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Thank you for offering a really excellent list of attributes.

I’ve been doing research into spiritual awakenings and mystics in all religions for about twenty five years, after a profound experience that changed my life.

While the attributes shown are correct if one is “filled” with the Holy Spirit, the process of filling is usually quite tumultuous. The battle between the higher energy of the Holy Spirit and the garbage we have created and hold on to within ourselves sometimes creates quite a wild ride.

The number one symptom is very similar to the symptom of bi-polar disorder as a person feels the attributes of the Holy Spirit that lifts them up in elation and then dives into the depths of despair to locate and remove the anchors and ballast that hinders our being “filled” with the Holy Spirit. This battle within usually causes one to question their own sanity.

There are many other attributes such as the increased energy that flows through the spine. The feeling that a rubber swim cap is being pulled down over your head as it flows into you; The tender bumps that appear on your head as your crown opens up. The unexpected outbursts of emotion, including a feeling of completeness or wholeness.

Other things begin to happen such as you see visions of what is coming in the future or know the thoughts of people around you in detail.

Often the body begins to shake, sometimes violently which is the reason the Quakers and Shakers are identified by this attribute.

The most profound attribute of the Holy Spirit is the feeling of “Love” beyond what you could ever imagine. While Satan can imitate many of the other attributes, Satan can not imitate the feeling of Love. I am not speaking of sexual love. Identifying the feeling of profound Love is the number one tool of discernment on your path. With that tool you can discern the impostors and tormentors from the angels as the words of wisdom of the Holy Spirit will flow through you when you need them.

I would also like to warn of the false “born again” experience that is experienced by many people, especially in charismatic religious groups. The true born again experience usually happens when one is alone in prayer. The difference, which the experiencer usually cannot identify at the time of the experience is that the false born again experience involves a horizontal surrender of authority of individual will to another person such as a pastor or evangelist while the true experience is by going within and surrendering directly to God through His Son.

One last point where I differ slightly from the author of the excellent article. Often you no longer feel the need to attend church or religious services as your connection to God is within and with you at all times. When you find you are slipping away from the connection, turning directly to the Bible and prayer will reconnect one to the Holy Spirit.

You may find that you can’t put the Bible down when you begin to read it. It becomes as addictive as the best book you have ever read. This leads to an increased understanding that often creates differences in understanding with religious leaders who preach based upon academic theory and experiences of others rather than first hand experience. Always turn directly to the Bible and search and pray for true meaning and guidance. You will be led to understand both perspectives(your experience and the words of others teaching you) and why they are described as written.