{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Eps 84 Spiritual Discernment Pt 2","description":"What is it like to experience the presence of God?  Drawing from the Contemplative Prayer tradition there are three general ways Gods presence has been described: an intellectual vision or grasp God, an intuitive sense of God, and a social interactive sense of God's presence.  The intellectual vision first requires that our emotions are quieted and mistaken images of God are removed from the intellect.  With the intuitve sensing of God's presence, the intellect is stilled since God is beyond our full understadning.  After the emotions have been cleared of old hurts, resentments and angers, we can begin to sense God as a calming presence,     In the next episode, we will look at the social interactive sense of God's presence. To see more of Craig's books and music, go to www.craigowen.net     ","author_name":"Is it really Love? Spiritual Way of the Six Loves","author_url":"http:\/\/cowen50.libsyn.com","html":"