When I was 19 years old, I experienced a very sacred meeting with Jesus for the first time. I was doing a three-month student/work exchange in Costa Rica and was sent to a small town called Atenas to work at their local coffee plantation. There, I met a man named Carlos Prado, who spoke every day about his deep, intimate relationship with God and Jesus. Carlos was living in a constant conversation with God, having a profound connection with Divinity 24 hours a day.
I arrived in this small, foreign town without knowing a single person. At first, the experience felt deeply isolating. However, being with Carlos shifted my perspective entirely. His presence was a beacon of light, creating a deeply expansive and healing space that aligned my consciousness with the rhythm of God.
Carlos often spoke about listening to the silence between every heartbeat, which is how he heard the voice of God. Simply being in his presence was a deeply spiritual experience that changed my life. Since his mind was solely focused on God, the space he held felt truly transformative and filled with divine energy.
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