SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
“Spiritual Direction is about awakening the essence of our soul as human beings. Spiritual Direction helps us love ourselves and who we are with the transformational energy of love as we journey on the path of integration and wholeness of being in God.”
- Sister Ann Walters, OP
Everyone has a spirit. But what is spirit? In his book, Spirituality and the Awakening Self, David Benner says, “Spirit is dynamic, energizing, vitalizing, and enriching. Like fire and wind, spirit ignites, moves, and animates us. It gives us the energy to live life to the full. But it also always calls us beyond our self, orienting us toward a self-transcendent reference point … Spirit points us toward our source and our destiny, toward the place within we most belong. It is expansive, always questing, always driven by deep longings that point us toward Absolute Spirit.”
The core of spirituality is, most essentially, about being open to this Absolute Spirit.
Each of us has the potential to live in openness to the movement of the spirit within us. The invitation is for everyone to wake up and allow ourselves to unfold into the fullness of the spirit within that leads us home to our true self.
Sounds exciting and exhilarating, and terrifying and exhausting at the same time. It is a quest, and any quester would benefit greatly from a spiritual companion (also known as a director). Not someone who tells you what to do or when, but someone who walks alongside you, listens carefully to you, and cares for you with compassion and tenderness. A spiritual director/companion listens deeply for truth, shares honestly what was heard, and holds up a mirror to encourage discernment and deeper connection with oneself, and with unconditional love.
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“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
Teillard De Chardin
SPIRITUAL DIRECTION WITH LISA
What to Expect
When we meet (usually on a monthly basis), I will ...
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Invite you to share aspects of your life story (spiritual journey) as you are led to share.
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Listen deeply within myself and encourage you to do the same within yourself.
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Be with you as you open up to receive the love of the Divine (God) and become more deeply connected with your true self.
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Ask questions to invite you to deeper awareness, willingness, receptivity, love, and trust in the mystery of the Divine.
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Offer various practices (exercises) to assist you on your journey
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Welcome you without judgment or expectation, trusting the way to deeper awareness and fullness of life will be made known to you through loving relationship with the Divine.
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Celebrate life with you.
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“...by listening with the whole of your being you can better discern how the Spirit is present in your life. During Spiritual Direction, you share life experiences, personal perspectives, and encounters with the Divine.”
Dominican Center Marywood
Spiritual Direction is helpful when you are . . .
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Longing for a deeper connection with yourself, others, and the world
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Feeling out of alignment with your integrity
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Experiencing the stress of life’s many transitions (good or bad)
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Grieving loss of any kind
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Desiring growth in relationships
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Healing from trauma
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Longing for something you can’t put into words
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“If you do not have someone to guide you, to hold onto you during the times of not knowing, you will normally stay at your present level of growth.”
Father Richard Rohr
