Soulmate

[Mark Antony]

Do you have a soulmate? If not, do you think that you will eventually meet your soulmate? Or do you not believe in soulmates?

Not everybody knows this but originally human beings had four arms, and four legs, and one head but with two faces. They were so strong that the gods were scared of them. Zeus, the King of the gods, decided that he wouldn't kill them, but he would fire a lightning bolt from the sky that would split the humans in half. As a punishment, Zeus condemned us to spend our life searching for our other half, our soulmate.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

I think humans and fish should coexist in peace. [He said SOUL mate, not SOLE mate - someone]


But seriously, I don't know. If I ever met my soulmate in person, then I'd probably say yes to the first two questions. The third question remains a resolute "I Don't Know... Yet."

 

[Deranged Nasat]

Zeus. That guy's always raining on my parade.

As for the question, I believe some people are just "compatible", to the degree that their personal energies, (their minds, their life-force, spirit, call it what you will) "overlap" a bit. They can therefore ease naturally into a relationship rather than having to work at it like most others. That said, most people who do work at it can become attuned to one another to the point that this "overlap" results, or so I believe. They become soulmates, in a sense. I've always hoped I'll find someone who can be this for me. We'll see, I suppose.

 

[scotpens]

. . . originally human beings had four arms, and four legs, and one head but with two faces.

Sounds like a baby born with a parasitic twin.

Seriously, is that from classical mythology, or did you just make this shit up?

 

[Dukat's Major]

. . . originally human beings had four arms, and four legs, and one head but with two faces.

Sounds like a baby born with a parasitic twin.

Seriously, is that from classical mythology, or did you just make this shit up?

I first read that in Plato's Symposium - Aristophanes tells the story.

However, it's an older Greek myth, of course.

I don't believe in soul mates, but I do believe in varying levels of compatibility (godz, I sound like an eHarmony commercial). That goes for relationships of all kinds, including within blood-related families.

I've never met someone with whom I'm eminently (greater than 90% of all points) compatible.

 

[Trilliam]

I don't know about "soulmates", but if you recognise that long term relatioships go through peaks and troughs. That they take nurturing to flourish, and that you don't cut and run the minute when things get tough, etc then you have a chance of making it. You have to work on your relationship to keep the moonlight and roses going. YMMV.

 

[Capn Flukie]

I have no soul, ergo no soulmate.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I'm hopeless, so yes i do believe that there is someone out there that's just perfect for me.

 

[Dukat's Major]

I have no soul, ergo no soulmate.

Soulessmate? (that is, someone else without a soul? )

 

[Daneel]

No, I don't believe in "soulmates". Even though I've never experienced it myself, I do believe in romantic love (I'm not quite that cynical and jaded... yet ), but I don't think for a moment that there's only one person out there we can ever feel it for.

 

[sidious618]

No, I don't believe in soulmates.

 

[blablover5]

My husband and I eerily fit well with each other. We share many of the same hobbies/interests/values and backgrounds.

Despite being introverts who need serious detoxing time away from people for whatever reason we can do this around each other.

But even taking all that into account, the rather odd fact that we both started reading a more obscure author the same time before meeting and we share video game tips and make halloween props in our spare time I don't believe we're soul mates because I don't believe that a person is a half needing someone to make it through life.

That puts insane amounts of pressure on another person that never really sees the world through your eyes.

 

[thestrangequark]

. . . originally human beings had four arms, and four legs, and one head but with two faces.

Sounds like a baby born with a parasitic twin.

Seriously, is that from classical mythology, or did you just make this shit up?

I first read that in Plato's Symposium - Aristophanes tells the story.

But Hedwig tells it much better:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzX7SP1NkAg[/yt]

As to the question, yes, I do believe in soulmates, but not in the mystical or mythological sense. Nor do I believe there is but one person out there who would be my other half. I do believe there are a few others whose biology and experience have groomed them in away that is familiar and complementary to my own biology and experience. I have found one, but I'm still on the search for the other(s).

 

[AstroSmurf]

^ Oh Hedwig... one of my favorites.


As for myself, I don't believe. To be honest, I am perfectly fine on my own. I don't need anyone else to complete me. I don't feel alone or out-of-balance. I am not looking for a knight in shining armor. Truth be told, I am not even looking.

But I would love to share my life with someone. It is not about the needing. It is more about the giving of myself or inviting someone into it. I think that means more. Instead of being together because of necessity, it is more of a gift to someone else.

Edit to add: Well maybe I shouldn't refer to my crazy ass as a gift...

 

[sbk1234]

I don't know about "soulmates", but if you recognise that long term relatioships go through peaks and troughs. That they take nurturing to flourish, and that you don't cut and run the minute when things get tough, etc then you have a chance of making it. You have to work on your relationship to keep the moonlight and roses going. YMMV.

Probably the smartest coment I've heard on relationships. I am married to a fine woman, but I don't think I believe in soulmates. You're just compatible with someone or you're not. There are also varying degrees of compatibility. There are probably several people with whom you could have a wonderful, successful relationship, given all of the work that Trilliam stated earlier.

 

[Vulcan Princess]

Zeus. That guy's always raining on my parade.

As for the question, I believe some people are just "compatible", to the degree that their personal energies, (their minds, their life-force, spirit, call it what you will) "overlap" a bit. They can therefore ease naturally into a relationship rather than having to work at it like most others. That said, most people who do work at it can become attuned to one another to the point that this "overlap" results, or so I believe. They become soulmates, in a sense. I've always hoped I'll find someone who can be this for me. We'll see, I suppose.

This is how I feel about soulmates, too.

 

[Kestra]

I believe in kindred spirits, but the jury's still out on soulmates. There's a part of me that's really cynical and thinks it's all complete crap, but then there's the spiritual part of me that likes to believe in reincarnation and the idea of souls meeting and re-meeting across different lives, sharing a unique connection.

 

[scotpens]

I have no soul . . .

WASP dude, eh?

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

He should have left us the way we were. It would have made masturbation a lot more fun.

I don't believe in soulmates and as an ephemeral concept, but some people are lucky enough to be either tremendously attracted to or tremendously compatible with someone.

At times I consider myself bizarrely fortunate that I met my girlfriend. Suffering from social anxiety it was weird that I'd meet a girl online by chance and develop a great repoire(just realized I have no idea how to spell that word) with her. I have also been very fortunate that for some reason she is the only person I have never felt anxious around and can be totally myself with.

On the other hand in the recesses of my mind I wonder if we are really right for each other or if we are people who gloss over or ignore our differences. Or maybe we like the things that are right so much we don't pay attention to some things that are really wrong.

 

[Goji]

I do not believe in the concept, no. It strikes me as particularly silly.