>cause i've felt the chills before. or the Jesus tingles. like
>i'd be sitting there and a song would be sung and i'd feel
>something on the inside. not sure what it was, but it would be
>something. and church kinda is an environment where if you
>want to act on what you feel on the inside....its welcome. if
>you wanna clap...you can clap. if you wanna stand and
>run...you can run. and if you wanna buck will you pass out in
>a heap on the floor, you can do that too. i think that sort of
>religious expression is a conduit.

right. and i've felt 'full' (of the spirit) before. it doesn't express itself in me (or i don't express it) in dancing and shouting or running. but i feel it. it is a connectedness, a plugged in-ness, and a lightness, where it's like all of my burdens and sorrows are transformed through praise into an all-encompassing gratitude and overflowing of emotion.

>
>but if felt those same tingles listening to secular music.

word. and i experienced this long before the spiritual aspect. might be 'blue notes' and former gospel musicians hitting them chords and harmonies that just resonate with my soul, but i've felt that before.


>i've been moved to tears by music and movies and art and
>people. i just don't think i felt them in an environment or
>felt it necessary to show those feelings on the inside.

right. which is really why i think i caught the manifestation in house music. you wanna jump, go head and do that.

that's
>what i respect about the holy spirit or whatever and people
>who feel that spirit...they're not afraid to show it. no
>matter whether all the people who are obviously gonna come in
>here and hate, believe them or not. they'll be call fake and
>silly, but they'll still go ahead and worship in the way they
>see fit.
>---------------------------------------
>it's true what they say...people are strange, when you're
>strangers.
>
>not compassionate....only polite.
>
>I am not like you at all and i cannot pretend.


peace & blessings,

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