For several years, I have been trying to understand what really happened to me after my marriage fell apart and why it affected me so intensely. At first, I thought I was dealing with the end of a relationship. Later, I realised that the separation had opened something much older. It brought back feelings I…

Healing is a strange process. We often imagine it as something peaceful: resting, understanding ourselves better, letting go, and slowly feeling lighter. Sometimes it is like that. But sometimes healing is uncomfortable, confusing, and even frightening. Lately, while cleaning the house and removing things that are old, damaged, or no longer needed, I have felt…

When the soul is ready to reveal itself, we experience what the sages call awakening, the remembrance of what has always been. Those who feel called to walk this path enter a process of purification, a cleansing of body, mind, and memory. Each person meets it in a unique way, yet the purpose is the…

I have never been a fan of fashion trends or, God forbid, strict dietary regimes. While those paths may resonate with others, they simply aren’t mine. I believe we are all individual beings with a unique soul purpose to fulfill in this lifetime, in our own time, in our own way, and ideally guided by…

Valamo Monastery in Finland is located in the beautiful surroundings of Heinävesi, beside the clear waters of Lake Juojärvi. It is a place I always wanted to visit, yet it somehow felt too far away. There was never enough time, money, or ways to make it happen. But this year, unexpectedly, I found myself spending…

A personal journey Recently, I heard a passage from the Bible that Jesus spoke, and it has stayed with me: “When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and when you make male and female…