As David Benner said so well in his book, The Gift of Being Yourself...

“Christian spirituality involves a transformation of the self that occurs only when God and self are both deeply known. Both, therefore, have an important place in Christian spirituality. There is no deep knowing of God without a deep knowing of self, and no deep knowing of self without a deep knowing of God. John Calvin wrote, “Nearly the whole of sacred doctrine consists in these two parts: knowledge of God and of ourselves"

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This is a beautiful description of the deep work done in

 Spiritual Direction- 

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discovering self 

while 

discovering God.

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Or, put another way...

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"Looking at God,

looking at me,

and

loving one

another."

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