This is an interesting topic.
Since my 20s I have been seeking spiritual truths. I read a lot about spiritual communication with our Spirit Guides and Guardian Angels. But in my life, I can't say I had much belief that we could talk to them in any way, but I knew about prayer from a young age. And I pretty much thought it was a one-way thing with me talking and wondering if anyone was actually listening, since I never seemed to receive a response.
Then one day in my early to mid 40s, I woke to find my lower back (the tail bone area) in great pain.
Long story short, I asked Archangel Michael if he would please allow Archangel Raphael to heal me because I really needed to attend an important appt. in a couple days.
That night, I went to bed, lying on my stomach. At about 3 am, where the pain was located, I felt a single pop sensation and cool air. Instantly, the pain was gone. I could not believe it! I had communicated with the Angels and they had responded.
A similar scenario occurred some two years later. That time, I had to request the healing twice. The healing arrived at about 5 am, again, with a cool air pop.
For decades, I've been interested in Angels, especially Archangel Michael. I even have a little book where I write brief notes to him. One night, about 5 years ago I had a realistic dream that I was standing in my dark livingroom, calling out (as if looking for him), "Archangel Michael! Archangel Michael! Archangel Michael!" I kept calling. Then under my window, a male voice says, patiently, "Yes?"
Then (as if a portion of the dream was cut out) I am excited and as I walk away from the corner of the livingroom near that window, I repeat a pronunciation of Archangel Michael's name (I later found out it is the Hebrew pronunciation).
After a week or so, I realize I have forgotten the correct pronunciation. So I silently pray to Archangel Michael that I have messed up the pronunciation he gave me, and would he give it to me again. Within a minute, the correct pronunciation popped into my head. I thanked him and promptly wrote it down phonetically, so I could keep it straight in my head. Btw, in that dream I knew that he had given me the pronunciation. The actual conversation is blanked out. I cannot remember any of the conversation, not even what he looked like. IF it was, indeed, him. I often wonder just who responded, but in the dream I appeared certain it was Michael.
A last experience I had was mid to late 2013. I was very depressed, downright miserable. I needed guidance and I wasn't getting any. In one of many such prayerful conversations with God, I lamented that I didn't think anyone was listening--that He wasn't listening--and that I was tired of asking Him for help. I then said that I felt He had forgotten me.
To that comment, I heard a physical male voice respond, "I did not forget you." The voice was deep, authoritative and spoke with a matter-of-fact tone. The words were spoken in a moderate pace. I heard the voice clear as a bell within 18 inches of where I sat. I did not (to this day) think that God spoke to me directly. I felt that he sent an Angel to convey the message, because I was out of patience. Some 6 months later, I took the entrepreneurial plunge. I haven't made much money, but I've been way happier. Nope, He hadn't forgotten me.
What I have concluded since those events, is that it may be that the Powers That Be, might only communicate with some of us when a situation is dire or has reached a breaking point.
Now, when I feel uncertain, I remember the message and know that even if I don't receive a response, God and His Angels are listening. We may not hear a voice, but we may hear sounds (musical notes, tones, our name called, etc) or when we are crying or feel sad, we may feel that sadness suddenly go away. That calm feeling is likely our Guardian Angels or Spirit Guides giving us a much-needed hug and an assurance that all will be well. Thus, spiritual communication is ongoing; we just don't always recognize it nor experience it the way others will.
