My biggest worry...

[Corvis Canis Latrans]

I don't have an answer. Will add another ingredient to the question-stew, though.

Another way to look at it, is are we separate from deity/deities?

If there is a connection, why is there any need for a god(ess)'s voice to be separate from our own mental processes?

[moon81goddess]

Originally Posted by Corvis Canis Latrans

I don't have an answer. Will add another ingredient to the question-stew, though.

Another way to look at it, is are we separate from deity/deities?

If there is a connection, why is there any need for a god(ess)'s voice to be separate from our own mental processes?

Corvis, you just made my brain bend in ways I didn't think it could... (your questions actually go along with similar thoughts I've had before.)

[Miwu]

Originally Posted by Corvis Canis Latrans

I don't have an answer. Will add another ingredient to the question-stew, though.

Another way to look at it, is are we separate from deity/deities?

If there is a connection, why is there any need for a god(ess)'s voice to be separate from our own mental processes?

Wow, extremely interesting, I never thought of it that way.

[Sionnach le Fey]

Originally Posted by Corvis Canis Latrans

I don't have an answer. Will add another ingredient to the question-stew, though.

Another way to look at it, is are we separate from deity/deities?

If there is a connection, why is there any need for a god(ess)'s voice to be separate from our own mental processes?

Very good point!

[Tom Terrific]

Originally Posted by Miwu

how do I know I'm not just talking to myself when I think I'm talking to the gods and goddesses?

Maybe this will help.

If you are a personal being, how can the universe not be?

You relate to everything you see, feel, etc., personally; and for that to occur, there must be a connection. That connection must be a personal one; how could it be personal on only one side?

The gods are how we relate. That doesn't make them unreal or artificial. I think the universe is more wonderful than we can imagine. I don't think our brains can contain it in all its glory. The gods are how this personal universe reaches out to us, in love, for relationship.

[Whitewolfcry]

Originally Posted by Miwu

how do I know I'm not just talking to myself when I think I'm talking to the gods and goddesses?

As everyone else has stated, I've had trouble with this as well. Sometimes it's easier to tell and sometimes its not. It's a difficult question to answer. You have to have faith in yourself as well as your gods and goddesses. Each of us is a God/Goddess ourselves. You have to not doubt yourself and trust that they will contact you. For me it's happened when I've least expected it, random moments something will pop into my head and I know its not me thinking it.