Ecstatics, Earthquakes, and other phenomena

What a day! Went to class for an hour and caught the first half of Rolland Baker, guest speaking, or more like 2nd year annihilating. Our whole class got floored. Just so much as a look and you were shaking or falling over. That guy is charged. What a beautiful time with Holy Spirit and friends.
From there, I left and joined some friends on route through the 3 hour mountain journey to the California coastal town of Arcata, home of the famous Humboldt State University in whose shadow we are meeting at the D Street Neighborhood Center for and incredibly mystical experience. John Crowder is in town and he's teaching a Mystics school.
This, for me at least, is the extreme edge of this new found stream of Christianity that I've so been enjoying these past two years. We are basically getting really sloshed in the Holy Spirit (filled) and learning about mystical experiences as seen throughout scripture and in Christian history *most notably with the monks, mystics, and some modern day prophets and mystics too.
Today we learned about trances, and then we had story time with all sorts of crazy stories of mystical experiences from trances to transportations, to talking with animals (St. Francis was well known for that one)...
Wow.
What a night.
I'm writing this from my motel room where we just had an earthquake. It was just a 3.0 so no biggie, but it was right under us here in Eureka/Arcata... :)

Some cool thoughts from the conference:
Peter wasn't walking on water, he was walking on the word. Jesus gave the word, and Peter walked. It is important to trust the word of God more than our natural eye.
Faith in the unseen!!!! Boom shakalaka! :)

There are no motives behind God's love. This may be one of my greatest battles, because while I have heard that, I don't have that in my heart, nor do I seem to act like that. I often naturally think:

God loves me so that... *I can or will do this...
God gives me this so that... *I will share it with ....
etc.
John Crowder suggested tonight that God gives us joy so that.... WE CAN BE HAPPY.
Hmmm, novel thought.

Such a great reminder to pull me out of pious false humility and remember God simply loves me. He wants me to feel His UNCONDITIONAL love, that means no conditions. That means, I don't have to pray for that person on the street, I don't have to do anything, I can just be His and He can be mine... The other stuff will flow from my being eaten up and filled by His presence. "God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in Him."

Presence carriers, extreme lovers of God are simply irresistible to be around....
More of you God. More of You!!!