Such «religious intuitions» are the «somewhat exceptional elements of our conscious
experience» that Whitehead seeks to elucidate
as evidence for God's
consequent experience of the world.9 Only a living person
experiencing a
whole series of divine aims, sensitive to the way in which these shift, grow, and develop in response to our changing circumstances can become aware of their source
as dynamic and personal, meeting our needs and concerns.10 Jesus, full of the Spirit, knew God personally in this intimate way, until these aims were taken from him in the hour of his deepest need, when he
experienced being forsaken by God on the cross.