Yep I do!!!
Been happily married for 22 yrs. now.
With that said, kinda off topic. But this is a book that centers around this topic. A really cool goully story though!!!! Check it out.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/ws...
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Soul Mates??
Posted on 03/28/08, 03:17 pm
Do you think that there is such thing as?? I am curious to hear what people think about this topic in a day where divorce and break-ups run rampid. It seems to me that today happily married is looked at as taboo... IDK just curious.
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Reply #1 03/28/08 8:21pm
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Reply #2 03/28/08 10:57pm
i think so although i dont have one but i do think that occasionally 2 people will meet and just have that connection. i am married but i would never consider my husband my soul mate...kind of sad..huh? -
Reply #3 03/29/08 3:08am
No I don't believe in soul mates,I do think that some people are lucky enough to love and stay in that relation for a lifetime,but as we are able to love more then one parent child or friends ect. because we are not limited,I don't think we are limited to love only one person as a soul mate.
I also think the divorce rate is higher now then ever before in this country because women are more able to stand on their own not only financially, but emotionaly, and don't have to depend on a man like they did 25 30 years ago.
Nothing against men its just the changing of the tides for women.
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Reply #4 03/29/08 4:07am
I think that the idea of "Soul Mate" is nothing more than a romanticized idea of what many of us would like or what some think relationships should be. We all live in the real world though and some things are and some things aren't.
OK...before I get jumped on for saying this, I want to bring to mind how this idea was instilled in many women. I think alot started from the types of books we were exposed to at a younger age. Childhood...there was Cinderella. In our teens....the romantic mags and novels. By the time we are adults we have a warped sense of just what is ahead for us in relationships, or what we think they are supposed to be. (soon after, comes the divorce)
We as women complain that men don't understand us. We don't even understand ourselves. When things go sour we have our pity parties and we wonder when OUR Mr. Wonderful is going to show up. There's no such beast!
This is all my opinion ladies but with time, and more life experience than I thought I would ever have,.....Friendship is that special key to the land of true happiness. It really is...that simple. What ever took me so long? But I am here now and it is more than I ever expected it would be......LADIES, I HAVE ARRIVED!
(Oh my, sorry, I do get carried away sometimes when I'm passionate about something). But that is my opinion. I did get carried away didn't I? There it is. -
Reply #5 03/29/08 10:21am
yes i do! which certainly presents MORE life challenges - -
Reply #6 03/29/08 10:57am
i have to think that souls make connections in their various lifetimes. if the connection is strong enough, they find each other in the next life. but then, i used to think that everyone had a soul mate in this lifetime, but now i can only hope to find someone that i can connect with and we can share what's left of this lifetime together. i know a few people that are so in love and so connected, that i know its possible to find that, just not sure if everyone will find that in every lifetime. -
Reply #7 03/30/08 1:16am
yes i do.... and it's hard to explain why.....
certain people are in tune tho, and you know when you meet them. It's like that kiss you'll never forget those people always stay with you -
Reply #8 03/30/08 2:44am
I don't know. I think it's nearly impossible to realize ones own soul in the world much less recognize its counterpart. The world is not a good place to live if you're trying to live in harmony with your soul. I think the popular notion of a soul mate is wonderful and I do believe in compatibility that borders on the divine, but I also think it's something of a cop-out. I think people use the notion of a soul mate to escape the incredibly hard work that goes into any good relationship. Instead of putting in the work many people say "It wasn't meant to be, they must not have been my true soul mate". If soul mates do exist, I hope mine is never born, I wouldn't want them to suffer this realm. Or if they have been born, I hope that I never meet them until we are both in harmony with our souls. -
Reply #9 03/30/08 10:03am
i believe in soul mates...i believe that there are people who fit completely, people who seemingly know our thoughts and feelings without being told. i have met 2 in my lifetime...one when i was very young, and one recently..... -
Reply #10 03/30/08 3:32pm
There is also something to be said for the way we think of relationships and dating people in most western countries that can be seen as peculiar. I heard Ram Dass talk about an experience in india, with an 18 year old man, who was going to get married. He asked the guy "how will you know if you like her?" The marriage had been arranged by the astrologer and he only met her once, very briefly. The man did not understand the question. The cultural take on it there is that life hands us things, and we accept and deal with them. Well something like that. Ram Dass stated that he didn't think that the people in india were any more unhappy then us in this country, as far as relationships go. The divorce rate in India is one of the lowest in the world among all countries. It does make on wonder......
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