"Spiritual Direction is 'help given by one Christian to another which enables that person to pay attention to God's personal communication to him or her, to respond to this personally communicating God, to grow in intimacy with this God, and to live out the consequences of the relationship." - The Practice of Spiritual Direction
This spiritual discipline focuses around one idea: relationship. More specifically, a relationship between you and someone who acts as your "spiritual director." For different people that means different things. For some people it may be your pastor, youth pastor, parents, or maybe an older teen at your youth group or college. Someone who is mature in Christ and has the ability to teach you what they have learned about Christ. I guess it could be considered discipleship at its core.
The bible has many examples of spiritual directors and directees. One example would be Jesus and his disciples. I mean who better to be directed by then Jesus himself? The disciples had the best of the best in that case. Another example would be Paul to the various churches he writes to. How about the books of Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians...etc? These are all examples of books that Paul has written to his directees, and he is challenging them, through his words, to become more Christ-like and to "imitate" him.
Looking for someone to direct you in your spiritual walk is a pretty big task. You want to look for someone who is more mature than you, and can really help you. If you choose a director who is at the same level as you, that's not going to help you grow closer to Christ. Also, if someone is directing multiple people, it doesn't necessarily mean that the same advice is given to each person. It doesn't mean that every directee is in the same point in their walk with Christ. This spiritual discipline is all about the PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.
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