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- This is the FAQ for alt.soulmates - posted weekly by erc@apple.com (or, if you
- believe in mail headers, erc@khijol.uucp)
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- Frequently Asked Questions List for alt.soulmates
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- NOTE: This is a very preliminary FAQ - questions and comments should be
- directed to erc@apple.com. Thanks!
-
- 1. What is a soulmate?
- 2. How would one find their soulmate?
- 3. How do I know if they are my soulmate?
- 4. I thought I found my soulmate, but we still have lots of
- problems/we've broken up. What gives?
- 5. Can a person have more than one soulmate?
- 6. Does a soulmate relationship depend on your sex, race, or
- sexual orientation?
- 7. I feel a strong, special bond towards a particular person.
- Does this mean they are my soulmate?
- 8. Are there different kinds of soulmates?
- 9. How many lifetimes must soulmates have together to be regarded
- as soulmates?
- 10. Does one have to believe in reincarnation or karma to believe in
- soulmates?
- 11. How old or young does one have to be to have a soulmate relationship?
- 12. The sex between myself and my partner is great! Does that mean
- we have a soulmate relationship?
- 13. I have had many failed relationships - does that mean I'll never
- find my soulmate?
- 14. Why wouldn't I remember my soulmate, or be united with them right
- away in this life? Why have I had to wait so long for them?
- 15. I want to learn more about soulmates - what books can I read?
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- 1. What is a soulmate?
-
- A soulmate is anyone whom you have shared a strong, intimate bond
- with, either in this lifetime or previous lifetimes. This bond can
- be sexual, spiritual, or emotional, or a combination of all three.
- This usually refers to a romantic partnership of some sort.
-
- 2. How would one find their soulmate?
-
- There are a lot of mixed opinions on this - some say to visualize
- the characteristics and qualities that you want your soulmate to
- have, and he/she will appear, others say that looking isn't necessary
- and can even detract from the search. It is generally agreed, though,
- that when you are ready for your soulmate, he or she will appear.
-
- 3. How do I know if they are my soulmate?
-
- According to Jess Stearns, the one characteristic that soulmates share
- is an "instant recognition and an overwhelming sense of 'de ja vu',
- that they have known the other person before".
-
- 4. I thought I found my soulmate, but we still have lots of
- problems/we've broken up. What gives?
-
- It seems that most soulmate relationships are for more than one
- purpose, the working out of karma being just one reason. If one
- or both partners have not yet learned to work out problems between
- them, the relationship will most likely founder. Finding your
- soulmate isn't a guarantee of instant and forever success and
- happiness.
-
- 5. Can a person have more than one soulmate?
-
- It seems that there are different types of soulmate relationships -
- some relationships seem destined to end. For those relationships,
- either the karma has been balanced, or the two partners had not yet
- learned to live with the others karma and problems, and so parted,
- to go on to yet another relationship. For others, the death of a
- soulmate can drive one to hunt out yet another partnership. For
- example, Elizabeth Prophet had found her soulmate, only to have
- him die several years after they were married. She married a
- close associate of his, and together they carried on his life's
- work.
-
- 6. Does a soulmate relationship depend on your sex, race, or
- sexual orientation?
-
- Although I have never heard of a soulmate relationship between two
- two people, that is not to say that it cannot happen. Soulmate
- relationships occur, for a variety of reasons, between people of
- all races and ages.
-
- 7. I feel a strong, special bond towards a particular person.
- Does this mean they are my soulmate?
-
- Perhaps. This would certainly indicate that you have been brought
- together for a purpose, but it is up to you to find out what that
- purpose is.
-
- 8. Are there different kinds of soulmates?
-
- Yes. At least three types: (1) the romantic partner, LifeMate type of
- soulmate relationship, (2) the karmic type of relationship, where two
- people are brought together to work out accumulated karma, and (3)
- the twin flame type of relationship, where two people are brought
- together to work on a project together.
-
- 9. How many lifetimes must soulmates have together to be regarded
- as soulmates?
-
- There isn't any set number, though there have been relationships where
- the roots have been traced back many thousands of years through the
- help of regressive hypnosis.
-
- 10. Does one have to believe in reincarnation or karma to believe in
- soulmates?
-
- No. There is nothing to preclude a soulmate relationship between
- two people who have no "past history" - after all, if the classical
- idea of soulmates as being two people who have been together multiple
- lifetimes is true, the chain had to start sometime, didn't it?
-
- 11. How old or young does one have to be to have a soulmate relationship?
-
- There doesn't seem to be any age limit on soulmate relationships.
- It is not uncommon for there to be a wide (10 or 20+ years difference)
- age range between soulmates.
-
- 12. The sex between myself and my partner is great! Does that mean
- we have a soulmate relationship?
-
- Not necessarily. Are there other components in your relationship
- where you feel particularly close or bonded? Remember, great sex
- doesn't necessarily indicate a relationship is great, or will
- even last.
-
- 13. I have had many failed relationships - does that mean I'll never
- find my soulmate?
-
- Not at all! There have been many cases where soulmates have been
- brought together much later in life than would be traditionally
- supposed.
-
- 14. Why wouldn't I remember my soulmate, or be united with them right
- away in this life? Why have I had to wait so long for them?
-
- Most of us did not choose to be born in this world for the sole
- purpose of being reunited with a past love - most of us have
- karma of various sorts to work out with many, many other people.
- You would not remember details of another life because it would
- be a terrible burden to carry around the knowledge of past lives,
- including many of the terrible things that had happened - including
- your own death, by the way.
-
- Most of us have to be prepared, it seems, to establish a relationship
- with our soulmate. For example, think back on your life - do you feel
- you have learned and grown during the past years? Do you feel you
- were ready for that relationship ten, five, or even a year ago?
-
- 15. I want to learn more about soulmates - what books can I read?
-
- There are many books out on the subject of soulmates - among the
- best I have seen are "Soulmates" by Jess Stearns, and "You Were Born
- Again To Be Together" by Dick Sutphen.
-