(Lower d)
If prophets are human as we are, have we lost our hearing since 1817 (bahaullah) and 1805 (joseph smith), where they have heard the voice of god but our ears are mute to the message they received directly?
Where, from point A to point B, did we loose our hearing?
When we got the radio, tv etc. Silence was gone.
"In Silence the Voice of God can be heard"
[Exodus 32 (Moses) gives quite a few nice pointers]
Key 1: If you call someone, you need his name. That's like the telephone number.
Key 2: You also need the area code. Don't use heaven, might take a long time. He is said to be in your heart. Much quicker response.
Key 3: God might be busy
, don't give up if He doesn't answer after the first call. Most probably your line is not clean enough [monkey mind etc]
Key 4: From the scriptures I know "If you need God, seems to be like emergency call [desperate = 911]".
Key 5: Most give up too soon. Even a woman first tests the boyfriend if he really is interested in her. No sex on the first date.
Key 6: You have 1 mouth and 2 ears. God is not deaf. No need to keep praying. Once should be enough. Shut up and listen [without youtube on]
But above all, see God as your friend and your protector. Talk to Him, and take a brake and give God a chance to talk to you. This means you need your mind empty, no thoughts. And that is the most difficult part. It helps if you eat very satwic food, don't watch tv, don't listen to radio, don't talk to other people - just do like Moses did. So now you understand why most people can't hear the voice of God. To many other desires. God is not their number one desire. It is this simple, but from human perspective not easy. [I kicked out tv, radio, etc 20 years ago. Didn't watch youtube nor used google much till 1 year ago. And even now I think I better stop internet except for mailing. rather keep my head empty].
I used to be very fanatic to get God to speak to me. I fasted like 5 times on only watermelon for 30-50 days. God really loved me doing that. And Him speaking to me inspired me to continue doing this. Also I did silence retreat, not speaking 1 word for 6 weeks. That even worked better than the watermelon. And when I am really sick and in big pain, I goto bed, and tell God "I won't get out, until you help me". And just keep on praying and listening. Sometimes 48 hours. Last few years I am not so sick anymore, so I tend to become a little lazier now; not so fanatic anymore. But as you see "If need is high, God is near".
But I not always get God to talk easy. Once I got rootcanal trouble. No dentist, just praying and crying
. I didn't want to give up. Only after about 6 years and already 3 rootcanals God came in a vision and told me "goto the dentist". Later people told me it's kind of dangerous to walk around for 6years with rootcanal problems. I didn't even think of that. Maybe God took a little care of me
, without curing afterall [I just think of this now I type this].
* If I say "God talks to me", it's no proof that it's God of course. It's the same as with religion. It's my belief that God talks to me. So maybe better just say "I hear the universe whisper something in my head". When this happens I get double red alert. Because my experience is that "sometimes the universe kind of lies", which I understand. If I were God and gave stvdv common sense then I , as God, would take delight in testing if stvdv is smart enough to not blindly follow even "universal whispers".
