07-07-2020, 03:26 AM
I have a rational anchor to my mysticism in that I empirically evaluate my dreams, patterns of what most would call psychosomatic symptoms, and general experiences. I use several rubrics to judge angels, my deceased relatives, living people close to me, or whatever else it is that communicates with me in dreams or could be influencing waking life. I use inferences frequently, though knowing the limits of inferential reasoning. If it is not working out for me I fight and don't give up until I win and "it" loses, which it will. I also carefully evaluate other people I am around and their influences on me.
Skepticism is inappropriate to the Lord and to angels; if you habitually treated a sensitive friend skeptically they would be offended and would go away. I suspect that in habitually skeptical people the supernatural aspects of life are greatly reduced due to this. There are some people out there that make dream journals or whatever to try to prove their supernatural powers or whatever it is they have a chip on their shoulder to prove, but this is not the purpose of the gifts that have been given to them.
This leaves me at times feeling like David or like Noah; like David in the searching to make the best choice, and like Noah thankful for his and his family's preservation.
Skepticism is inappropriate to the Lord and to angels; if you habitually treated a sensitive friend skeptically they would be offended and would go away. I suspect that in habitually skeptical people the supernatural aspects of life are greatly reduced due to this. There are some people out there that make dream journals or whatever to try to prove their supernatural powers or whatever it is they have a chip on their shoulder to prove, but this is not the purpose of the gifts that have been given to them.
This leaves me at times feeling like David or like Noah; like David in the searching to make the best choice, and like Noah thankful for his and his family's preservation.