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How Do We Feel The Spirit?

Interesting topic, and my apologies if its been previously addressed..

But how do we feel the spirit?

Does it feel as if someone is watching you?
Or a ''burning sensation'' within your bosom?

I know there have been times when I've felt both of these feelings, and so many more. There have been times when it felt as if my insides were on fire. Not like heartburn or anything, but as if something was alive inside me, wanting to grow. Almost like untapped power or potential. Other times, while walking outside at night, you get that creepy feeling as if someone is watching you through the bushes.

And most importantly, when you're sitting somewhere and you can just feel the truthfulness of something. You cannot contain yourself and the tears start to dribble down your cheeks. I would hope in a sacrament meeting, or maybe during splits with the missionaries, or testimony meetings!

What about you? How do you feel the spirit?

Spirit Feel We How

Well this is a very interesting topics for many reasons. I believe you can feel the Spirit in the ways you described however:

Well...I am not sure about this because people tend to be emotional and emotion can be confused for feeling the Spirit you know what am I saying? There were instances where people stood in a meeting and shared a story which was false yet many people had tears in their eyes and mentioned "they felt the Spirit" yet the story shared was false.

How Do We Feel The Spirit? Studies Doctrine Mormon

On my mission, we were always warned that feeling the Spirit can be confused for sexual feelings, and sexual feelings can be confused for feeling the Spirit, so its not always easy to be able to distinguish feeling the Spirit from some other feeling.

Spirit Feel We How

What an odd teaching! I'm curious as to what was the context behind it if you don't mind to share.

Spirit Feel We How

The scriptures are very clear on how we feel the spirit. The best and in my opinion most complete stripture on teh subject is Galatians 5:22-23 which says,

Any of those feeling are of God. Moro 7 says

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How Do We Feel The Spirit?

What I mean is, when we, as missionaries, are teaching someone a discussion, in their home, they share their personal religious beliefs with us, which is very personal, and I dare say intimate, to many people, to the point that when they do feel a "warm fuzzy" feeling in their hearts, they think they are feeling sexual feelings, not feeling the Spirit.

How We Feel Spirit

Oh I get what you're saying. I thought you meant the other way around you know what am I saying?. Yeah its easy for people to confuse their feelings however we cant really know for sure because we're not in their shoes.

Feeling the Spirit to me is a unique and personal experience and I don't think is only related when we hear something that inspire us to do good because I can think of a few examples of people sharing a personal story that "touched" others and the story happened to be fake.