It is a good rule of thumb for spiritual directors to ask themselves, What truly constitutes our spiritual concern here? Am I really being attentive to the Lord in this? What things are getting in the way of our simple, humble intention towards the working of the Holy Spirit in this person's life? All human experience can be said to be spiritual in the largest sense, but spiritual direction should deal primarily with those qualities that seem most clearly and specifically spiritual, those that reveal the presence or leadings of God, or evidence of grace, working most directly in a person's life. This becomes increasingly important as spiritual direction progresses over time with any given individual. In the course of spiritual maturation, concern with superficial psychological experience must give way to a much more basic concern for the discernment of good and evil.
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SUNALLURE The degree of sincerity in our spiritual practices is directly proportional to the degree of real ha... MEGHNA CHOUDHURY (HER GRACE MATHURA VASI DEVI DASI) That mystic clasp of love lies not on the threshold but at the end of spiritual life, and can be rea... VINCENT MCNABB Veda is in the form of Gnan [spiritual knowledge] and God is in the form of Vignan [spiritual scienc... DADA BHAGWAN When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film ca... GAEL GARCIA BERNAL The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON The purpose of each incarnation is the transformation \ spiritual development of the individual. To ... THOMAS VAZHAKUNNATHU The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, s... JOHN TILLOTSON What brings you closer to God is being in service to others. I think any religion or spiritual way o... STEVE-O I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Dive into the river of the present, but don't thrash about, go with the flow. JIM GENOVESE Without God there could be no American form of government nor an American way of life. Recognition o... DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471 It is no great matter to... THOMAS À KEMPIS Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675 This, of course, is what religion is about: t... EVELYN UNDERHILL The family must be democratized in that sense in which each individual within its bond shall be sust... ANNA GARLAND SPENCER We should not...think of our fellowship with other Christians as a spiritual luxury, an optional add... J.I. PACKER There are two ways by which one will realize the life’s goal. If we have not met a Gnani Purush, t... DADA BHAGWAN (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON What the spiritual investigator has to do to acquire the faculty of looking into the spiritual world... RUDOLF STEINER May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945 Faith is the leading grace in all our sp... JOHN OWEN There was a house at the foot of the tower, close to the thunder of the waves breaking against the c... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ After half a century in psychiatric practice, I know without a doubt that the source of addiction is... ABRAHAM TWERSKI My choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car,... POPE FRANCIS Many beginners also at times possess great spiritual avarice. They hardly ever seem content with the... SAN JUAN DE LA CRUZ We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG The Bible makes it clear that every time that there is a story of faith, it is completely original. ... EUGENE H. PETERSON It has been my experience that those who claim to be the most spiritual are usually the least so. STEVE MARABOLI It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live whi... ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Commemoration of Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533 Commemoration of Thé... EVELYN UNDERHILL In the unfixables of our lives we are invited to keep company with Jesus and take a risk that God's ... ADELE AHLBERG CALHOUN This is what our Lord did for us. This is a time for spiritual renewal and Easter means so much to m... 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MAY SARTON And it is crucial of course that chief constables are able to make decisions within their budgets ab... THERESA MAY I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and ... IMELDA MAY Now there is a growing feeling, it's something that David Cameron led on actually, he said this ... THERESA MAY We've got a first class leader at the moment. David Cameron is dealing with the issues that he w... THERESA MAY No matter what strategy is employed in either corn or soybeans, producers must understand their prod... ALAN MAY With carryover supplies of corn expected to be more than 2 billion bushels, producers should plan to... ALAN MAY Quite frankly, I don't think that would be possible with over-the-counter trading. ALAN MAY The changes just simply continue and so its just different kinds of technologies in the last four to... ALAN MAY We do get a lot of questions ranging from how to price corn to how to price cattle and, quite frankl... ALAN MAY The compelling drive to get at the truth is what improves us all as psychologists and is part and pa... ROLLO MAY If, before 2020, there is a choice between further spending cuts, more borrowing and tax rises, the ... THERESA MAY A fear is a reaction to a specific danger, to which the individual can make a specific adjustment. B... ROLLO MAY It's only a thought, and a thought can be changed. LOUISE MAY Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselve... ROLLO MAY It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new r... ROLLO MAY There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one lo... MAY SARTON The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten simila... ROLLO MAY We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. 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