Have You Ever Experienced the Virtual Hug of God?

p>I am a woman on a mission...many missions in fact!wish I had a religion. As I travel and speak with others
But the mission that I am most passionate about is themy age...they all seem to agree that no organized
one to finally feel loved. Not just any love...but the lovereligion seems to suit all of their needs. But what is a
of God, Infinite Spirit, Higher Power or however onetrend is that many more are seeking out
chooses to refer to the All that Is.metaphysically based disciplines as an
My earliest memories are of going to Catholicalternative...myself included.
Church...seeing a figure hanging on a cross in the frontAll of this led me to think about what is what that I
of the church...and hearing the priest say that thiswas really looking for...and why the Metaphysical
man...Jesus...suffered and died for our sins. And, that heseemed to give me something that organized religion
was part of a trio...Father, Son & Holy Ghost...whocould not. The answer came to me last week. It was
loved us. I can honestly say that for most of my earlythat I was in search of the "Virtual Hug of God".
years...I did not have a clue as to what this all reallyYes...that was it! How do I know this...because I have
meant. And even more, I wondered how it was that Inow felt it! It is the reply one gets either by sensation,
was born with all of this "sin" that needed to bevision, knowing, manifestation etc. I found it when I
"forgiven" through various functions within the churchbegan to study with my mentor, Sherry Healy. As she
along with undying faith in all I was being told andopened my world to Kina Nima(TM) Yoga, Kundalini,
taught. The most ridiculous of the exercises beingenergy medicine and most importantly how to speak
preparation for my First Holy Communion where I wasto and recognize SPIRIT...I now feel the "VIRTUAL
forced along with my other 2nd grade classmates toHUG OF GOD"! This "HUG" is like nothing else...making
enter the "Confessional Box" and recite all of my sinsyou feel connected, warm and protected...as if God is
to one of my teachers! It seemed so wrong to mesurrounding me at all times.
then...but as always...tremendous sin was just assumedI have spoken to many about this realization...and they
to be accumulated by everyone...even those whosay "yes...that is it!" Organized religion is more of a
were only six or seven years old!one-way street. You pray...you believe...you do what
At this point...you may wonder where I am going withyou are told...but never seem to get anything coming
all of this. The point I am getting to is that in all of myback as confirmation.
years as a practicing Catholic...up until the age of 18...IAnd so, my current mission is to spread the word...that
never FELT GOD! I received all of the appropriateeveryone can experience the "Virtual Hug of God". My
Sacraments of the Church...said my prayers...went tomentor refers to this as Clairgnosis. Clairgnosis is belief
Mass...asked God to intercede during terrible familyin a Higher Power, God, or Infinite Spirit because of
events such as when my mother died when I wasexperiences that lead to a knowing. I say...Clairgnostics
eleven...and my father became a sever alcoholic withare people who practice spiritual disciplines where they
all of the interesting things that goes with that type oftalk to Higher Power, God or Infinite Spirit...and he
addiction. But never once did I FEEL GOD...or even feelresponds back! And anybody can become a
as though there was something beyond me that wasClairgnostic with dedication, desire and a little bit of
with me at all times.practice. Just choose a metaphysical discipline that can
Now I am in my fifties...and like most my age...reallyserve as your launching pad.