Many Soulmates in a Lifetime - Rosemary Ellen Guiley | Paranormal ...

By Rosemary Ellen Guiley

c. Visionary Living, Inc.

[Note:? This article is in response to emails asking questions about reincarnation, and whether we have ongoing life-to-life relationships with others who are soulmates.

A popular notion about soulmates is that there is one person, and one person only, who is our ideal and perfect partner.? If we find that person, we remain forever in a state of intense passion and bliss.

Actually, there are many kinds of soulmate relationships, and we have more than one in a lifetime.? Some of us may have one romantic soulmate; others may have more. In addition to romantic soulmate relationships, we have soulmate bonds with family and friends.? We can find a soulmate at any time in life.

Most soulmate relationships are harmonious and happy, but even in the best of them, conflicts arise.? Soulmates have differences and problems, but the differences seldom put an end to the relationship.? Some soulmate relationships are turbulent and have the purpose of restoring a karmic balance.

Twin souls

Twin souls, also called twin flames, are usually entwined in a romantic relationship; they feel truly complete with each other.? John Lennon expressed this sentiment about Yoko Ono, that they were ?two halves and now we are whole.?

The concept of twin souls was discussed among the ancient Greeks.? Plato, quoting Aristophanes, wrote in his work Symposium that in the beginning of creation, souls were complete, with two residing in a single body.? Their wholeness made them very powerful, which threatened Zeus, the dominant god.? He split each soul in two.? Ever since then, souls have searched the earth for their other half.? When one meets his or her other half, the two are ?lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other?s sight for even a moment,? said Aristophanes.

Soul groups

Each of us shares affinities with other souls that draw us together again and again across time.? Soulmates often recognize each other from the same soul group, a cluster of souls who share certain things in common, such as an ethnic, karmic, cultural or spiritual purpose that evolves over a series of lifetimes.? Members of the group may choose to reincarnate at the same time to share more experiences together and to further their common soul evolution.? Bonding deepens as lifetimes are layered upon lifetimes.

Such soulmate relationships may take the form of romantic partnerships, family ties or deep friendships.? We all meet people who seem very familiar to us, as though we have known them for a long time for from some time lost in the distant past.? Such people may be part of our soul group, and they are indeed soulmates.

Members of soul groups may also elect to come together to share historical events and eras that are important to the group.

Karmic soulmates

We create karmic affinities with souls from all of our relationships in a lifetime.? Whenever we form a relationship with another soul, cords of the universal life force (called chi, prana, mana and other terms) are sent out that connect us through the chakras. The cords remain even when a relationship comes to an end.? Relationships that are intense or long-lasting build up powerful cords of universal life force energy that resonate across time.? If relationships are short or mild, the cords of energy are much weaker.? If relationships are not renewed in other lifetimes, the cords wither.? Nonetheless, they remain, and can be reactivated by the right set of karmic circumstances.

The cords of life energy reach out and draw to us specific souls.? In any lifetime, we meet up with people for the purposes of karmic balancing.? Perhaps we need to redress wrongs, or we owe a debt of gratitude or service.? When the balancing is complete, the relationship ends. If the relationship ends without balance, the karma is left for another opportunity, perhaps in another life.

Friends and family soulmates

We can recognize soulmates in our family and circle of friends.? Perhaps we have the feeling that we have been friends or family before in other roles.? Our bonds with these soulmates are, like our romantic soulmates, deep, harmonious and long-lasting.? We may share a telepathic and empathetic rapport that creates an unspoken and complete understanding of one another.? Being separated causes sorrow and longing.

Soulmates and past-life recall

Soulmate relationships are a focus of past-life recall, and can shed light on relationships in the present.? Many soulmate bonds, from intensely happy to difficult and troubling, are explored in my book Soul Journeys: Past Lives & Reincarnation.

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Source: http://www.visionaryliving.com/2012/09/04/many-soulmates-in-a-lifetime/

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