Allow me to introduce you to Persephone. The daughter of Demeter and Zeus. She was a girl like a flower — open, pure, and receptive to everything that came her way. They called her Kore. Which simply means: the maiden. And maybe precisely because she was so beautiful in her innocence, Hades chose her. He took her. Into the underworld. Away from the sun. Away from her mother. And Demeter — her mother — refused to accept a world without her. She stopped caring for the harvest. The earth dried out. The flowers disappeared. People began to starve. Because for Demeter, Persephone was everything. And for Kore, her mother was her whole world. Zeus had to intervene. He sent a messenger: Bring the girl back to her mother. But in the underworld, Persephone had eaten a few seeds of the pomegranate. And whoever tastes the food of the underworld belongs to it in some way. So an agreement was made. Autumn and winter — with Hades. Spring and summer — with her mother. And this is where something happened that feels like the strongest moment of the whole story. Kore — the innocent, obedient girl — became Persephone. Queen of the underworld. Guide of souls. The one who knew darkness. And yet — or maybe because of it — she could guide others through their darkest moments. Today, we might call her a coach. Or a therapist. Or that one friend who holds you when you no longer know how to move forward. My understanding is this: A good girl who accepts her power can become a queen. Not despite what she has been through. But because of it. Persephone did not disappear in the darkness. She found herself there. And maybe you — the one who has spent her life following other people’s expectations — carry this queen within you too. Quiet. Deep. Waiting.

Not the kind where you wave a wand like in Harry Potter and everything suddenly changes. More like the kind of magic that appears when you start looking at women more deeply. I came across the topic of feminine archetypes. Persephone. Artemis. Hera. Aphrodite. Hestia. Demeter. Pallas Athena. At first, they may sound like names from mythology. But when you look closer, each of them carries a different feminine force. Softness. Wildness. Passion. Peace. Nurturing. Wisdom. Freedom. Royal dignity. And one realization really stayed with me: A woman does not have to be only one energy. A woman can be an entire landscape. She can be soft and strong. Quiet and deep. Passionate and wise. Nurturing and free. Vulnerable and royal. And maybe the moment a woman stops trying to be “one certain way,” she can begin to see all of her colors. I want to bring this perspective into our community too, because I believe transformation is not only about the body. It is also about how we begin to see ourselves. How we stop shrinking. How we allow ourselves to discover the parts of us that may have been waiting quietly for a long time. This is not about putting women into boxes. It is more like holding up a mirror. A gentle question: Which force is alive in me right now? Softness? Wildness? Peace? Passion? Wisdom? Nurturing? Freedom? Maybe every woman carries more than one story inside her. And maybe that is where the real magic begins. If you feel called, write one word in the comments: Which feminine force feels closest to you today?

We've gone through the entire story. A man and a woman. Two loves, two paths, two completely different endings. HOW I SEE IT The man freed himself from property in the most beautiful way - he understood on his own that he didn't need it. But when he found Buddha, he rejected him. Why? Because it didn't come in the "package" he expected. The woman also wanted a "better" sentence at first. But she returned to it with humility and in that apparent simplicity, she discovered infinite depth. THE PARADOX We often long most for what we already have. The man was looking for Buddha and met him, but didn't recognize him. The woman wanted deeper teaching, but she already had the deepest one. When the woman says "it actually doesn't matter anyway" after billions of years - for me, this isn't indifference. This is freedom from constantly chasing "more" and "better". For me, this story is about how the biggest obstacle isn't external circumstances, but our own ideas about how things should look. Now I'm listening : What do YOU take away from this story? How do you see it? Thank you for taking this journey with me. 🙏

Welcome back! So far we've been following the story of the man who found Buddha but rejected his teaching. Now let's return to that woman from the very beginning... THE WOMAN'S PATH Remember the woman who remained faithful to her love and never married? She ended up in a Buddhist monastery where she studied. Buddha visited his monasteries from time to time and gave lectures there. This is where the woman and Buddha met, and they understood each other very well and spent a lot of time together. THE SENTENCE FROM BUDDHA When Buddha left his disciples, he always gave them a sentence to meditate on and reflect upon. The woman also received her sentence: "From every human relationship, suffering arises." Buddha left. When the woman talked with others in the monastery, she discovered that everyone else had received much more complicated and difficult sentences. She decided that she wanted a better sentence, not such a banality! And so she started chasing Buddha. Just like the man before her. CHASING BUDDHA She couldn't catch up with him either. It took years before they met again, but Buddha didn't remember her sentence and so he didn't give her a new one. And here comes the twist: The woman started meditating on this sentence - after all, it was from Buddha. She discovered that the sentence was tremendous and contained enormous truth and enormous teaching. She meditated on it until death. Then born again meet the sentence and meditated on it until death, then again... BILLIONS OF YEARS She reincarnated again and again, still working on this sentence and growing. She reincarnated even as a cosmic body and was still meditating on the sentence from Buddha. After billions of years, she met Buddha again, who knew exactly what was going on. He asked: "Are you finished with your sentence? Do you want to take the next one?" The woman answered: "Yes, I am, but it actually doesn't matter anyway." Buddha replied: "I see, my daughter, that you are truly ready." And they both dissolved into eternity.