A direct encounter with what the experiencer identified as God or the divine
A direct encounter with what the experiencer identified as God, the divine, a cosmic intelligence, or a higher power — experienced as unmistakably real and distinct from their own mind.
The narrow gap between the two numbers reflects that those who described it did so with specificity and conviction, rarely in passing — when it was mentioned, it was almost always described in depth.
I saw that there was nothing wrong with me. That I was born an aspect of divine source. And that it was the confusion, the misalignment, the unhealed trauma of the adults that was the reason for the abuse.
It was this incredible force field of unconditional love, Infinite intelligence embracing all of creation past present and future — what I was experiencing God to be in my actual experience was nothing like what I had been taught in the church.
I believe living such a life now, becoming one and in close relationship with God, and making God the central focus of life, is the only way that individuals and our world itself can live peaceful and sacred lives during the trials we are now all going through.
I seen the light and the light was the vibration and the vibration of light was God. God is the light, God is the Creator, God is the essence of all things that exist.
Among accounts that include divine presence, these were the most common pathways that preceded it:
Experience types most commonly reported in the same accounts:
Among the 176 accounts that include divine presence, these integration challenges appeared most often — shown as a percentage of those accounts:
Physical phenomena reported by people whose accounts include divine presence:
First-hand accounts from people who described this experience — drawn from the interviews in this collection:
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