Dear members,
I wounder if anyone knows the (vedic) definition of Soulmate?
Sorry about my spelling there.
Soulmate
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Sambhu das
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In this regard I found a nice explanation recently:
"The term soul mate can be and has been variously defined by different authors according to the dictates of the worldview to which they ascribe. From an experiential point of view, however, it grows out of a basic human condition that psychologist and author, Thomas Moore, describes thusly: "The soul wants union not only with other persons but also with another dimension altogether, one we can call eternal, immortal, mythic, or a host of other names."
This "dimension" constitutes our experience of the Soul beyond the limitations of the Body, an expansion of our sense of personhood beyond the perimeters described by the angles. A soul mate, therefore, is any person, whether friend, family or lover, who can connect us to this dimension simply by virtue of being in relationship with them. The sense of depth and wholeness we feel emerges from the reunification of our experience of the individuated Body with that of the totality of the Soul.
This reunification augments one's sense of the Self, causing us to feel larger or more expanded in the soul mate's presence. It deepens one's capacity for communion with an Other, teaching us the spiritual and ecstatic nature of complete surrender. We feel called to establish a Family with our soul mate or otherwise experience a realignment of our sense of Grounding.
The soul mate relationship must express itself Socially, perhaps through marriage or other Public ceremony of commitment. The soul mate relationship enhances one's overall experience of being Body, enlivening every thread of "bodiliness" with the vibrancy of soulfulness."
http://www.synastry.us/soulmate_indicaters.asp
"The term soul mate can be and has been variously defined by different authors according to the dictates of the worldview to which they ascribe. From an experiential point of view, however, it grows out of a basic human condition that psychologist and author, Thomas Moore, describes thusly: "The soul wants union not only with other persons but also with another dimension altogether, one we can call eternal, immortal, mythic, or a host of other names."
This "dimension" constitutes our experience of the Soul beyond the limitations of the Body, an expansion of our sense of personhood beyond the perimeters described by the angles. A soul mate, therefore, is any person, whether friend, family or lover, who can connect us to this dimension simply by virtue of being in relationship with them. The sense of depth and wholeness we feel emerges from the reunification of our experience of the individuated Body with that of the totality of the Soul.
This reunification augments one's sense of the Self, causing us to feel larger or more expanded in the soul mate's presence. It deepens one's capacity for communion with an Other, teaching us the spiritual and ecstatic nature of complete surrender. We feel called to establish a Family with our soul mate or otherwise experience a realignment of our sense of Grounding.
The soul mate relationship must express itself Socially, perhaps through marriage or other Public ceremony of commitment. The soul mate relationship enhances one's overall experience of being Body, enlivening every thread of "bodiliness" with the vibrancy of soulfulness."
http://www.synastry.us/soulmate_indicaters.asp
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Sambhu das
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Re: Soulmate
I also wonder if there is a concept that this relationship continues in the spiritual world?Sambhu das wrote:Dear members,
I wounder if anyone knows the (vedic) definition of Soulmate?
Sorry about my spelling there.
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Sambhu das
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"The soul wants union not only with other persons but also with another dimension altogether, one we can call eternal, immortal, mythic, or a host of other names."
This "dimension" constitutes our experience of the Soul beyond the limitations of the Body, an expansion of our sense of personhood beyond the perimeters described by the angles. A soul mate, therefore, is any person, whether friend, family or lover, who can connect us to this dimension simply by virtue of being in relationship with them.
This explanation gives answer to my second question also, that the relationship between Soulmates is actually a relationship between souls (who is eternal).
This "dimension" constitutes our experience of the Soul beyond the limitations of the Body, an expansion of our sense of personhood beyond the perimeters described by the angles. A soul mate, therefore, is any person, whether friend, family or lover, who can connect us to this dimension simply by virtue of being in relationship with them.
This explanation gives answer to my second question also, that the relationship between Soulmates is actually a relationship between souls (who is eternal).