Spiritual directors and spiritual companions have a special role to play by establishing a safe space for you, listening deeply and intently, spiritually, and letting your authentic self shine through.

Ideally, we are mirrors that allow you to see yourself more clearly. We strive very hard not to impose our own vision, so as not to distort the image. All of this is meant to allow you to see what is already inside you. What is already whole.

You are your own best teacher.

God/Brahman/Tao/Nirvana is within us all, fully, completely, without reservation or limitation. We have but to look. What greater form of intimacy can there be than to see your true self, your soul, accurately reflected as if you were looking in a mirror?

This is what spiritual direction and spiritual companionship are meant to accomplish.

We seek to inspire trust and safety, to facilitate important conversations around our deepest aspirations and longings, namely our desire to connect with that which connects all beings.

True community is impossible without intimacy. Deep connection depends on it. As SDI strives to become a more welcoming, inclusive community of directors, companions, seekers and contemplative wayfarers of all kinds, we must also work on becoming spiritually intimate with one another – no matter how different we are.