This topic is mainly targeted at those who believe in God(in whatever form).
Its easy to feel the 'presence of God' in certain places. Perhaps a specific place of worship, like a beautiful temple, grand church, or a sacred grove. Certain areas in nature, whether officially 'holy' or not can also bring that out in our hearts. But what about when we're running errands, or sitting at work? Where is God, then?
For those of you who believe in some form of Godform/s, do you feel called to connect with them in daily life? And if you do, what specific ways do you connect with the divine while amongst the mundane?
I don't know what to say here. I may feel an invisible presence, but I can't be sure its God.
I may have connected with God several times. Its hard to describe, but when I sought for God to make a decision for me that decision was always given back. It remained mine. Even once when I had supernatural knowledge of a future opportunity, the choice remained mine. I think otherwise I would have ignored that opportunity and turned my nose up, but the knowledge did intrigue and sway me. I was ready to consider the opportunity because of that foreknowledge, yet the choice was mine. This leads me to believe I connected with something that believed in my choices. Therefore in hindsight I think it was the God of the scriptures.
How did I connect? The time that I gained foreknowledge I laid on my face and focused on the goodness of love, and at some point in my mind it was like I heard rumbling or swirling. I felt connected and my interrogatives became answers in the form of riddles except for one which suggested a time to expect something. The riddles were not clear, which is why I call them riddles. They were not promises, and I am still trying to resolve them. They could be nothing, but that other one became a job.
Another time I connected with something was when I was in a grove of trees on a small inlet surrounded by water. Sounds crazy now, but I felt like the trees were listening. I spoke a sloppily directed wish to the trees or to the greater-ness beyond the trees or whatever was listening. It was night, quiet, stars out, cool and breezy. My wish resulted in an opportunity, one which I did not pursue. I probably should have. I gained no future knowledge, nothing like that other time on my face.
Another time something similar happened. I was in traffic. I made a wish, had that connected feeling. An opportunity came. I again deferred. I learned my lesson. "Don't make wishes that you don't intend to follow through on. Don't waste prayers. Don't tease yourself or the powers that might be."