HOW DO SPIRITS COMMUNICATE? Spirit-to-Spirit Communication & Revelation (LDS) | Interview with Brent L. Top

Send us Fan MailHow do spirits communicate with us from the other side of the veil? Brent L. Top — retired BYU religious education professor and dean, co-author with his wife Wendy of Glimpses Beyond Death's Door, and a current sealer in the St. George Temple — has researched near-death experiences and LDS doctrine on the spirit world for more than 30 years. In this conversation we explore spirit-to-spirit communication: how the Holy Ghost speaks to the mind and heart (Doctrine and Covenants 8–9), why near-death experiencers consistently describe communicating by thought ("we just talk with our think"), Joseph Smith's teaching that angels have advanced higher in knowledge and power, Orson Pratt on how spirits commune with spirits, Elder Bednar's counsel on promptings ("if it's good, do it"), and Joseph F. Smith's teaching that when messengers are sent to us, it is always family. Brent also shares personal experiences of spirit communication — including the message he received the day he was sustained as stake president — and why the veil is a curtain, not a wall.Q: How do spirits communicate with us, according to LDS teaching? A: First and foremost through the power of the Holy Ghost, which speaks to the mind and the heart (Doctrine and Covenants 8–9) — often as thoughts and words that come to the mind rather than audible speech. Brent L. Top notes that near-death experiencers across many backgrounds consistently describe the same thing: communication by thought, without spoken words.Q: Are the spirits who communicate with us usually family members? A: President Joseph F. Smith taught that when God sees fit to send messengers to us, it is always family — and this episode connects that teaching to the Spirit of Elijah, with President Russell M. Nelson's description of ancestors prompting the living in temple and family history work.Q: How can I tell if a prompting comes from God or is just my own thought? A: Elder David A. Bednar's counsel, shared in this episode, is not to stress over the source: "if it's good, do it." Brent L. Top adds from his own experience that responding to promptings invites more of them, while repeatedly disregarding them causes them to fade.YouTube: How Do Spirits Communicate? Video: https://youtu.be/5TEceLuAhQUBrent L. Top, "What's on the Other Side" Book: https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Other-Side-Gospel-Teaches/dp/1609070461Brent L. Top & Wendy Top, "Beyond Death's Door" Book: https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Deaths-Door-Brent-Top/dp/0884948951YouTube Thinning of the Veil Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCAA9WnYhYvCp1ffCe-AGUQQ  SUPPORT THE SHOW: Website: Thinning of the Veil: https://www.thinningoftheveil.com/Venmo:  https://account.venmo.com/u/thinningoftheveilPayPal: https://paypal.me/thinningoftheveil?country.x=US&locale.x=en_USBook: "Patterns of Revelation":  https://www.amazon.com/Patterns-Revelation-Spiritual-Foundations-Hearing-ebook/dp/B0BWGLZ8VXEmail: [email protected]: https://www.instagram.com/thinning.of.the.veil/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thinning.of.the.veil/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thinning.of.the.veilSupport the show