OM DENNE EPISODE
Explore LDS faith, Christian contemplative practices, contemplative prayer, centering prayer, meditation, yoga, Christian wisdom traditions, LDS temple ritual, and spiritual transformation as pathways to a direct experience of God. Host Meghan Farner and contemplative teacher Dani Mouritsen discuss how these practices can deepen faith, open the heart, and help us experience God in the present moment.
Dani shares how yoga and meditation led her toward Christian wisdom practices, including centering prayer and Lectio Divina. Together, they explore ritual and symbolism in the temple, surrender, trust, and the shift from believing the right things about God to being with God. They also discuss how daily contemplative practice can cultivate compassion and make spiritual transformation part of everyday life.
Timestamps
- 0:00 – From thinking about God to experiencing God
- 0:36 – Meet Dani Mouritsen
- 2:14 – Yoga, meditation, and Dani’s spiritual journey
- 5:02 – Bringing contemplative practice into LDS faith
- 9:32 – Discovering Christian wisdom traditions
- 12:12 – Centering prayer and Lectio Divina
- 14:01 – Moving from studying scripture to experiencing it
- 15:58 – Christian contemplative prayer and direct experience of God
- 21:08 – Doing the gospel, living the gospel, and opening the heart
- 23:13 – Jesus’ teaching on prayer and stillness
- 24:27 – Three forms of meditation
- 26:10 – Surrender, the divine, and contemplative prayer
- 28:52 – Trust, patience, and compassion as fruits of practice
- 30:35 – Ritual and intentional spiritual practice
- 31:12 – Understanding temple ritual through symbolism
- 38:42 – The temple as a path of transformation
- 43:18 – Connecting temple ritual with personal practice
- 44:14 – Covenants, commandments, and choosing a path
- 53:03 – Saying yes to spiritual transformation
- 56:04 – Ritual, transformation, and the presence of the divine
- 58:05 – Moving beyond fear and scarcity
- 1:00:01 – Living a transformative spiritual journey
- 1:04:26 – Surrender and centering prayer
- 1:08:30 – Experiencing God in the here and now
- 1:09:04 – Final reflections on spiritual development
- 1:11:51 – Closing thoughts
About the guest
Dani Mouritsen is a teacher and contemplative practitioner engaged with wisdom within the LDS faith tradition. She studied literature and Russian at BYU and American literature at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Reclaim your spiritual authority, practice discernment, and develop your spiritual gifts at the Sacred Knowing Workshop on November 13th in Huntsville UT.
Learn more at: https://meghanfarner.com
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