Soul Mate is a technical spiritual term, not your ideal romantic mate. Some would recognize that Edgar Cayce coined the term during immense channeling and past-life regressions in the 1930‘s, but most are still skeptical. The true meaning has been fabricated into something that would be soothing to pop-culture, just like King James did when he cut out parts of the Bible that examines astral projection and the psychic phenomena for his version.

Whoever promoted finding a soul mate is one’s sole purpose in life had some serious issues. It’s not impossible to meet a soul mate, but it’s rare to establish a healthy, lifelong partnership with one. The timing is rarely "on" and the paths are usually crossed, not parallel. This whole way of thinking has been extremely misused and is overplayed. It has spread like wild fire and became a permanent fixture in the human psyche. People use this to explain why they haven’t met "The One" yet. They use this as an excuse to justify why they’ve chosen to stay in abusive relationships.

What Is A Soul Mate?
It’s another piece of the soul that incarnates in the physical world to complete karmic lessons in effort to reduce the amount of times it has to come back to Earth. Imagine you’re holding a glass. The glass would be considered your entire soul before a new incarnation to the physical world. Now drop that glass to the floor. You’ll notice it breaks into pieces. Try to put two of the pieces together, they don’t fit. Why wouldn’t the pieces fit if it came from the same soul? Quite simply because each piece becomes a whole other person. That piece of your soul chooses their family, how they look and design a blueprint of life lessons for their new incarnation. Technically, that is why we can be more than one person simultaneously. Guess what? There’s more.

After the soul splits, each piece has a choice of when they want to be born into the physical world. Just because YOUR PART of the soul chose to be born doesn’t mean any of your Soul Mates have. So the REAL question isn’t, "Who is my Soul Mate"? The questions are:

* Do I have a Soul Mate in this lifetime? If so, how many?
* Would it be in my highest good to meet and carry a relationship with them?
* What are my chances of meeting them"? (The answer to that is; slim to none.)
* What are the karmic lessons that need to be completed?

What is a Twin Soul or Twin Flame?
Twin Souls and Twin Flames are the same; people just use different terminology to describe them. A Twin Soul would be a piece of that glass that fits with yours perfectly. Think about identical twin babies. They’re identical in looks, but their personalities aren’t the same and their interests are often different as well. You will still feel the "familiar connection" IF you ever meet them. The chance of meeting and carrying a solid relationship with one is slim to none . Our souls do NOT split and reincarnate to be in a romantic relationship, get married, have babies and live happily ever after. We are born again to LEARN plain and simple. Sorry to burst your bubble, but that is just a romantic myth man made up to give us a purpose in life. Look inside yourself for that.

When meeting a Soul Mate you may feel attracted to them physically, emotionally and mentally. Soul Mates can resemble one another visually. You may also feel a brotherly/sisterly relationship as well as having a psychic connection with them. They could end up being life-long friends or nothing at all. Some people just use the term "soul mate" as an excuse for mental & physical abuse, controlling a relationship and stalking. Make SURE you know whom you're with while in the relationship.

I did a reading for a woman who SWORE her ex-boyfriend was her "soul mate" and that she wouldn‘t be complete without him in her life. Well, she only came to that conclusion because she’s obsessing over him and some really BAD psychics told her he was, just to keep her holding on to him. The truth is that this man is only a Spiritual Connection. Spirit then came right out and told her that she DID have soul mates in the lifetime; however, one was a 10-year old Asian girl and the other was an old man ready to cross over. Hmmm. She was SOOOO disappointed that she WON’T be getting married to one of her soul mates. Now how bad is that, really?

Advice For The Future
Don't spend every second of your free time looking for your Soul Mate since, like I said before, the chances of finding him/her are slim. You may not even have one in this lifetime. Focus on your goals, your lessons and making your life happy. Just know that "The One" usually pops up when you LEAST expect it. You will also find yourself coming down the same symptoms of a "soul mate connection", yet this time, it actually works out and it's not just you in the relationship.

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