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Joe, is a physician mourning the death of his wife Emily who died in South America, where she was providing medical outreach. Wracked by grief, Joe feels obligated to check in on his wife's pediatric patients, fulfilling a promise he made before she left. Visiting the ward, Joe starts to believe that Emily is using the near-death experiences of her terminal patients to communicate with him, through images the children report seeing in their dreams, and the symbols they are compelled to draw.… (meer)
1) Are all spiritual experiences necessarily from God? If not, where else might they be from?
2) Are amazing experiences of or messages supposedly from a deceased loved one necessarily good?
3) How can such experiences be dangerous?
4) Why does Holy Tradition warn us against seeking experiences of or messages from the dead?
4) When is fear a good thing?
5) When is fear a bad thing?
6) Can God speak to us through dreams, spiritual experiences, or visions? Should we seek to have such experiences? Why or why not?
7) What things can we do to protect ourselves if we have an experience like this?
8) How might an Orthodox priest or a spiritually-mature Orthodox Christian help you if you're having such experiences?
9) Does God want us to feel confused? Scared? Terrified? Peaceful? Joyous?
10) When faced with strange spiritual experiences, who or what should you trust more? The strange experiences? Yourself? The Orthodox Faith? The Holy Trinity? Messages from deceased loved ones? Your spiritual father? ( )
Joe, is a physician mourning the death of his wife Emily who died in South America, where she was providing medical outreach. Wracked by grief, Joe feels obligated to check in on his wife's pediatric patients, fulfilling a promise he made before she left. Visiting the ward, Joe starts to believe that Emily is using the near-death experiences of her terminal patients to communicate with him, through images the children report seeing in their dreams, and the symbols they are compelled to draw.
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1) Are all spiritual experiences necessarily from God? If not, where else might they be from?
2) Are amazing experiences of or messages supposedly from a deceased loved one necessarily good?
3) How can such experiences be dangerous?
4) Why does Holy Tradition warn us against seeking experiences of or messages from the dead?
4) When is fear a good thing?
5) When is fear a bad thing?
6) Can God speak to us through dreams, spiritual experiences, or visions? Should we seek to have such experiences? Why or why not?
7) What things can we do to protect ourselves if we have an experience like this?
8) How might an Orthodox priest or a spiritually-mature Orthodox Christian help you if you're having such experiences?
9) Does God want us to feel confused? Scared? Terrified? Peaceful? Joyous?
10) When faced with strange spiritual experiences, who or what should you trust more? The strange experiences? Yourself? The Orthodox Faith? The Holy Trinity? Messages from deceased loved ones? Your spiritual father? (