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Have you ever had a life-altering spiritual experience (that you feel comfortable sharing and posting on the Internet)?
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I wouldn't mind sharing a life-altering spiritual experience. It would just be based on my own experience. Even if others have their opinion on how they feel whether i have lost my mind or not, but regardless on how they feel, i seriously would not pay any attention to them.
ReplyDeleteMigdalia M
I personally have never had a life-altering spiritual experience. I do of course believe in GOD and that he is the only spirit that can alter life.
ReplyDeleteI have never had a life-altering spiritual experience.
ReplyDeleteI dont recall having a spiritual experience but if i ever do, i wouldnt mind sharing it. if people would not believe me, it wont bother me because it something that i experience and they didnt.
ReplyDeleteMigdalia M.
I don't know if this would be considered a spiritual experience, but when I was younger I had a dream that one of my cousins got killed. It was pretty realistic and pretty scary. But what made me think was the fact that when I woke up... I found out that my cousin had gotten killed that same night.
ReplyDeleteGenesis P.
Unfortunately, I have never had a life altering spiritual experience that I can share.
ReplyDeleteRosemary E.
ReplyDeleteWell, I've been around a lot of spiritual people and events all my life. However, I don't believe I have ever been spiritually "touched". For as long as I can remember I've always had my doubts in religion. Not sure, but maybe that is the reason why I haven't had a personal spiritual experience.
I don;t have a life altering experiance, if I did I would tell, pretty much for me just learning from my mistakes in life, and not making them again.
ReplyDeleteKevin K
I can't say that I have ever had a life altering spiritual experience, but I do believe I have felt the "presence" of certain dead relatives from time to time. I have experienced flashing lights and certain familiar smells. However, these experiences have not brought me closer to a God. Afterall, the flashing lights could just be some faulty wiring and the smells coincidental. However, I do put my head under the covers when the lights start flashing!
ReplyDeleteI have never personally had a life-altering spiritual experience before. I believe in God therefore my faith in his word and his spirit wont allow me to think of any other believed or spiritual things existing.
ReplyDeleteAaron B
I don't exactly understand the Spiritual experience, but I had a dream about my nana the morning she passed away. The dream I had was her in the coffin and I was looking over her crying. This dream felt so real, and then I woke up.in the morning to my dad telling me, "Mama's gone!". I broke down because my dream was about to come true.
ReplyDeleteSandra T.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever had a life altering spiritual encounter. I'm not a religious person, but I do believe in God, and if i ever do have such an experience, I'd like to think that it brings me closer to him.
I've had several profound spiritual experiences. The most recent involved the death of someone I was very close with. We had a relationship for eight years. After about five years, things didn't work out between us. He returned to his country of origin, I left California and moved to New York, but we stayed very close friends and remained in regular contact.
ReplyDeleteThe second week of January 2008, several little things happened at my house. I "discovered" some of his gifts to me that had been tucked away -- jewelry, momentos, stuff like that. One night during that week I went to bed, and as I was laying there waiting to fall asleep I suddenly felt as if I was dying. I saw a bright light, and I felt myself separating from my body and being pulled toward the light. I thought to myself, OMG, I'm dying! I kept looking at the light. It wasn't scary, and I was curious about what was inside it. But I was also conflicted because I really wasn't ready to die. Then I had this idea that if I opened my eyes I could stop what was happening to me. So I opened my eyes and I was immediately "back" in my room, but my heart was beating very fast and I felt really nauseated.
The experience really rattled me and it took hours to fall asleep after that! That was on Tuesday night. Then on Sunday morning I got a phone call from his daughter. She told me that he had died on Sunday or Monday, and that they had found his body in his apartment on Tuesday morning and had buried him Tuesday afternoon. He was only 11 days from his 53rd birthday -- his death was a total shock; I was devastated. After a few days I remembered all those "little" things that had happened the week before I learned about his death and especially that Tuesday night experience. I realized then that he had been reaching out to me. Since then, I've truly believed in an afterlife and I'm no longer afraid of death.
Laureano N.
ReplyDeletePersonally I'm skeptical about religion, but I do believe there is a higher power that guides us. I'm not the most religious person, but I still consider myself a Roman Catholic. When I was a kid my parents made go to church and complete my first communion and confirmation. I learned a lot during my time studying religious curriculumn. I was fortunate to gain good values from that experience. Now that im grown I don't go to church like a used to. I attended my friend Donicio's wedding this past summer and during mass i felt a strange calm come over me. A calm that i used to get when i attended catechism as a child. Even though it's not a life altering experience it feels good whenever I do attend mass and I feel at peace.
I don't know if I can consider this experience as a spiritual one, however it still represents an enigma for me. One day,I was eight years old and was sleeping with my entire family when in the middle of the night
ReplyDeleteI saw, behind my bedroom door, the image of a big dog whose face looked that of a female neighbor that a number of people considered her as a devil. The monster started to invite me to come out and I felt like entirely submitted to its power. So,I suddenly woke up, and in my attempt to open the door my dad heard the noise and rushed into my room and prevented me from opening the door. After explaining what had motivated my action, he led me to his bed where I spent the rest of the night. In the morning, I was blamed by my parents for my innocent and naive action. At this time I began to think about what would happen to me if my dad was not attentive.
I’ve never have a life-altering spiritual experience and I don’t believe any religion, for I think that God just exist to help people who need spiritual and mental aid. I could not also see any spiritual existence at all and I’ve never seen and heard evidences anywhere that Spiritual existences are. People are just positive as to the existence of God and they’ve never doubted the existence.
ReplyDeleteA life-altering spiritual experience that Ive been through was at my Nana's funeral. Seeing her face and knowing that for the first time in my life, she was only there spiritually and I couldn't talk to her was extremely emotional and difficult. I always see her face in my dreams and feel as though a part of her is always with me. The experience has brought me closer to God and my spiritual side of life.
ReplyDeleteThe only life altering spiritual experience i have had is after two of my kids father had been murdered. Shortly after his death whenever i went to sleep i would always feel his presence and whenever I try to wake up it is as if something is holding me down. This was such a horrible experience and I would always wake up frantic and sweating profusely. When he died my son was two years of age since his death he constantly has night terrors even though he is now seven years of age. Sometime I wonder if his death has something to do with my son;s condition.
ReplyDeleteI have never had a life altering spiritual experience and I'm not religious at all. However i do have faith in a higher bean but i just don't know what or who that is. I guess that's where faith comes into play while hoping that when this life is over there will be something more for me hopefully.
ReplyDeleteZena W.
I'm sorry but i have never had a spiritual life altering experience.
ReplyDeleteKeisha C
I think salvation is the perfect example as to why I'm not really religious. I think it has lot of false truths and so much hypocrisy. I think sometimes people use religion as an excuse to discriminate against a specific group or to simply get their way. I also feel that people who are extremely religious tend to be less open minded and more judgmental.(This is not to say all but most.) So in a way i can relate to how Langston was feeling because at one point or another i felt the same way.
ReplyDeleteNo i never had an experience like that but i think if i ever do, i will totally freak out and start going to church again. Or at least more often.
ReplyDeleteDanny G.
NicholeD said...
ReplyDeleteI have had a life-alerting spiritual experience one sunday while at church which lead me to the altar with tears running down my cheeks.
However recently, much like Mother Theresa I have been having a hard time keeping my faith due to the current situation of the world, and majority of our families.