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A '''soulmate''' (or soul mate) is a [[person]] with whom one has a [[feeling]] of deep or natural affinity, similarity, [[love]], [[intimacy]], [[sexuality]], [[spirituality]], or compatibility. A related [[concept]] is that of the twin flame or twin soul, which is [[thought]] to be the [[ultimate]] soulmate. In [[New Age]] [[spirituality]], the ultimate soulmate is the one and only other half of one's soul. However, not everyone who uses these terms intends them to carry such [[mystical]] connotations. | A '''soulmate''' (or soul mate) is a [[person]] with whom one has a [[feeling]] of deep or natural affinity, similarity, [[love]], [[intimacy]], [[sexuality]], [[spirituality]], or compatibility. A related [[concept]] is that of the twin flame or twin soul, which is [[thought]] to be the [[ultimate]] soulmate. In [[New Age]] [[spirituality]], the ultimate soulmate is the one and only other half of one's soul. However, not everyone who uses these terms intends them to carry such [[mystical]] connotations. | ||
| − | [ | + | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes Aristophanes] presented a [[story]] about soulmates in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symposium_(Plato) The Symposium] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato]. It states that [[humans]] originally consisted of four arms, four legs, and a single head made of two [[faces]], but [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus Zeus] [[feared]] their [[power]] and split them all in half, [[condemning]] them to spend their lives searching for the other half to complete them. |
| − | According to [ | + | According to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophy Theosophy], whose claims were modified by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Cayce Edgar Cayce], God created [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgynous androgynous] souls—equally [[male]] and [[female]]. Later theories postulate that the souls split into separate [[genders]], perhaps because they incurred [[karma]] while playing around on the [[Earth]], or "separation from God." Over a number of [[reincarnations]], each half seeks the other. When all karmic [[debt]] is purged, the two will [[fuse]] back together and return to the [[ultimate]]. |
| − | Bashert, ([ | + | Bashert, ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish_language Yiddish]: באַשערט), is a Yiddish [[word]] that means "[[destiny]]". It is often used in the [[context]] of one's divinely foreordained [[spouse]] or soulmate, who is called "basherte" ([[female]]) or "basherter" ([[male]]). It can also be used to [[express]] the seeming fate or [[destiny]] of an auspicious or important [[event]], [[friendship]], or happening.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_mate] |
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Latest revision as of 02:09, 13 December 2020
Definitions
- 1: a person who is perfectly suited to another in temperament
- 2: a person who strongly resembles another in attitudes or beliefs <ideological soul mates>
Description
A soulmate (or soul mate) is a person with whom one has a feeling of deep or natural affinity, similarity, love, intimacy, sexuality, spirituality, or compatibility. A related concept is that of the twin flame or twin soul, which is thought to be the ultimate soulmate. In New Age spirituality, the ultimate soulmate is the one and only other half of one's soul. However, not everyone who uses these terms intends them to carry such mystical connotations.
Aristophanes presented a story about soulmates in The Symposium by Plato. It states that humans originally consisted of four arms, four legs, and a single head made of two faces, but Zeus feared their power and split them all in half, condemning them to spend their lives searching for the other half to complete them.
According to Theosophy, whose claims were modified by Edgar Cayce, God created androgynous souls—equally male and female. Later theories postulate that the souls split into separate genders, perhaps because they incurred karma while playing around on the Earth, or "separation from God." Over a number of reincarnations, each half seeks the other. When all karmic debt is purged, the two will fuse back together and return to the ultimate.
Bashert, (Yiddish: באַשערט), is a Yiddish word that means "destiny". It is often used in the context of one's divinely foreordained spouse or soulmate, who is called "basherte" (female) or "basherter" (male). It can also be used to express the seeming fate or destiny of an auspicious or important event, friendship, or happening.[1]
