Not sure how to tell if I am. Would you mind elaborating?
No, right now I'm looking to have a personal encounter with God while seeking him in prayer in the privacy of my room.
Yeah, I think it would be great to meet with and have the support of people in real life who have had supernatural encounters with God and who are filled with the Holy Spirit, but it's not easy to find people like that unfortunately.
I agree with some good posts made in this thread - although I didn't read every one.
I will share with you a few things.
I spoke with a very good Christian (and seriously knowledgeable) Christian man when I was first interested in the Christian faith.
I was coming from Islam, and I had questions about Jesus as Savior because I felt something was missing in Islam when Jesus was there and called Messiah yet without much use and not very Messiah-like so I wanted to understand the Christian view and what Messiah meant.
God sent a person to me who had the ability to answer my questions and fill my need.
I spent a couple years arguing it all out, learning about this other God etc etc. then two years unable to understand Christ's work on the cross, so I let it rest for a while, unable to follow either Islam or Christianity by this time, knowing I just couldn't understand the concept of Jesus's sacrifice - regardless of how often it was explained.
So I stopped looking. Just stopped everything for a while, knowing there was a God but lost on who God was exactly.
People prayed for me during this time, good solid Christians prayed daily for my soul.
So as you see, before I came to experience God I first learned, then had a reasonable acceptance but just wasn't quite there yet, plus I also prayed and others prayed for me.
Then and only then, was I visited by the Angel of the Lord in a dream who completed my understanding of Christ.
Once I had a fullness of understanding I gave my life over to God in absolute belief and assurance, and after that I was filled with the Spirit of God who walks with me daily now, and I grow in the Spirit day by day.
My advice to you is this, surround yourself with good believing Christians - in real life. Attend Church, learn about the nature of God and the nature of salvation and what it all means. (My personal choice would be a solid Presbyterian church to begin, but of course you need to be the one choosing.)
You will not encounter God until you have a full understanding of Him.
Paul Washer is one of my favourite pastors. Good choice there!