The main principles of spiritual direction are:

• The work of God through His Spirit is central in spiritual direction.
• God constantly talks to you.
• To increase your awareness of God.
• To assist you to become sensitive to the presence of God in the ordinary and in all the spheres of your life.
• To discern what God says and understand the movement He wants to create in your life.
• Assisting you to move closer to yourself, your emotions, and your inner world and to discover how and where God is busy in your life.
• To allow God to transform you through His grace and experience real intimacy with Him.
• Believers will discover God’s will for specific situations through the Spirit.
• The spiritual direction process helps individuals to lead a life of greater spiritual discernment.