Does God communicate, and if so, how?

When you expereince God you become part with his Mind and so all communication is in thought - as you think a question it is answered - in fact there is never a question because it is already answered

The only addition to that is all thoughts are absolute Love - a Love not of this World

I Believe God communicates

through Angels who bring revelation to mankind through Prophets
Directly as in case of Prophet Moses pbuh
Through Holy books to guide us After He created us

through concience which resides inside every human

you know that good feel after helping someone
and feeling bad in your heart after shouting at your kids..... a voice saying u shouldnt have done that

That's a good question and I would answer it different if I didn't know who's asking.

No. God is silence. In order to communicate there has to be a separation from something. The very act of communication is a sign of separation. Who is communicating with who and what about?

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Gandhi's feeling was that God communicated through feelings that we might have to do or not do something, but we first have to judge those feelings as to whether they're moral or not because we may be merely tricking ourselves or that the other "dude" might be trying to influence us to do that which might be evil.

Shalom,
Vern

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Well, one thing to consider is that if there were a god, and that god did NOT communicate in any way, then it would have the same effect on our present existence as if there were no god after all.

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I don't see how this could be considered true. The earth doesn't communicate to us, but that in no way means that this has the same effect on our present existence as if there were no earth after all.

I think so. However, I don't think God is a classically defined person. God communicates to us by just being what God is. As an example, there's a field in mathematical research called catastrophe theory. When circumstances are ripe, catastrophe occurs according to the stipulations of the theory. In that sense, God communicates to us by bringing about a catastrophe.

Similarly, when circumstances are ripe in each circumstance for creation, God communicates in each and every circumstance. These events are a matter of interpretation as to what you want to call it. Some perceive the effects as happenstance, others perceive it as divine intent, others as luck, etc.

I know what you mean about the "who's asking" thingy...... there are always two answers to every question: one from within duality, and one from nonduality. In this case you went for the latter.

You have the best one-liners!

That's interesting, metis, because in Conversations With God, God says that He communicates more often through feelings than words. Words are "symbols of symbols," so they're much easier to misinterpret. When one has feelings of love or joy, it's unmistakable. It also is closer to the experience of union with God as opposed to keeping something on an intellectual level.