I shared something, a memory very important to me, as a post in the multilingual subforum and I wanted to share it here too after a discussion in Vultus Templorum (join if you haven't yet!) reminded me of it.
I dedicated on a winter day, and a few weeks later, this happened. It was cold. I was trying to fall asleep, shivering, and I called out to God, "Father, I'm cold."
In that instant, I became aware of the thermodynamics of the room, not exactly with physical eyes. I suddenly perceived how heat was moving with a level of awareness I had never experienced before. I finally understood what the word awareness truly means.
My mind became clear, and I had a "Eureka!" moment. I made a cause and effect connection that had never occurred to me before. The advanced sense of perceiving the movement of heat was gone in a fraction of a second just like it came, but a new information I obtained with the advanced sense stayed. The repairmen who had come the previous week, a visit I had completely forgotten until that moment, had left a small opening uncovered after finishing their work. It was hidden behind heavy curtains in a desolate corner of the room.
That was why the room wouldn't warm up and why I had been cold. How could the room retain heat in the middle of winter when cold was constantly flowing in? Somehow, I could perceive more. I understood what was happening and why.
I got up and checked it. It was true. So I had to fix it.
The experience lasted only a moment, but the clarity of mind and heightened awareness I felt gave me what was perhaps a fraction of a sight of the Gods, how they see the world and us.
From this experience, I learned several things.
1. We have to reach out.
I had been cold for a week, but I needed to call out for help to receive help. We must invite the Gods into our lives. They respect our free will and they will not invade.
2. The help didn't come in the form I expected.
The help wasn't that I was miraculously warmed. They certainly have the power to do that. Even a human being who had mastered the element of fire could, I think. Instead, they wanted me to help myself.
I was only aware of the symptom and I was made me aware of the cause. Their help came in the form of awareness.
3. We must be receptive.
I was half asleep, in a trance-like state, and because of that I was open. When the rational mind is fully active, this kind of communication becomes much more difficult. Imagine trying to tell someone something while they're constantly shouting. That's what our thinking mind is like. We need to learn to quiet our own minds and listen.
4. Sincerity.
Being genuine, sincere, and honest. I've seen Lady Pythia emphasize this point in several places since the earliest writings, this is essential: we must approach the Gods with honesty and sincerity. I spoke only two words, but I said them with all my heart. I simply told my Father that I was cold. Opening up your heart is very important.
5. They know what will affect each of us most deeply.
This experience was meaningful to me because I have a childhood memory of telling my biological father that I was cold. Receiving an answer from God, Father, answered a prayer in which I told the very same thing left a long lasting impact because I had that memory with my father. It might not have meant nearly as much to someone else.
The Gods know each person individually, and they will communicate with different people in different ways.
6. The awareness of the Gods cannot truly be expressed in human language.
So much is immediately obvious and visible to them in ways that are beyond our ordinary understanding. Human looks at a stone sees a stone, Gods probably see its minerals and chemistry, where it came from and your fingerprint on it.
I wrote this to encourage you. I'm no different from anyone else here. You have nothing to gain by simply believing that this happened to me. You might even think, "Was that all?" But to me, it meant a lot. This happened years ago, and I still remember it vividly because of what it meant to me emotionally.
If you had experienced the level of awareness I experienced in that single instant, you wouldn't dismiss it as insignificant. In less than a second, I understood so much at once: the past, the cause, the consequence, and the solution. Everything became clear. It lasted only a moment. Nothing in spirituality can replace personal experience.
Believe, be open, try for yourself.
With love,
by Pamela
''Muhtaç olduğun kudret, damarlarındaki asil kanda mevcuttur.''