Can You Touch Your Soul?

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Reflections

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Posted On August 20, 2016

Have you ever had one of those moments when you felt God’s presence—a time when you sensed the Creator and you were connecting, connected? One?

Some say they experience the presence of the Holy One in their body, like a gut feeling. Others say they experience God in their heart-space hidden inside their chest. Still others say they sense a presence of deep Wisdom in the center of their forehead, like a third eye.

I sometimes experience the Presence from time to time in my abdomen, just 1-2 fingertips below my rib cage. It feels like a soft peaceful glow, a gentle warmth, a subtle energy like a tiny whirling pulsar. I feel a flow, an inner freedom when those moments happen. And somehow I feel as if there is a Divine Presence of love moving within and through me, a transforming Spirit connecting with my spirit.

As science and spirituality continue their convergence, studying reality from different yet complimentary perspectives, perhaps science will someday discover the exact location of the soul contained within each of us; perhaps science and spirituality will be able to both affirm the existence of our soul and its whereabouts.

Until that day, maybe it’s enough for us to trust our own experience of the Divine, to gain deeper confidence in the awareness that there is a place within each of us were God connects with us and we connect with God.

What do you think?
Can you touch your soul?
Do you experience the Presence from time to time?
How?
Is that experience real for you?

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Written by Brian J. Plachta

Following the Breadcrumbs God Leaves Along Our Path

What if God is speaking through ordinary moments more often than we realize?

A conversation that stays with us. A door that closes. A quiet nudge we can’t quite explain. An unexpected invitation that seems to come at just the right time.

The challenge is learning to notice these moments before we have any idea where they’re leading, and trusting the next step.

Over time, we may begin to see that God’s guidance doesn’t always come as an answer. Sometimes, it comes as a trail.

What to Do When God Seems Silent

Has silence ever made you feel like God is far away? When we feel this way, it’s easy to start looking for answers or waiting for a clear sign. But prayer can also be as simple as slowing down and noticing what’s already here. The breeze. The waves. Your breath. The quiet. God’s presence doesn’t always come through words. Sometimes we just need to be still enough to notice.

Let God Alone Define You

Ever have someone’s words get stuck in your head?
Maybe they criticized you, misunderstood you, or told a story about you that doesn’t feel true. And before long, you’re holding a courtroom in your mind—defending yourself, replaying the conversation, wondering if maybe they’re right.

There’s another way.

Bring it into the quiet with God.

Ask: Is there something here I need to learn? Is there something I need to own? And what was never mine to carry in the first place?

We can stay humble enough to receive the truth without letting someone else’s opinion become our identity.

Because in the end, God alone defines you.

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