How Do You Feel the Presence of God?

One way that works for many to feel Hashem’s presence is to regularly talk to Him in your everyday language to ask him for whatever you need or clarification on outstanding issues.

Remove yourself from this physical world and dig yourself into the spiritual world (ruchnius )

There are so many levels to feel it from Ruach Hakodesh to nevius to demons etc… open up Sefer Derech Hashem to get the full picture

Talking to Hashem in your own personal language is called “hisbodedus “

You can’t be in the world of technology and physical pleasures etc…. and at the same time be in Hashems holy Shchina (presence) once you start removing yourself from this physical world step by step you will start feeling closer to Hashem and on a much higher level

Hatzlacha

Queen

If you would remove yourself from this physical world. You would see what i am talking about and also feel the major difference between fully ruchnius or like you-and almost everyone – physical and adding some ruchnius to their lives throughout the day/year

May you one day be fortunate to reach this high level and feel the kedusha of Hashem within you. Cause you have been fortunate to remove yourself from physical pleasures and therefore ready to be on this high level

Feeling His hashgacha.

How to develop a feeling for His presence? By doing His Mitzvohs when in private with as least as much fervor and enthusiasm as in public. Also to keep the halachos of tznius when in the innermost privacy of one’s home, bearing in mind that you’re always in the presence of HaShem. ??? ???? ??? ????????, actions bring a person to change, to feel, to experience. Which is the reason explicitly stated in the Torah, ???? ???? ?? ? or ???? ???? ???? ?’ ????, doing His Mitzvohs bring a person closer to his awareness of HaShem.

Big Tzadikim, after years of Avodah, develop a more sublime sense of Ruach Hakodesh, they can actually feel His Presence. As enumerated in the last Mishnah in Sotah, it’s a process, a long, hard process until Ruach Hakodesh – BUT IT IS ATTAINABLE.

The feeling of Hashem in all life, all living and organic. The awe of creation in every fallen, wind blown leaf carried throughout the community. In the decisions I make and the world I accept. In feeling connected through mitzvot and charity, in standing on my morals for every reason I have to be and feel alive, That is my Hashem, the light in my GanEden.

drive to your nearest hospital maternity ward. look at the healthy babies in the nursery. and Newbee you will feel the presence of hashem

It seems as if you “newbee” want something that belongs to someone else. I posted what I feel in the Entire GanEden of HaShem. A lot have posted about feeling close to HaShem, being centered and balanced with HaShem. Perhaps what you seek is a 5002 explanation, if so, read Kabbalah, it has more answers for your question than Just 5002. HaShem is felt by each in a way defined by each as well as we can express but the true example of trust is How we approach life with HaShem in our heart. Shalom, GanEden

Newbee,

When I feel hashem’s presence it is usually a chill down my body when I daven,

However when I see Hashem’s hashgocho is when I’m cognizant of it

Take for example my work started cutting down workers hours so I was off on Sunday, so Hashem made me take my son to the doctor this past Sunday so he can go to school

Hashem is in your lives as much as you want him to be

newbee: I’d suppose you read and comprehen the English language. Much of our devoted staff (posters) have responded pretty well and prolifically. There is no ONE way, as HaShem is not mortal, physical, and no one really “bumps in to Him”. Read what they wrote, there is something to learn and glean from each one, each one delivered and expounded on a fine point.

And sorry to disappoint you, eating cholov akum, talking in shul is not a way to come close to HaShem. Neither is doing any of the aveiros He said a Jew mustn’t do, if you are a Jew. Yes, ever since Kabalas Hatorah a Jew comes closer to HaShem by doing those pithy, minor details and deeds known as Mitzvohs. That’s what Maamad Har Sinai was all about.

I feel like the happiest person around and can’t stop thanking Hashem for every tiny thing Hashem gives me. My gratitude to Hashem is endless and unlimited.

From big amazing planes to tiny crumbs of salt/sugar each thing more amazing and fascinating then the next. Stop taking everything for granted and see the beauty of it instead. Your thanks to Hashem will be endless

to feel this high level of closeness to Hashem it takes many years of work. to give you a few examples to help you understand:

1)Becoming a Baal Betuchen & Emuna (Faith & trust) is no simple matter. A person can’t just say, let me have faith in hashem, it is a long & Difficult journey. Becoming a person of Betuchen & Emuna in Hashem is an average of a 30 year journey minimum. (not from when your born, but from when the journey starts) Do you know what these 30 years are? Only the first 10 percent of the journey is learning every mussar sefer in the world, the other 90 percent of the journey is passing every single Nisayon (test) with Ahava (love) etc… , from accidents to robberies to deaths Chas V’Shalom etc… A true person of Faith knows the mishna in pirkei Avos that says the good & bad is all for the good every minute of the day , 24-7. Every Nisayon that a person gets from Hashem & passes, brings him closer & closer to Hashem & every test that a person experiences gets harder & harder, but a person can never ask Hashem why something bad is happening, because we all know that if a person was not able to pass a test then Hashem would never give it to him. Nothing in the world will effect a person of Bitachon, no matter what happens, cause he knows that everything Hashem does is for the good. Do you know what the reward for being a person of Faith & trust is? The reward is worth more then all the money in the world, the reward is the gift of Happiness, you get to be the happiest person in the world cause nothing in the world will effect you. Now can you tell me a better reward then that?.

2)FASTING: it takes many years to fast with truth & feeling: what’s the reason for fasting what do all fasts have in common? ????? & ?????? (mourning) look at us today we all look at our clocks 5 hours left 4 hours etc… the last 20 minutes we all stand at the clock with our cup of water . Just like it says in the beginning of ????? ????? Hashem said to him, all of your days set aside for fasting are FRAUDS i don’t want anything to do with them. Its TRUE its all FRAUD we don’t mean it or feel it when we fast. we fast because we were told to fast. Whats the use in fasting if you’re not going to feel it? 10% of the reason is because the ????? said to fast the other 90% is why they said to fast, we do the 10 % if you don’t feel it, not that its no use in fasting its already an embarrassment to the fast (itself) if you’d/we’d really want Hashem to forgive you/us for your/our sins you/we would not look at the clock on ??? ????? for that 25 minute break -between Musaf & Mincha-to come up & if you had it you would say some ????? .If you/we really felt bad for the ??? ????? you/we would not look at the clock on ???? ??? when ???? is so you/we can go back to sitting on a couch.

BOTTOM LINE: on any midah a person needs to fix. some of them take 5 years to fix & remove from a person others are much harder & can take even 30 years

Hatzlacha

newbee,

Also, do some people feel nothing at all and only relate to mitzvos out of a sense of intellect or obligation?

Sometimes. I tend to have varying degrees of experience in my relationship with Hashem.

Once on Yom Kippur during Mussaf, when the kohanim began their bracha, I sensed an intense energy radiating from their hands, somewhat like the feeling of direct sunlight on my face when my eyes are closed. Although there were no physical sensations, I would have feared to look directly at the kohanim had I tried to. Emotionally I felt very protected. Other times I do not feel anything special during bircas kohanim.

Once I was davening very intently for the success of something I was trying to accomplish, and if I was successful, it would have helped me Jewishly, so I thought Hashem would surely help me. Instead, events seemed to conspire to thwart me at every turn, and I was ultimately unsuccessful. I felt dejected and rejected. Several months later, however, a new opportunity came up that was far better than what I was previously trying to accomplish. Had I been successful previously, the new opportunity would never have come up. I once again felt very protected. Other times I have a more difficult time seeing the good in disappointments or frustrations.

Sometimes when I am learning Torah I get a sense of awe that what I am dealing with is not of human origin, but is in fact Divine. Other times, while intellectually aware of that fact, I don’t attain the sense of awe.

I have been slowly learning that kavannah is important, not just in davening, but in everything that I do.

I think a lack of dialog regarding the actual relationship with Hashem is strange and troublesome.

You are confusing lack of dialog in the CR forum with lack of dialog between people. You may also be underestimating how your tone affects people’s willingness to share such personal information. This is definitely a great topic and I would not be quick to assume it isn’t discussed between people in real life.

I’m sorry if I implied intimidating, I felt it was somewhat academic. But either way, as Avram pointed out well, you seemed frustrated with the lack of response and almost annoyed. I do think it is an excellent question and topic and I think it will trigger responses in people whether they choose to post them or not. Thank you for bringing it up.

Mods have feelings?!?!? Whew!!! (and the mod assoc let that through!!)

WOW!! That we have lived to this day to actually see that!!!!

(next thing I know, one will slip and comment something to the effect he/she eats, drinks, has a life, family….)

Yasher koach again newbee for leading this amazingly beautiful and truthful thread. I think your sentiment about this topic being most fundamental to Judaism/life and yet most ignored is pretty much hitting on the Ramchal’s laments in the intro to Mesillas Yesharim, ayin sham. Its definitely not a new problem, and it didnt start from him either–probably since the very beginning of religion!

Think about him at length.

thank you newbee for the raising the discussion. you have said very clearly that you are interested in hearing our feelings when connecting with Hashem. however i feel that it is important to bring to your attention the following point. we are not supposed to trust our feelings entirely. although they can be excellent for motivation and other tools, we are to make our decision on logic. this point is brought up in numerous sefarim.

and personally when i connect to Hashem, i sometimes feel absolutely nothing. ans sometimes i feel on top of the world. and sometimes in between. i hope this post helps you somewhat