The Mona Lisa — A Love Story Spanning Lifetimes

When Leonardo met the woman we now know as Mona Lisa, it was a love at first sight. Love they knew in other incarnations!

Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503. It is thought that he continued to work on it for years and to have finished it shortly before he died in 1519.  There are speculations who does the small portrait depict.  The most accepted theory is that it portrays Lisa del Giocondo, a member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany and the wife of wealthy Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo. Mona is an abbreviation of ma donna (or my lady) and a polite form of address, similar to Ma’am.

But there is a lot more to the origin of this picture than what we know nowadays. The secrets are revealed to us by Slava Sevrukova, one of the world’s most gifted psychics, as told by Hristo Nanev in his book “Visions.”

It was a summer day in 1503. Leonardo was strolling on a country road winding through vineyards spread on the hills of a mountainous area. Towards him was coming a carriage with freshly cut hay piled high. Next to the carriage was walking a peasant who was accompanied by his young wife. She was not an exceptional beauty but there was a sort of a heavenly charm in her that was flowing through her. The perceptive eye of the painter was instantly grabbed by her magnetic glow. He was greatly attracted to her, mesmerized by her enigmatic smile.

Intrigued by the peasant woman, Leonardo struck a conversation with the couple, which he prolonged for as long as he could. The woman was a charming Italian peasant who was partially paralyzed. The smile created by the lift in the upper left corner of her lips was caused by the slight paralysis of a facial nerve. Her left arm was also paralyzed and she was carefully holding it with her right hand. Yet, Leonardo was instantly under the spell of the woman. It was a love at first sight.

That was the only encounter Leonardo ever had with the woman. She never posed for him, however, her image was permanently imprinted on his mind. Inspired by the spiritual might of the suffering woman, seeing her as a symbol of humanity withstanding its plight with a smile, Leonardo continued for years to work on her portrait. The maestro shadowed the corners of her mouth, retouching the initial portray of the light paralysis to create her enigmatic smile. He maintained the characteristic pose of the woman, just like he remembered her — her right hand carefully holding on to her paralyzed left hand.

He carried her portrait with him everywhere he went. He continued to work on it for the rest of his life trying to faithfully express her magnetism and mesmerizing charm.

What caused the initial moment of awe? Leonardo’s spirit recognized the spirit of the woman and the great love they shared in a previous lifetime.

The woman that Leonardo met that faithful summer day was the one true love of his life. Her portrait, the Mona Lisa, was his greatest masterpiece.

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Latest comments (15)

  • Tyra•

    I swear I’ve seen a girl that looks just like mona lisa in saskatoon

  • Anya•

    This is so amazing and so uncanny at the same time. I’ve been haunted by Leonardo Da Vinci and the riddle concerning Mona Lisa for quite a while and my assumption also was that they are lovers on the soul level. Against all the assumptions that he had a homosexual relationship to his student and painted him instead of a real woman, I believed that there is some greater stoty behind it. Maybe even greater than the life time of Leonardo Da Vinci. Yesterday I watched this film and there was a man with a stone bust of a female face that he encounters later to be the face of a woman that he meets. A fatal love story, although dark also. I was just thinking to myself that the energy reminds me of the connection between Leonardo and Mona Lisa. So back came the wish to do some further research and now I found this article! I instantly had to cry. Yes there is truth in what you say! Thank you for this great work you’ve done! I hope I will figure out why it haunts me so much. I too have something like this to process, but there are so many examples in history who have met a special soul just a few times in life and dedicated a lot to them which in the long run made them famous…strange world, the truth always needs to much time to get through 😉

  • shailsuman•

    Hi Mira it is almost more than year when I wrote here.I am super excited to share with you that I have started my own YouTube channel and making funny videos.Life has unfolded in a miraculous way.I am singing too and uploaded my song tracks on sound cloud and were loved by real people on my social media.My counselling work is also going well.This is my link.

    https://www.facebook.com/Counsellor-for-children-and-adolescents-1620436958209637/

    Not only this I have started Vloging also on youtube and open to people.Dancing on stage is also continuing.I have started to write my dream book about my journey of life and how I am living a life of my dreams.Once again want to Thank you Mira and Dr.Brian Weiss too for being there as a guide.I am now leading super creative,joyful and love based life. Gigabytes and terabytes of love and bliss.

  • shailsuman singh•

    My dearest Mira ! I love this story and love you to share it with us.I want to thank you for touching my life in a miraculous way.One year back ,after coming to India from UK, I had a deep and profound spiritual experience when I saw my past life and a future life too.I bacame aware of my husband’s and my love story in the recent past life.I also had a grand interaction with my dad’s soul who left this plane in 2002 because of cancer.He also made me aware that I will be touching many lives.But I am not attached to that in a way as it is stored in future.I am a software engineer and married to a Doctor.What happened after my SE was different as none of my family memebers or friends have any belief in such discussions(because of fear).It was so difficult to be myself for the first time .Between cultural push and pull I came to a different country that allowed me to be me. I am on the journey to live on purpose and be fearless.But whenever I was lost or disconnected from myself for some days ,I always found appropriate guidance from your posts as if they were meant for me.I am unable to find words to thank you from the bottom of my heart.I got the miraculous knowledge from your book and videos , whenever I doubted myself.Thank you for being there Mira.Oceans of love :-Shail

    • Mira Kelley•

      Hello Shail, Thank you so, so much for taking the time to express all of this and let me know! I cannot put it in words how much what you are saying means to me! As with all of us I am running into creative challenges every time I grow some more. But from now on I will keep you in my mind as a vision of why I do what I do and will keep on going even stronger. I cannot wait to meet you in person and give you a hug!

  • JImmy•

    Mira:

    It is beautiful to hear about Mona Lisa.
    I never know its “My Lady”
    The Soul has many lives.
    I agree the Soul is eternal.
    Your tapes are great.
    I will be getting the book later.
    Take are.
    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
    May the ‘Great Spirit” guide , protect, and your successfulness to help people overcome the fear of death, and live a compassionate life toward all creation.
    Take care.

  • Mike M•

    Wow, Mira. Beautiful story. It’s amazing how powerful that painting is, still today. Makes me wonder how many great pieces of art and music were created by true lovers who decided they would split up in another life just to experience the feeling of longing and loneliness from not being together. From that, great things of beauty were created……Then they get back together and laugh and say “yeah, that was really worth it”!

  • Martin•

    If only such a level of love and romance were to touch everyone the world would be such a happy place. If the facts are correct Leonardo must have lived the rest of his life in love.

  • Priscille•

    I can’t believe you will be in Paris, just three hours from my town! Do you come back to Europe for sessions sometimes? Welcome back, hoping you will have a great time en France!

    • Mira Kelley•

      Hello Priscille! Thank you so much! I am currently working with the translator of my book in French. Beyond Past Lives will be published there very soon. So I imagine I will be doing many more events in France. I look forward to seeing you in person someday soon!

  • Suzanne Spooner•

    This is very intriguing! How do you know this to be true?

    “Leonardo’s spirit recognized the spirit of the woman and the great love they shared in a previous lifetime.

    The woman that Leonardo met that faithful summer day was the one true love of his life. Her portrait, the Mona Lisa, was his greatest masterpiece.

    • Mira Kelley•

      Hi Suzanne, it truly is an amazing story. I cite the source in the story itself.

  • Fernando Passos•

    Mira,
    You are a shining star in a dark night.
    Beautiful.
    I’m happy to see you are getting ahead nicely.
    All my best wishes and love for you and thank you for sharing your magic.
    Fernando