When Moses asked God, "What is your name?" God replied, "I am that I am." God never told anyone that his name is other than God. The Israelites wanted a name, or 2, or 3, or 6, for God, so they took in upon themselves to create "sacred names for God". This is the Torah. It's similar to the...
You are not in a conscience state when you are sleeping. You cannot innate a conversation with God, or anyone else. If God spoke to Joesph in a dream to tell him to move the family to Egypt in order to protect them from Herod, well that just makes sense. If you want to commune with your...