Many of us can acknowledge the difficulty in perceiving the Divine at least at some point in our lives, if not presently. We can call it the sense of the absence of God. Our approach will begin by asking what is it we feel we are missing. Through group participation and brief discussion we will share what we mean by the word God. What was or is it that we sensed was missing. And how does one search for something one presumes not to know anything about?\u00a0\u00a0 What other questions are associated with this search for understanding?\u00a0 In which directions has our search taken us? And finally we will share the ways in which our questions have become resolved to reveal the unquestionable presence of God. \u00a0 In my view, God is simply not the kind of ‘thing’ that can be absent or even doubted, once we have a better understanding of what the word God actually refers to.\u00a0 For the speaker, this was never a minor or merely philosophical issue.\u00a0 His search was intense and unavoidable and the resolving understanding was a life changing insight.\u00a0 Just knowing such enormous questions can be resolved can be a relief so hopefully we can at least touch on that in this brief session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"