Typically people meet for Spiritual Direction/Guidance for one hour, once per month. Spiritual Direction/Guidance is not therapy, nor is it problem or issue oriented. (For some great definitions of Spiritual Direction see the Spiritual Directors International website at www.sdiworld.org) Rather, it is an ongoing process whereby the directee receives companioning on his or her spiritual journey toward deeper relationship with, alignment in and openness to Ultimate Reality, the Ultimate Mystery, God or Spirit, by whatever name. Since that journey is life-long, there is no predetermined length of time that the Soul Friend relationship will continue. It is always a process of discernment involving listening on both parts for the direction of Spirit. My longest-term Spiritual Guidance relationship has been continuing for the last 12 years, and there are others who come and go, depending on what is going on in their lives. It is a very individual process, guided by, most importantly, the interior freedom of both partners in the relationship.
