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All in Awareness
What’s the most asked question I get when I tell someone I’m a spiritual director? “What’s a spiritual director and what do you do?”
Although I am no dream-works specialist, I love paying attention to my dreams and the symbols they become in my own life. I believe they are windows into the soul – unfiltered images surfacing from deep within mind and spirit
If the world lived in Sabbath rest, even one day a week, what a difference it might make in realigning our perspective on the struggles and dashed expectations and our incessant battle to be heard.
I struggle the most to “abide” especially in the midst of my ordinary routines and chores — Making one more meal, washing one more dish, commuting to work one more day.
In this season of unrest, much is being dismantled within us and around us, leaving us to wonder about new definitions, structures, and perspectives on life. Wondering and wandering are the gifts of spiritual direction.
In a world that labels self-care as selfish, or a waste of time, we have to fight the inner voices that try to convince us that we don’t deserve to spend time tending to our own soul.
Following your heart desire is fine, assuming you know what that desire is. How do you listen for and discover that deep down desire?
What is your heart’s desire telling you about yourself, about your present situation, about the future? Does it feel like calling, or does it lead you away from God toward habits of self-comfort?
What is a rule of life? It’s a beacon light to guide our actions, disciplines, and decisions by giving voice to the core values. It aligns our commitments with our convictions in a more integrated, holistic perspective of what matters.
A rule of life or, as I like to call it, a “liturgy of days” is not a list of things to do to live your life. It was never intended to be a prescriptive method of living, but rather a descriptive statement of your highest values, a guidling light in how you live your best life.
Do you ever wake up with words of a song stuck in your head, or more importantly, in your heart? The old hymn Abide with Me has lodged itself within me recently, asking me to pay attention to it.
What do I talk about with a spiritual director? Exploring some core questions leads us to new discoveries about ourselfes and about God. A recommended resource from Henri Nouwen helps identify the questions we all ponder throughout life.
Bearing witness is a bit of an old fashioned phrase that asks us to attend to someone or something, be it a
circumstance, an event, or our own inner thoughts. Such a call is counter-intuitive to our western ways of progress. But this watching awareness, partnered with prayer stands at the intersection of heaven and earth.
