(David:)
People experience God in various ways. I experience God in a very personal way, as a lover, and I also perceive God as a universal Energy of Love which seeks to inspire all people on earth to come together.
We encounter this energy coming through so many, and through such different people.

(Shekinah:)
My perception of God changed a fair bit through our pilgrimage. Among other things I realized that the way the writers of the Biblical scriptures had perceived God was incomplete and strongly influenced by the culture and traditions of their times.
David and I are not of the opinion that our own perception of God is perfect or complete either, but we are growing and learning.

(David:)
We recognize God as an inner voice that speaks to us, and God is also speaking to us through other people.

(Shekinah:)
Observing nature is another way how we experience God.

(David:)
I relate to God as the ultimate source and author of life and love.
For us there is a male and a female God-entity; and we communicate with both.

(Shekinah:)
In view of the freedom of choice we also consider human beings as gods.
We do not see God as a religious entity.

(David:)
We experience God as a Liberator, which is one of his/her many true titles.
The male entity of God revealed himself to us as Yahweh, the God, who liberated the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. The Name Yahweh comes from Hebrew and means something like "The One who is, who exists, and who takes effect."

(Shekinah:)
In our opinion the female Entity of God also has various names or titles, just as Yahweh does. The name we like to address her by is Shekinah (see article The Name Shekinah).
I feel she is partly described in some passages of the Bible as the Holy Spirit.

(David:)
In our relationship with God we observe neither ceremonies, nor rituals; because our relationship is a daily reality, there is no need for representations.
We do not worship God in the religious way of prostration. We share our lives with God and walk with him/her.
We interact with God in a natural way like with the human beings we encounter.

(Shekinah:)
We don't use set prayers. We use prayer as a means to communicate with God, similar to to the way people use cell-phones, our prayer times with God are two-way communications.
We also mutually exchange words of appreciation with God, like lovers do with each other.

(David:)
In our opinion God has always communicated with human beings.
Throughout history there have been people who attempted to verbalize that, which they perceived to have been communications received from God. In some religions such verbalizations are regarded as the absolute and unquestionable "word of God".

(Shekinah:)
During the years, when we were still Christians, we saw the Bible more or less in this way. We have come to understand that this is an unrealistic view. To see a collection of writings as the absolute "word of God" limits the growth of human understanding, and, before long, hinders the social development of a culture or society.

(David:)
I feel that verbalized communications from God can come out of everyone, not primarily as instruction, but as a means of communication among equals.
By getting close to God we can all become fountains of words of love and truth, a human verbalization of God's energy of Love. This process is not free of mistakes, and never was, neither with biblical prophets, nor with people today.

(Shekinah:)
One can view the relationship with God under various aspects. I consider myself to be a daughter of God, but since I grew up from spiritual childhood, I see God now primarily as a lover.

(David:)
Although we voluntarily serve God and others in Love, as God serves us in love, we are not his/her slaves.
As two lovers find joy in service for each other, yet do not consider one superior or inferior to the other, so God told us that he/she wants to relate to us as equals, equal to him/her in the eyes of love - a love relationship of equality, not one of superiority and inferiority. God gives himself/herself voluntarily to us and we give ourselves voluntarily to God.
I think that God and the Human Being are the perfect match, the perfect couple.

(Shekinah:)
I think that one of the reasons why God chooses to be invisible to us is to help bring out the beauty of the voluntary spirit in human beings in their loving interactions with God and each other. God purposely tones down his/her magnificence towards us so that we are not intimidated.

(David:)
In my opinion the perception of God is dependent on the quality of one's interactions with fellow human beings, and the recognition of one's responsibility towards mankind in general.
If we ignore our social obligations to others, our perception of God will become distorted. If we nourish our social vision it enhances our perception of God.