The Wonders of Eternity

My search for truth is based on a simple observation. The world exists and so do we. Is there a God that created us or not? If so then what demonstrates the nature of this being or beings? Who is authorized to speak for God? Can we identify actual eternal unchangeable truth? Can we communicate directly with God, and if so how do we do so? How do we find out the truth about these things? Joseph Smith was  14 years old in 1820.  He tells his experience of seeking to know his standing before God and how he could know which of the many churches was the right one.  What resulted is known to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as the "First Vision". We learn many profound truths from his experience.  Link to Joseph Smiths narrative of his vision. He would have recounted the experience dozens if not hundreds of times verbally to others after it happened.  Some religionists persecuted him for telling it and for not writing it down until some 12 years later.