How Can You Open Your Heart?

As the saying goes, "the greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." But what does this really mean? Love is such an intricate business in all its manifestations: love of a spouse or romantic partner; love of family; love of friends; love of colleagues and role models; and, of course, love of self. We are told that love is the essence of a fulfilling life, our very reason for being alive. But how do we learn the art of loving, as psychologist Erich Fromm described it? What is the larger meaning of love? Is love a spiritual practice? What is the relationship between love and desire? Mark Matousek tells us that “love is not a problem to be solved, but a wonder to be experienced, a wilderness to be explored.” He asks us: How can we open our hearts without fear? How can we learn to live with the wounds of love with forgiveness, acceptance, and patience? We all know that love is the supreme value, yet relationships are the source of some of our greatest suffering. The lessons and questions in The Mystery of Love are among the most important that you can ask, and exploring them is the door to building and maintaining deeper, healthier connections. This course is a nine-week journey of the heart that will help you do just that.

EXPERT GUIDANCE

Benefit from Mark’s wisdom and decades of experience empowering others to transform their lives.

FLEXIBLE LEARNING

Engage with the material at your own pace, from the comfort of your home.

PROVEN METHOD

Mark’s Writing to Awaken method of self-inquiry has helped countless people worldwide achieve their creative and personal goals.

Among the Things You'll Explore:

The Seeds of Love

You'll consider deeply your earliest experiences of love, as well as attachment styles and how they impact whom you love and how much you love. 

The Dark Side of Love

An exploration of the shadows that can distort love — including addiction, jealousy, and possessiveness — can develop a deeper, more realistic and skillful understanding of how love works.

The Body in Love

We'll delve into the relationship between touch and love, the ways desire affects love, and the inevitable challenges of long-term relationship.

"Thank you Mark Matousek. Your wisdom and intuitive skills have had a huge impact on my being, outlook, and honesty with myself. Thank you for encouraging all of us to accept we are worthy. Thank you for skipping the syntax lesson and choosing the life lesson."

                                                                                                                                                                                                              — Andrea Evans

Meet Your Guide, Mark Matousek

Mark Matousek is an award-winning author, teacher, and speaker whose work focuses on transformative writing for personal, professional, and spiritual development. He is the founder of TheSeekersForum.com, an online community for writing and self-inquiry, as well as the author of eight books including How Emerson Can Change Your Life: Lessons From an American Stoic, Writing To Awaken: A Journey of Truth, Transformation, and Self-Discovery, Sex Death Enlightenment: A True Story,  When You’re Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living, and Ethical Wisdom: The Search for a Moral Life.

I invite you to embark on this transformative journey with me.

Let me guide you toward unlocking your creative potential and discovering new depths within yourself. You’ll find joy not only in the process but also in the remarkable outcomes. Get ready for a life-changing experience!

$127.00

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Course Curriculum

9 Chapters · 12 Lessons

  1. 1

    Writing to Awaken Method and Guidelines, Overview, and Lesson One

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      Writing to Awaken Instructional Video

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      Writing to Awaken Guidelines

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      Overview: The Mystery of Love

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      Lesson One: The Meeting Eyes of Love

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    Lesson Two

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      Lesson Two: Rope Burn

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    Lesson Three

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      Lesson Three: The Dark Side of Love

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    Lesson Four

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      Lesson Four: Love of Self

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    Lesson Five

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      Lesson Five: The Body in Love

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    Lesson Six

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      Lesson Six: Spiritual Love

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    Lesson Seven

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      Lesson Seven: Love and Limitation

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    Lesson Eight

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      Lesson Eight: The Risks of Love

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    Lesson Nine

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      Lesson Nine: Love and Forgiveness