Hello there,
I was taking a spin on a friend’s blog and felt compelled to share my thoughts on SOULMATES.
Here is my take on this thorny subject!
I am about to put the cat amongst the pigeons with no arsenal!
We have misunderstood the truth of a soul mate.
1) They can be any form of relationship, not just romantic.
2) The role of a soulmate is to be a catalyst for your growth – that means they can sometimes be wonderfully uncomfortable relationships to be in. Wonderful when you’re in tune and harmony, diabolical when you are not!
3) We are all fragmented aspects of the ONE – (you may put your own religious spin on this as to whether you think this should be God, the Universal consciousness or some other form of heirachy)
As fragmented aspects of the one, we are always about learning to LOVE,
to recognise we are LOVE and that others in the world are also LOVE.
4) If we come from this persepective it is clear that we could have any number of real, deep relationships with people we think might be the ONE – our soul mate.
5) Since where is it written that we are only allowed one real love and all loves thereafter are less than?
If we have learned from love we are growing in our capacity to love and this growth brings deeper, more profound opportunities to love with an open and true heart.
On a personal note I would like to think that I have loved every man I have loved over my lifetime with the ultimate honesty, respect, caring and love that I was capable of understanding at the time. This is the best I had to offer at the time.
Certainly what I offer now is better than what I offered in my teens, but then that is what I hope maturity is about – that we learn, grow and develop a stronger urgency to love in openness and vulnerability.
Which brings me back to loving a soul mate – an opportunity to love more deeply, with more openenss and vulnerability – a love not for the weak at heart but those with sincere and deep courage.
Wishing you all the willingness to love just like this
Sweet hearts to you all
Melody
P.S. – If you are interested in Tony’s blog check out – www.lovethorns.com
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