The SDI Blog: Stories of Companionship

The desert invites us to go into the vulnerable places inside to face and to let go of what we find, to leave the God we know and meet a God we don’t know and can’t possibly imagine.

Your practice will really build after people who have come to you for direction start sending their friends. Word of mouth will always be your number one marketing tool.

I am a contemplative who savors the scent of the divine in all things. A mystic who loves silence, Hindu chant, centering prayer and the teachings of the Buddha…Being spiritually fluid has been a source of great joy for me, this following of my spiritual heart.

Find harmony within your mind (research and planning), heart (feeling of peace), and body (sensation of alignment).

“Shifting our identification from the ego to the heart-mind is the beginning of individual spiritual work.” ~ Ram Dass, “Be Love Now”

A companion of the Way is an empty thing — like Chuang Tzu’s Useless Tree.

If we allow them, and if we are brave enough to feel them, all our feelings can be wonderful and glorious things. Confusion can become curiosity, remorse can become a lesson, grief can become love for what was, is, and is to come.

As a spiritual director, my vocation is to listen and to help people to pray. How can I do this for an individual during a short session with me, but not for my own children?

In recent years spiritual direction has entered the mainstream. More and more people understand that body, mind, and spirit need regular check-ups and check-ins. And where there is a demand, there will also be a supply.

The more in touch I become with the beauty of each step, the less agitated I feel about the length of the travel

Silence is a beautiful sound.

Please never blow out that candle. I want it to stay lit, so that every time I enter this room I can see hope.