Sunday, January 19, 2014

What is Spiritual Accompaniment?

A compassionate listening companion helps us gain perspective.

Writers have "first readers" who respond to what they understand of the text, helping the writer achieve clarity.

Composers have musicians and sound engineers who record and play back their music so that the composer can test imagination with reality.

A Spiritual Accompanist does these things as well. 

I listen and respond, inviting the speaker to practice compassionate awareness - both of the self, and of others.  For many people this also involves deepening an awareness of their individual understandings of the Divine. 

Nurturing or attending to our spiritual selves empowers us to act with greater energy, develop self-confidence, and cultivate unconditional love.


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