Specialized Spiritual Direction?
How Specialized Spiritual Direction provides you all of the content for your services at Our Charismata with Anne Marie Varrella.
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OUR CHARISMATA
with Anne Marie Varrella
Specialized Spiritual Direction [SSD]
Session contents are generated by Anne Marie attuning to specific gifts of the Holy Spirit, by Grace, in a peaceful and Christ-centered atmosphere.
I like to describe the process from my viewpoint as, "Being shown 'the bud and the blossom.'"
Quote M.B. Eddy
Bright Notice!
The Purpose, Premise, Context, and Substantiation for Specialized Spiritual Direction are in accord with the Catechism of the Catholic Church statements 2115-2116.
Guidelines for Right Practice from the Catechism of the Catholic Church paras. 2115-2116
& My Personal Statement of Accord.
"DIVINATION AND MAGIC 2115 God can reveal the future to his prophets or to other saints. Still, a sound Christian attitude consists in putting onself confidently into the hands of Providence for whatever concerns the future, and giving up all unhealthy curiosity about it. Improvidence, however, can constitute a lack of responsibility, 2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons , conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to "unveil" the future. Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance,*** and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving reverence that we owe to God alone." The Catechism of the Catholic Church paras. 2115-2116. *** The term "Clairvoyance" in this passage is used interchangeably with "necromancer," "spiritist." I am thankful to clarify that in Our Charismata, we are using the accurate defintion of "clairvoyance," which is literally "clear-seeing" and is related directly to the gifts of the Holy Spirit called Discernment, Knowledge, Wisdom, and Prophecy. 1 Corinthians 12. In Our Charismata, in Specialized Spiritual Direction, clairvoyance is not at all necromancy. Nowhere in Our Charismata services is necromancy present, ever. All of what is prohibited in the above statement is also prohibited in Our Charismata's entire practice. What is encouraged is also encouraged here. Additionally, I have posted this directive from the Catechism to clearly show my agreement with it and how I take great care and responsibility in assuring that my services, my motives, are in accord with God's Law and are in service to One God only {Deuteronomy 6: 4-9}. All sessions are a peaceful experience, in which I speak clearly in English, as I serve to be a faithful, responsible instrument of God's Peace, Gentleness, and Love. I acknowledge that the services I provide are by the breaking through of God's Grace in my Life for the service of others in Christ, and not by my personal merit. GALATIANS 5:22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law." Thank you, for joining me in understsanding the sound guidelines for Our Charismata's practices. If you have any questions, please contact me at annemarie@ourcharismata.com
Catholic Church. Catechism of the Catholic Church: Revised in Accordance with the Official Latin Text Promulgated by Pope John Paul II. Washington, DC.: United States Catholic Conference, 2000. Paragraphs 2115-2116.
A calm, peaceful, non-preaching, balanced experience.
Specialized Spiritual Direction [SSD] is a service option for Christians who have been actively engaged in a living faith Life and are experiencing challenges in aspects of navigating Life circumstances or seeking Christ-centered accompaniment in matters of discernment.
The tradition of Spiritual Direction is for the Spiritual Companion/Director (me) to be oriented within an identified religious or Spiritual paradigm (Christianity) and for the seeker to hold that in common.
This acknowledgement allows us to recognize that the Holy Spirit and Divine Love are meeting us where we are, and are making the session possible by Grace.
LGBTQIA+ identities who are practicing Christians have always had a warm welcome here for any service option at Our Charismata.
What Makes This "Specialized" Spiritual Direction?
The Edification, Encouragement, Guidance, Validation, and Answers provided for you, based on the questions that you bring, are not "my" personal Life advice, opinions or reflections that are otherwise an integral aspect of "Traditional Spiritual Direction."
A GREEN SHOOT stemming from TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
KEYNOTE: The contents of your session are sourced by surpassing the finite mind and the five senses and translating for you what is shown by specific Holy Spirit Gifts in a tranquil manner (non-charismatic).
I call those Gifts of Grace, as an abbreviation, the Spiritual Senses.
For example:
Thoughtful discussions and prayerful dialogue about your personal relationship with Christianity, types of prayer, theology, Biblical scholarship, Church history, etc. are not the purpose for participating in a Specialized Spiritual Direction session.
In SSD, when I quietly attune to the expression of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in order to answer questions for your Life topics, there is a perspective shift, a widened and newly focused lens of discernment provided for you. The session contents are specifically meant to be reflected upon by you in the Light of Scripture, your Christian faith community, your holy discernment, and your putting God first and foremost in all things!
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You are actively practicing in the Christian faith, or in any place along that route. These sessions exist for when a person is ready to see the benefit of making space for and integrating the gifts of discernment, wisdom, counsel, edification, upbuilding, encouragement, consolation (the gifts of the Holy Spirit) to illuminate the present, and steps forward while accompanying and deepening your faith Life in the process.
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When you have actively chosen, or hold as an intention, to have no other 'gods' before God / Christ Jesus; and this is your fullest treasure. All else in Life does not hold the central power or identity. Other 'gods/idols' that are easy to put first, even for a most devout believer, are often a romantic partner, family members, money/finances, control of the future, career, and more. Specialized Spiritual Direction [SSD] sessions support you on this sacred path.
*Not to add to or contradict the supremacy of Scripture. Not for the profit of power. Not to encourage control in any form or dependency on knowing future events. Not to replace the believer's cultivation of the virtue of Faith first and foremost going to God directly in all things. 1 Corinthians 4:13
See full Disclaimer below so that we are on the same page!
Also known as but not identical only because of my Christian Source origin; otherwise the content is strikingly similar to
"Insight or Clairvoyant." 'Clairvoyance' literally means 'clear-seeing' and is not interchangeable with the term necromancy, which is a common misunderstanding.
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This service option, which shares ground with traditional Spiritual Direction/Companionship, may be just the match for you if:
Listen to the 2 Minute Podcast called "The Saint of the Day" from Good Catholic about Saint Genevieve of Paris.
She is described as being able to "read consciences." This is an example of a Christian right use of "clairvoyance."
Saint Genevieve of ParisThe Saint of the Day. Good Catholic.com
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C L A R I F Y I N G and C O N C I S E
A Specialized Spiritual Direction session is one approach, alongside a whole host of other discernment and inner wisdom processes, that has shown to be clarifying over the millennia to the present!
The main distinction of a "Specialized Spiritual Direction" session from a "Traditional Spiritual Direction" session, is important to note.
In a Specialized Spiritual Direction session I serve to bring you your counsel exclusively, ethically, and responsibly through specific gifts of the Holy Spirit.
*Not to add to or contradict the supremacy of Scripture. Not for the profit of power. Not to replace the believer's cultivation of the virtue of Faith first and foremost going to God directly in all things. 1 Corinthians 4:13
Explore the following pages for further resources.
Beginning with pure intention, in a relaxed place, and having an already established foundation of your own inner Life practice(s) in the Christian faith, tends to bring the richest benefits out of the time when we do connect for this service option, for your Life in the interim, and moving forward.
We always have access to the presence of God's guidance directly, our own inner insight, intuition and discernment. AND ALSO
Sometimes we need to be built up or encouraged in our faith and about what we are sensing personally, which is one primary reason for the millennia-old presence of what has been called "Spiritual Direction or Companionship." Also, we find it helpful to have validation what we are intuitively sensing. To meet you there is where a Specialized Spiritual Direction (by the gifts of the Holy Spirit) session can be concise and encouraging.
At times, when we are 'directly in the middle of a situation' and embedded with emotions, an analytical or overthinking mind, it helps to have that centering, balanced perspective from a point of view that is beyond the human senses, or finite perception. In this scenario, Specialized Spiritual Direction exists to help you see and focus on what is above the waves, or the storm; not to ignore or repress this important part of your path, but to provide a genuine, Grace-filled line of sight.
A Holy and Whole Welcome - MY PERSONAL APPROACH
Having a clear filter, a clean slate is where I begin so that any of 'my filtering' is out of the way, as much as can be. It is a skill that needs attention and humility regarding 'my position' in this experience as a bridge for Holy Counsel.
While at work, and between sessions, each moment of my working hours is in prayerful preparation and mindful presence, using my full concentration, bringing the energy of my full attention, because this is my full-time vocation, and I am dedicated with sincerity.
It is a true experience of freedom when my "job" is to be present with you; the all of you. The great joy afforded to me in this work is that I place no labels on you, I have no agenda to push or sell, there is no time for me to form judgments at any point during our connection and after. I have no time to, and it is not in my job description to, measure your status by the standards of the world and society; profession, income, level of education, health situation, or your season/stage of formation in the Christian faith.
Everyone is honored in a way that frees you from identities and narratives imposed upon you and the pressures to be, speak or act a certain way. It is inbuilt that your walls and guard can come down - if only for this time as you need - and you are welcomed entirely, free of judgment and with strong ethical standards in place, confidentially. It is so lovely to meet people this way.
The session may begin with what automatically is conveyed to me about you, or it can begin with your specific questions about various topics. I ask you how you would like to begin.
Kindly, at your leisure, feel welcome to read about the extra minutes at no cost to you that I pad around the actual time for the session.
From a vantage point that sees beyond the turbulence of emotions, analytical intensity, and seeming limitations, a Specialized Spiritual Direction session may serve to guide, clarify, provide stability, unify, and inspire; all in the Trust of serving to upbuild, strengthen, highlight the primacy of your Christian faith Life, and God's presence.
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Life Journey/Path
This process often lends itself to more than one session because it is an ongoing collaborative process, allowing the gifts of the Holy Spirit as the guidance supplied as an accompaniment.
These sessions often address
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A turbulent time with guidance specific to you.
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A time of personal transformation (career, Love life, marriage/relationship, other).
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Decision-making discernment, illumination, validation.
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For nourishing your Spiritual practice when you feel that others may not relate to what you are experiencing.
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Spiritually (processing near death experiences, insight expressions, gifts of the Holy Spirit, that are heightening, and more).
Clients connect when they are experiencing their own gifts heightening and are seeking professional insight, guidance, clarity about what is happening. It can be difficult to navigate alone.
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Providing genuine validation about what you are already sensing and discerning.
Clients have also benefited from a Specialized Spiritual Direction session for support on behalf of Loved ones, or themselves, who are in their end-of-Life stages; there is assistance for balancing out the emotions and questions during this major Life change.
What do I need to know to facilitate the changes most helpful to me?
{This is a powerful question that is applicable to most any situation.}
What are the specific Holy Spirit gifts within me that are strongest? [This is often a wonderful experience of validation and encouragement forward.]
What are the ways I am meant to contribute with my gifts and experiences? and what is the Spiritual Wisdom for me related to them?
What do I desire to experience? Specialized Spiritual Direction can provide suggestions, sourced from the specific Holy Spirit gifts, for how to connect your Heart with your actions.
How do I desire to live? Am I willing to listen to suggestions as conveyed through a SSD session about possible changes I could make in my behavior, my actions; to do inner work that might take some discipline, but ultimately is self-compassion and for the benefit of all; with glory to God?
Being able to tune into the thoughts and feelings of others is a large part of what provides beneficial Insight into a situation on most any topic. This process brings clarity to misunderstandings, confusion, doubt, concerns, any suffering from those, and also validation for what you are already sensing and discerning.
When you are given this specialized insight into what another is experiencing personally, emotionally, psychologically, Spiritually, you are supplied with wisdom that allows you to better understand and then so respond with adjusted expectations and a clear view for your behavior and choices proceeding.
This process, as with all aspects of my services, is only underway when I am directly hired to do so and the ethics that underpin this aspect only permit this in a form of service for the Good of all.
Relationships / Romantic and Family
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What do I need to know to facilitate the changes most helpful to this situation?
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What do I need to know in order to better understand my partner, or family member's actions and behaviors?
Having this insight provides you with the tools to approach the situation with fresh eyes, with validated Wisdom, with new insight about outdated patterns in play, about when it may be time to be patient or to take inspired action, guided by Love.
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I would like to know about my Love Life. What are the insights about my current relationship or a person to whom I am attracted?
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What is the guidance for me about basing my happiness on being in a relationship?
At all times, those Messages are accompanied by the underlying theme of inspiring you to understand yourself in relation to Trust, loneliness, fear, and to the movement of your ever-alive faith Life - with Lovingkindness and aware curiosity.
As interesting as it can be to be told details about romance, Holy Spirit gifts counsel also asks us to look inward; to nourish the qualities that could be strengthened and to acknowledge the qualities that could be re-assessed, and areas or or habits that are ready to be released for your development and interior peace, as well as, to encourage the qualities that are strong.
T I M E. "When?"
"When will I meet this person."
"When will I hear from him/her/they?"
"When will I get hired at the new job?"
"Predictions" are not why Specialized Spiritual Direction exists.
I am consistently shown to convey that the freer and less attached to the future the client is, the more freeing possibilities of Grace are effortlessly realized, and recognized.
There is an abundance received in an unclenched fist; in an open hand.
The feeling of needing to know too heavily, in a potentially unhealthy way, about the future brings in the image of a clenched fist. Isn't that something? This symbolism means to me, a type of 'human will' control that I am not ethically capable of encouraging or providing in excess.
Yes, events that have not yet occurred being shown in session fall under the Spiritual gifts of prophesying/knowledge/discernment and can be of holy service, but only to a certain point. We go down this path with balance and with even more firm attentiveness to the Holy Spirit and holding steadfast to the present moment with Christ central, gloriously central, in our Lives.
Then, comes the time to surrender the outcome of events. This step is crucial.
When the present is nourished and prioritized, (an unhealthy) a sense of attachment about "needing to know" specifics of the future peacefully fades away. It is all in the process.
People are most commonly drawn to a Specialized Spiritual Direction session to address the following. Topics and Questions.
Is "Our Charismata"... "Charismatic?"
NO, my services are not Charismatic.
Kindly understand, respectfully written, that Our Charismata service options and my practice are NOT "CHARISMATIC," as in the Charismatic movement, Charismatic Revival, Renewal, or Neo-Pentecostalism in the Christian Churches and related charismatic fellowship and worship services with the associated "zealous" qualities.
I am simply using the word "Charismata" on its own, which is translated from Greek to mean gifts.
Calm and Neutral
Sessions in any service option with me are a calm, peaceful, and as an aspiration, uplifting experience. I use neutral language, I do not impose my beliefs onto the session or in any correspondence. Thank you for taking a moment to be on the same page with me.
Spiritual Companioning with direct guidance from the application of the specific gifts of the Holy Spirit. Described in more detail here.
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Spirituality Life path topics.
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A Check-in for Validating what you are sensing and discerning.
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Companioning for navigating your experiences with Holy Spirit Gifts.
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Discerning and highlighting your gifts, strengths & talents or of another.
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Honing in on your specific talents / gifts that may be going overlooked.
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Life transitions.
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Life coaching.
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Discerning motive and the conscience of another.
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Relationships (Casual / Family / Marriage / Partnership / Infidelity / Divorce) topics / issues / outlook / discernment.
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Solution options for problematic areas; tailored fit.
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Medical Intuition.
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Career guidance.
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Authentic encouragement about trusting yourself and your current path.
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Self-esteem.
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Identity - personal and Spiritual development.
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Decision-making guidance.
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Processing A Near Death Experience.
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Other Possibilities.
O U R C H A R I S M A T A holds no intention that the services offered should supersede the Principles and teachings of Religious traditions.
These services are made possible by Grace and Anne Marie is a steward of them in the name of, for the glory of, Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit.
By reading this, you understand that Our Charismata's services do not exist to contradict the honor, respect, and loving reverence that we owe to God alone.
Services are not offered here as a substitute for, or to discourage, going first to God at all times.
This service is only to magnify God's, Jesus', and the Holy Spirit's central presence in your Life as an accompaniment to your established Christian faith Life.
Services are not a place of false practices, of fortune-telling, not for the profit of power, not to control the future, not to create or nurture an unhealthy curiosity about the future. These services have nothing to do with spirits, ghosts, necromancy, or magic.
Services do not add to, change, or contradict the Scriptures.
Anne Marie has nothing to do with being a Prophet. Anne Marie does not practice as a soothsayer or diviner as found in the Judeo-Christian scriptural or Spiritist traditions. Anne Marie does not ever speak in the name of other gods.
Thank you for understanding this as you consider booking a session.
I S M Y S E R V I C E S T Y L E a F I T for Y O U ?
Hi! I hope that you may take a look at the Notebook posts listed below (they are short)!
Especially if you are considering recurring sessions. I like to make sure that we are on the same page before the time of the sessions.
T H A N K Y O U for considering O U R C H A R I S M A T A to assist you.
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