Do You Believe in Soul Mates

21st of April 2008

DO YOU BELIEVE IN SOUL MATES?


Hello Pete,

Many of you’re respondents have been reading your blogs for some time; I will admit that this is my first stop and was attracted simply because of your question.

Ten years ago I would have responded as you have in this post without belief in Soul Mates. However, that changed as I met a person with whom I shared five amazingly blissful years that I could never imagined possible. I had given up on truly finding love with any one person when a good friend dragged me to New York City for the purpose of getting over my last disastrous dating experience.

After a wonderful day all over the city John forced me to go out dancing so he could meet some of his friends. I was on the dance floor early that evening and after about 45 minutes of loosing myself to the music and lights; I found that I was dancing next to one of the most beautiful people I had ever seen. My attraction was not merely the external splendor, but also an inner magnificence that was shared with me over time. It took a couple of hours for us to dance together and with little words spoken we moved rhythmically together until around 5:30 AM as our respective friends came to retrieve us.

We went our separate ways, but both of us felt a connection that was far more powerful than lust (which I did lust), yet a connection giving the impact of pieces of a puzzle that inexplicably fit together without effort. Our love grew even with the great distance over the next year as we traveled and intertwined our lives to the degree where each of us ended and the other began. We knew our lover as we knew our own mind and could complete sentences, phrases and acts as one.

Our love was so strong and solid that from the earliest times I knew we were supposed to be together only giving way to the questions of how and when. I had never experienced anything like this before and my mind was changing with each day that I was given the grace of this love. I knew beyond doubt that we adored each other before, however, I cannot tell of when or how I knew this person before this life time. We gave way for a continuation of a love that surpassed time, distance and all physical forms of another time. While I would never have thought this possible, I know without a doubt that love can and does transcend time of a singular life.

I have grown spiritually not solely because of the gift of love, but it did help open my mind to the possibilities I otherwise would never have considered. There are multiple soul mates for each person and I believe there is some destiny within each of our lives; yet we also have the choice of free will. Encompassing the ability to choose who we love.

A soul mate is simply another soul that we shared love with at least once before this life time. This is a harsh explanation to understand if your view of spirituality is not an opened perspective. We are all in different places in our spiritual journeys. We may believe in multiple lives for one soul and we may not. Either way, the soul travels more than just this life and when you meet someone that you seem to know in ways that are unexplainable; they are a soul that you experienced previously. That does not necessitate that soul was a love, but simply a soul that you knew. A soul mate was another soul that a love and may also depend on the number of life times your soul has traversed this world. It also will depend on the number of soul mates that you might encounter.

Soul mates should not detract from a profound love that you may encounter with another blessed soul in the current life time. As an example you and your current wife may have been soul mates from previous lives or you may be new souls touching each other for the first time. You may encounter one another in life times yet to come or you may never encounter each other again. Either way, be thankful for the love you share with this blessed creature who is touching your heart and your soul currently.

As for me, Yes, I believe in soul mates because I was given such a gift and am a better man because of my experiences.

Your humble servant – Todd M. Dobson


Pete’s Original Post: http://withoutwax.tv/2008/04/21/do-you-believe-in-soul-mates/

Christianity Today had a great discussion about the topic of “Soul Mates”. CLICK HERE to pop in on the discussion (make sure you read Joy’s comment).
Here’s the question, do you believe that God has reserved “one” special person for you? At the risk of sounding totally “unromantic,” I’m going to tell you what I think. I don’t believe there is just “one”. While there are many reasons I feel that way, I’m just going to give you one and then you can jump in.
The main reason I don’t buy into the “one” theory is if just one person married the wrong person, wouldn’t it throw us all off?

What do you think?