Soulmates: Do they exist? What are they?, page 2


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reply posted on 21-5-2010 @ 11:19 AM by JohnnyFever
YES, I do believe SoulMates Exist. I have met mine, but unfortunatly I am not married to her. There is a certain feeling that you get when you know you met your soulmate. It's very real. I didn't want to post this, but I thought I needed to just to let others know what I've felt. I won't go into details about my situation but just explain when you know you have found your soulmate.
I knew her 22 years ago, but was too young and stupid to know what love felt like. I knew there was something about her then that I just knew was different. I had this feeling of this complete draw to her back then and didnt really know how to deal with it. I had always thought of her over the next 22 years. Always thinking what life would be like with her. Then after meeting her again and being older and knowing what love is, this feeling in my chest happened when I saw here again. It wasn't just the butterflies you get when you are excited. It was a feeling I have never felt in my entire life. It came from inside my chest, where your soul is supposed to exist. It was like this light was set on fire and I litterly felt this buzzing inside my chest. Seriously, a buzzing inside my chest that lasted a complete month. It never went away, not when I slept, not when I was working, or doing other distractive things during the day. It was always there, like My Soul was sparked to life and finally found it's match. Then the undeniable love flowed from this feeling and there is nothing this person could say or do to make you think anything differently. It's total complete love. And the best feeling ever. Trust me, most people go through life never feeling this feeling and think they are just fine. Which is Ok, most married people don't have the true soulmate connection, they just work well together and love each other. But Soulmate love is truly totally different and you will know when you have found it. YOU WILL KNOW.
God bless everyone looking for it, it's the most amazing thing in life....


reply posted on 30-7-2012 @ 11:08 AM by oso15
reply to post by JohnnyFever



I just want to say that your post just blew me away! I am in the exact same situation...we met when we were 16 but I broke up with him because I was scared of my feelings. He moved away shortly afterwards but I never forgot him. Fast forward 25+ years & we are both married.....he found me & we instantly clicked, like we've never been apart. It's so hard to explain, but your post is how I feel exactly. It's much deeper, more pure than love.......you feel it in the very core of your soul. I still love my husband dearly, but what I feel with him is inexplicable....like we are two halves of a whole.


reply posted on 30-7-2012 @ 02:31 PM by autowrench
reply to post by Jess_Undefined


So there it is! Have any of you found your "soulmate"? I would love to hear from those believe in them and those who dont.

A very good question. Here is my take on the Soul Mate.
Every single one of us is a Spirit, first and foremost. This Spirit, Divine and Pure, is composed of two minor spirits, one Male, one Female. When one is incarnated, the other is at 'Home," in the Spirit World. The one above watches over and helps the one below, and they both learn together in this manner. Sometimes the male, or the female, will never incarnate, and the living Spirit will always be the same sex. Others switch on a regular basis. This "Mate" is always present, it seems to be a female voice in a male's head, and a male's voice in a female's head. Curiously, when I had occasion to meet my Holy Guardian Angel it too was identical twins, with wings. So to me, there is a connection to the Spirit World, whether one believes it or not.

As for my own Soul Mate, yes, I know her quite well, we talk all the time, and sometimes are together in dreams. I can see her reflection in my daughter's face, and sometimes in my own face in the mirror.


reply posted on 9-8-2012 @ 02:07 PM by KonradSantos
Originally posted by Jess_Undefined


So there it is! Have any of you found your "soulmate"? I would love to hear from those believe in them and those who dont.


Thank you for starting this wonderful thread, just what i needed.

I've been wondering about this lately, as I recently met someone very special to me.
I got pretty burned in the last relationship i had, so i waited and scouted for someone i could call my soul mate, someone i could trust, that would love me back as dearly and unconditionally as i loved them. I waited for 10 long years, and had just given all up when she suddenly found me, when i least awaited her. I really love this woman, and I'm under the belief that she loves me to.

However, maybe because of the long wait, the questions and worries keep mounting up. Shes not as cuddly or loving as i am, and i find it heartbreaking that she only holds me when we're asleep (even thou i enjoy the few nights i get with her, sadly i travel allot). But, this makes me process my need for cuddling, or my urge for proximity(closeness), makes me ask myself why this is the case, and i see that this only makes me more self aware, but i still don't want to dampen my cuddliness, to turn down my need for physical contact. I've asked myself several times "Is this woman my soul mate? Is this really happening? Can i really cope with her being so much "colder" than I? Is this the right thing to do? The questions keep mounting, and i keep struggling to process all the thoughts, because if i cannot, the relationship will truly end.

I'm a firm believer in that there is such a thing as soul mate, even soul mates, but not in the sense of "perfect for one another". Only the universe (god) is perfect, we have to endure our faults, experience them and learn from them. Soul mates shouldn't be 100% perfect for one another, wouldn't that get boring after a while? I think they should complement one another, challenge one another, comfort and help one another, and bring one another to higher and higher level of understanding and appreciation of each other and the rest of the universe, that is what love really is, all of existence, both good and bad things, love is all.


[color=Blue]“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.” [/color=Blue]

I could not have said it better myself, thank you again.

Blessed are those who find true love, but don't wait for it(like i did), it most likely won't come till you give up.

And yeah, this is my first post at ATS, and as a Norwegian, I just hope my grammar isn't to bad for you.

Peace and love! - Konrad Santos


reply posted on 9-8-2012 @ 02:48 PM by blackmetalmist
Originally posted by KonradSantos
Originally posted by Jess_Undefined


So there it is! Have any of you found your "soulmate"? I would love to hear from those believe in them and those who dont.


Thank you for starting this wonderful thread, just what i needed.

I've been wondering about this lately, as I recently met someone very special to me.
I got pretty burned in the last relationship i had, so i waited and scouted for someone i could call my soul mate, someone i could trust, that would love me back as dearly and unconditionally as i loved them. I waited for 10 long years, and had just given all up when she suddenly found me, when i least awaited her. I really love this woman, and I'm under the belief that she loves me to.

However, maybe because of the long wait, the questions and worries keep mounting up. Shes not as cuddly or loving as i am, and i find it heartbreaking that she only holds me when we're asleep (even thou i enjoy the few nights i get with her, sadly i travel allot). But, this makes me process my need for cuddling, or my urge for proximity(closeness), makes me ask myself why this is the case, and i see that this only makes me more self aware, but i still don't want to dampen my cuddliness, to turn down my need for physical contact. I've asked myself several times "Is this woman my soul mate? Is this really happening? Can i really cope with her being so much "colder" than I? Is this the right thing to do? The questions keep mounting, and i keep struggling to process all the thoughts, because if i cannot, the relationship will truly end.

I'm a firm believer in that there is such a thing as soul mate, even soul mates, but not in the sense of "perfect for one another". Only the universe (god) is perfect, we have to endure our faults, experience them and learn from them. Soul mates shouldn't be 100% perfect for one another, wouldn't that get boring after a while? I think they should complement one another, challenge one another, comfort and help one another, and bring one another to higher and higher level of understanding and appreciation of each other and the rest of the universe, that is what love really is, all of existence, both good and bad things, love is all.


[color=Blue]“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.” [/color=Blue]

I could not have said it better myself, thank you again.

Blessed are those who find true love, but don't wait for it(like i did), it most likely won't come till you give up.

And yeah, this is my first post at ATS, and as a Norwegian, I just hope my grammar isn't to bad for you.

Peace and love! - Konrad Santos


Thank you for sharing your story. The part that stood out to me the most was the part where you are questioning wether you just be accepting of this persons character and action despite being something that you truly are missing. My relationship is currently struggling because I wish he did certain things different and I dont want to let go but I feel deep inside the need to somehow just make sense of it all, otherwise, I think I'm done with it.

I love him, but part of me thinks that maybe there is a person out there who will not give me 100% of what I need but definitely more than what I have right now. Good luck and hopefully she is your soulmate !


reply posted on 9-8-2012 @ 09:04 PM by tovenar
I am a total skeptic of both "love at first sight" and "soul mate."

(although I've been married to the same girl for nearly twenty years now....)

I mean no disrespect to the OP or her supporters; I'm sure the concept of "soul mate" best explains her own experiences. I guess you could say that disbelief in soul mates fits in with my own experience.

Here are several axioms I do subscribe to:

1). You are a complete and whole human being on your own; you don't need another person to "complete" you. Growing up means taking responsibility for yourself. Doing so will actively enhance your ability to love someone else whole-heartedly. It will also make you more easily loveable in return.

2). Sometimes lust is automatic.

3). But love never is automatic. Love is a choice. You choose to love someone. If it is your child, you love him or her despite the obvious shortcomings, despite the mistakes and downright bad choices. You love them, not because the are 'good enough' or acceptable enough, but simply because you do. The same with your lover. If you put zero effort into your relationship, because it "should be effortless," your love will wilt and die at the first obstacle.

4) You put more into a relationship than you get out of it, if the relationship endures over time. You don't "get" an emotional payout all the time from love---that's lust, after all. With love, you continually invest in the relationship, because the relationship itself is right and wholesome. Again, you put more into your relationship with your children than you get out of it, but that's ok because you LOVE them. If you find yourself raising children for the emotional high of their dependence on you, then watch out---you're doing it wrong. Likewise with romantic love. If you are doing it for the high, that's lust. If you are doing it because it is the best use of your efforts, then that's love.

5) True love is fidelity. It can only be considered addictive in the sense that you are so satisfied with it that you cannot picture anything different. As a man, I cannot picture cheating on my wife with some celebrity or other stranger I met in a bar. I've built a life with my significant other. I am turned on by her in part because I know her and she knows me. Compared to that, getting naked with a stranger seems dangerous and embarrassing. Who is this other woman who i'd be attracted to? Can she cook? Is she funny? Is she a good mom? Can I trust her with my cash and firearms? Will she turn on me when I don't serve her immediate interests? How could this stranger even begin to know what my wife knows about what I like in bed? I only have intimacy with the person I trust most on this planet---why would I trade all that in for some unknown?

6. If there is only one person on earth for you, then you are practically impossible to love. Me personally, I'm a great guy. I could probably make a fairly good life with most women. And my wife is the same way. There's nothing magical about me---any well-adjusted guy could fall in love with her and build a great life together. It probably helps me be good because I know that I'm not her sole hope at happiness.

7. This one's a secret.


reply posted on 16-8-2012 @ 05:57 AM by KonradSantos
reply to post by blackmetalmist


Hi blackmetalmist

I really hope you communicate with your partner about the things you would like done differently, he might be willing to try to change, at least some of them. He might not succeed right away, but doesn't he deserve a chance if he is willing to try? Soul mates are supposed to challenge one another, it makes us, each one and the relationship, evolve. And the communication is very important, the more open and honest you are to one another, the deeper you will know each other, and the deeper and closer the relationship will become. Obviously but challenging.

I've decided to accept her being less cuddly and passionate than I, I just love too much else about her.
Found my soul mate in her i did.

Good luck to you too.
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