“Children must grow not only in the body but in the spirit, and the mother longs to follow the mysterious spiritual journey of the beloved one who to-morrow will be the intelligent, divine creation, man.” MenChildrenBodySpiritualSpiritMotherGrowsJourneyCreationDivineIntelligentMysteriousBelovedLoved OnesMorrowSpiritual Journey Book:Montessori's Own Handbook Source: Montessori's Own Handbook
“Know that what appears to be Love for an 'other' is really Love of Self because 'other' doesn't exist. So this innermost Love can be given to no 'other'. Love of friends is for the sake of Self, not for body to body. True love has no Lover or Beloved because all Love is Love of Self.” KnowsSelfBodySpiritualSpiritualityGivenLove IsSelf LoveLoversSakeBeloved Book:The Truth Is Source: The Truth Is
“I am in love with no other than myself, and my very separation is my union... I am my beloved and my lover; I am my knight and my maiden.” SpiritualLoversUnionsSeparationBelovedKnightsMaidensMy Lover Author:Ibn Arabi
“Individuals of the earlier species had suffered from an almost insurmountable spiritual isolation from one another. Not even lovers, and scarcely even the geniuses with special insight into personality, ever had anything like accurate vision of one another... The most precious gift that a lover could bring to the beloved was not virginity but sexual experience. The union, it was felt, was the more pregnant the more each party could contribute from previous sexual and spiritual intimacy with others.” SpiritualIndividualFeltPartyVisionSpecialPersonalityGeniusLoversUnionsSpeciesInsightIntimacyBelovedIsolationAccuratePregnantVirginityPrecious GiftsInsurmountableOlaf Author:Olaf Stapledon