Art of Love
: dedicated to deepening our human connections, so that we lead more spiritually and emotionally fulfilling lives; by exploring the wisdom and secrets of our ancestors, and unveiling the beauty beyond the veil and within ourselves.
Spirituality, Esotericism + Mysticism
What Mary Knows
What Mary knows about trust, faith, conception and womanhood, the courage of soul, the nuances of our human experience, and how love is the seed of God …
The Power of Prayer
Prayer is like love; a love song of heart and soul, opening us in trust and in surrender, deepening us into meaning; a freedom to move beyond the borders of the mind to touch that which is of purity and higher truth …
Spiritual Gifts, Their Meanings and Their Purpose
“No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in the cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light also” …
The Difference between Prayer and Meditation
While both experiences share many similarities and play important roles in our spiritual wellbeing, they also differ quite a bit in their intentions, the different parts they engage in our mind, and the spaces they each create, inspire and nurture within us. Our ability to see how they are each unique allows us not to lose the depth and beauty that each of them offers us …
Fostering Unity
If we truly want to foster and nurture unity, I think it looks like reaching across the lines that divide us. And then, we need to sit, listen and learn …
What Secrets Water Knows
“In fact, I hadn’t learned anything, I simply knew, however wrong I may still be, that everything must be perfect, like this secret, like the euphonious voice of moving water. Then, I’d put the rock back and walk out of the canyon, my future decided.” …
The Subtlety of Time
Time is perhaps a matter of timing. Unclockable. Sensitive to a seeing, experiencing and a certain kind of intimacy. Unpredictable, a lived-in process of our unique emotional wild lands. And what guides the hands of our clocks? The heart itself. The elasticity of a moment. Away from the lines, interiors and the conditioned structures of our minds, in the subtlety of time, like moving waters, is the always and forever. And it is only ever love …
Humility, the Bridge to Love and Wisdom
We dive into the beautiful yet often misunderstood virtue of humility, as we unfold how it is the doorway towards deeper love, faith, our willingness to learn and to grow, genuineness and reverence …
The Beautiful Spiritual Purpose of Icons in Christian Orthodoxy
Seeing through the surface and understanding the essence of things is what allows us an opportunity for a deepening; this is what allows us to love more and be more attentive to one another as human beings. Icons are the glass, a window, but not the ocean …
Free Will vs Destiny: The Human Relationship with Control
… and the dancer becomes the dance itself, life flowing in and through us, with the beauty of the natural rhythm of our bodies and the mystical songs of the seas beyond skies …
How to Overcome Pride, and Connect to Love
Pride, at its essence, is a form of separation and further disconnection from our heart …
How to Overcome Lust, and Connect to Love
The real unmet need of lust is usually emotional connection and love, and it usually stems from a sense of lack or loneliness; and yet the more disconnected we are from ourselves or unaware of this real inner need, the deeper we may fall into self betrayal and self imprisonment …
