Receive the Holy Spirit

There are all kinds of beliefs in Christian circles concerning many things, but I’d like to focus on one prominent one; that of receiving the fullness of the Holy Spirit “since you believed;” the last Scripture quoted on my previous post. If you believe that you have not, and would like to,  my counsel would also be taken from the Word of God.
There are varied examples in which people received the Holy Spirit there. One time, Jesus blew on the disciples, and they received Him. We can’t forget Pentecost when the Spirit was poured out. Then, we see Peter going to Cornelius’ house, and, as he was preaching, Cornelius and his family began to praise God, and were filled with the Spirit.
There are so many different ways that God shows in His Word, concerning the impartation of  the Holy Spirit, that we can’t set in concrete a dogmatic teaching about this. I simply asked God for the Holy Spirit in my bedroom in prayer, and spoke syllables at first, in tongues, and my husband had a supernatural opening of the eyes of his understanding, sitting on the back pew of a church, many years ago.
One thing,  that I believe has to be in place to receive,  is a desire in your heart to be filled. If we have that desire, then God encourages us to ask Him for it, and promises to give it, for this is His good pleasure: “If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”-Luke 11:13. 
We must remember the Holy Spirit is like the Wind that blows where it will. Understanding this will help us accept the many manifestations or ways to us in receiving His Spirit.
I have been called a “mystic” before, and maybe in past eras it was used derogatorily, but upon reflection, I am that, because I believe that  in Christ, there are many mysteries yet to be revealed,  to His children, for those who have eyes to see, and ears to hear.  It is not that truth changes, but that it has layers which have been hidden to our sight, and that, as we grow in Christ, many of those are then seen, at different stages of our growth, with the acuteness of His vision. One such example concerns how He fills us with His Spirit; it is in divers and sundry ways. Only ask, and you will receive!