10-05-2010, 12:02 PM
(10-05-2010, 02:00 AM)Meerie Wrote: Ali, I knew someone would jump in on the "soulmate" issue
You know, I read somewhere that "a soul mate is someone you haven't seen for the last 5000 years. Then you meet again, everything is fine and you may even fall in love. It usually ends in tears and then you suddenly understand why you haven't kept in touch for so many years"
I found that quite hilarious and in the light of my experience very fitting.
To me, it just means that there was probably a strong bond (like a relationship, a marriage etc) in a past-life and lots of karma too and when you meet there is great catalyst, as you put it. It is very intense and the karmic lessons show up and usually it is too much to handle... for me it was and surely for him too.
Oh I know that feeling. My first real relationship in this world was with a "soulmate"... I don't know about the 5000 years. But there was a marriage in a past life, about 2 centuries back. A forced political one at that... We ended up feeling it to be our duty to be together...
Fortunately we got over that...
It's also the moment I got a more realistic perspective on the soulmate thing. One thing it's not is a guarantee for lifelong marital bliss... Maybe if we had not assumed this, and actually worked on our relationship. 
That's life...