it's a god or gods that is communicating with you?

How do you know what it is communicating is true and/or beneficial?

It's been half a decade since I've heard the voice of God. It was an empty promise that was made. So were no longer on speaking terms. Although I do still pray to him occasionally.
 

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
It's been half a decade since I've heard the voice of God. It was an empty promise that was made. So were no longer on speaking terms. Although I do still pray to him occasionally.
Been there, done that. :rolleyes:
It's a little better now, I do pray some, but not as much as I should....
It's good to keep the door open, you never know who might walk through.
 
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