http://makinguptherightway.com/forums/tags/soul-mates Relationship Advice for the Suddenly Single en-US Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:04:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://makinguptherightway.com/forums/search.php http://makinguptherightway.com/forums/topic/do-you-even-believe-in-the-existence-of-soul-mates#post-6 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:47:21 +0000 Jackson 6@http://makinguptherightway.com/forums/ <p>I believe in soul mates. Yes, I do. But I get your point about abrasion being needed to sort of polish and advance the soul. I think we&#39;re given two choices in life: to take the easy way or to take the hard way, and I think some people -- a lot of people, in fact -- choose the hard way. </p> <p>I mean, they pick people who are bound to hurt them. Maybe they&#39;re not aware of it at the time, but ... well, I think that deep down they really are. But they go ahead with a person who just isn&#39;t the wrong choice, but really a bad choice, anyway. Maybe it&#39;s because they have low self-esteem, or the person&#39;s poor behavior is familiar. I don&#39;t know, but I see it happening all the time.</p> <p>I think we can attract our soul mates (and yes, I&#39;m using the plural cause I don&#39;t think Mother Nature would&#39;ve created us with only one) by the way we feel about ourselves and how we treat others. If you feel good about yourself, feel confident about being yourself, then you&#39;re bound to attract only people who are confident with that self. </p> <p>Anyway, that&#39;s my two cents. </p> http://makinguptherightway.com/forums/topic/do-you-even-believe-in-the-existence-of-soul-mates#post-4 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:33:48 +0000 Hudson 4@http://makinguptherightway.com/forums/ <p>Some people do. I&#39;m not sure that I&#39;m one of them. Oh, sure, I agree that we all have psychological and spiritual counterparts, folks with whom we meld on some deep level. But I&#39;m not comfortable with the idea that there&#39;s only one Mr. Right or Miss Right for each one of us. I&#39;m not sure it&#39;s even part of the universal plan (if I can speak of that), for us to meet someone with whom we&#39;re so perfectly paired. After all, part of the way our souls are polished is through abrasion. We can&#39;t have abrasion when the connection is too smooth. What does everyone else think? </p>