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    artemisdreaming: Above: The Love of Souls - Jean Delville . Soulmate - Twin Soul The twin flame or twin soul – thought to be the ultimate soulmate, the one and only other half of one’s soul, for which all souls are driven to find and join. However, not everyone who uses these terms intends them to carry such mystical connotations. Like the biblical story virtually all the ancient myths reference creation as involving the split of polarities from an original state of unity. The Chinese story of P`an-Ku, separating the unity of yin and yang principles. The Egyptian Atum myth where the air God Shu separates Geb and Nut from their initial love embrace. The Sumerian story of creation and the uncoupling of the god Anu and goddess Ki from their commingled state. The Akaddian story of Marduck splitting the goddess Tiamat. The New Zealand Maori story of creation and separation of Rangi and Papa. (Ranginui and Papatuanuku.) Aristophanes in the Symposium references how the Greek God Zeus cut the souls of humankind in half. “Man’s original body having been cut in two, each half yearned for the half that had been severed…..Love is simply the name of for the desire and pursuit of the whole. Plato in the Symposium: “The original human nature was not as they are now, but originally three in number; there was man, woman, and the union of the two.” (Third Gender) . Soulmate Definitions:  Soul lovers: someone you love, and would do anything for, and someone who loves you, and would do anything for you. And in that love, nothing is required for either person, because everything is already given. Soul sister/brother: someone belonging in the same soul group as you and therefore having an unusually strong bond and likeness to you. soulmate Spiritual and religious: concepts of reincarnation and karma. Soulmates have spent many previous lifetimes together. soulmate Karmic soulmate: someone who has a special mission or influence on one’s life. Companion soulmate: People with whom one has made a connection. soulmate Balance partners and messengers: The people you meet along the way who help you create balance in your life. soulmate Twin flame soulmate: A popular romantic belief that there is only one true soulmate. Divine complement: A new colloquialism for a ‘match made in heaven’, a twin soul, who holds inborn potentials that match and complement one’s own and who is linked eternally through a signature in the heart at the dimension of the spirit. Jewish: Bashert 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.In modern usage, Jewish singles will say that they are looking for their bashert, meaning they are looking for that person who will complement them perfectly, and whom they will complement perfectly. Since it considered to have been foreordained by God whom one will marry, one’s spouse is considered to be one’s bashert by definition, independent of whether the couple’s marital life works out well or not. Bereshit Rabbah 8:1 Rabbi Shmuel Bar Nachman: “At the time that the Holy One, blessed be the One, created the ?rst adam, He created him double-faced and [then] split him, and made for him two backs – a back here and a back there.” they asked him: “But isn’t it written: ‘and He took one of his ribs [tzelah]’?” He said to them: “[This actually means] one of his sides…as we understand it, ‘and one of the sides [tzelah] of the tabernacle.’” [Exodus 26:2] Midrash Rabbah Genesis Volume I Soul Friend ~ Amna Chara Anam Chara is a Gaelic word meaning soul-friend. Anam - soul, Chara- friend. The concept derives from an ancient Celtic tradition and is still a popular practice in many spiritual traditions in Ireland today. The anam chara acted as mentor, teacher, companion and spiritual guide. The emphasis was on spiritual companionship and direction as opposed to today’s romantic notion of the ‘soul-mate’. The relationship was much deeper and often lasted a lifetime. soulmateThe Celts believed the anam chara was joined in an ancient and eternal bond with his/her friend of the soul and this bond could not be broken, even if the friend moved away and there was a great physical distance between them. The Celtic understanding did not set limits of time and space on the soul nor was there any split between the sacred and the mundane. All aspects of life were manifestations of soul. soulmateMany ancient Celtic philosophies or perspectives passed into the Irish Christian Celtic tradition and in spite of many attempts in the past to ‘Romanize’ Irish Christianity, these remnants remain. There has been a surge in interest and an urge to reclaim the wisdom of our Celtic spirituality. soulmateHowever, the danger lies in approaching the tradition as another fashionable and exotic spiritual programme. The anam chara reminds us that spirituality or soul work demands commitment and the willingness to embrace the light and the darkness of our life’s journey and allow it to be. soulmate “In everyone’s life there is great need for an anam chara, a soul friend. In this love you are understood as you are without mask or pretension. The superficial and functional lies and half-truths of acquaintance fall away. You can be as you truly are …. The anam chara is God’s gift…” John O’ Donohue  kuriakon00.tripod

    artemisdreaming:

    Above: The Love of Souls - Jean Delville

    .

    Soulmate - Twin Soul

    The twin flame or twin soul – thought to be the ultimate soulmate, the one and only other half of one’s soul, for which all souls are driven to find and join. However, not everyone who uses these terms intends them to carry such mystical connotations.

    Like the biblical story virtually all the ancient myths reference creation as involving the split of polarities from an original state of unity. The Chinese story of P`an-Ku, separating the unity of yin and yang principles. The Egyptian Atum myth where the air God Shu separates Geb and Nut from their initial love embrace. The Sumerian story of creation and the uncoupling of the god Anu and goddess Ki from their commingled state. The Akaddian story of Marduck splitting the goddess Tiamat. The New Zealand Maori story of creation and separation of Rangi and Papa. (Ranginui and Papatuanuku.) Aristophanes in the Symposium references how the Greek God Zeus cut the souls of humankind in half. “Man’s original body having been cut in two, each half yearned for the half that had been severed…..Love is simply the name of for the desire and pursuit of the whole. Plato in the Symposium: “The original human nature was not as they are now, but originally three in number; there was man, woman, and the union of the two.” (Third Gender)
    .

    Soulmate Definitions: 

    • Soul lovers: someone you love, and would do anything for, and someone who loves you, and would do anything for you. And in that love, nothing is required for either person, because everything is already given.
    • Soul sister/brother: someone belonging in the same soul group as you and therefore having an unusually strong bond and likeness to you. soulmate
    • Spiritual and religious: concepts of reincarnation and karma. Soulmates have spent many previous lifetimes together. soulmate
    • Karmic soulmate: someone who has a special mission or influence on one’s life.
    • Companion soulmate: People with whom one has made a connection. soulmate
    • Balance partners and messengers: The people you meet along the way who help you create balance in your life. soulmate
    • Twin flame soulmate: A popular romantic belief that there is only one true soulmate.
    • Divine complement: A new colloquialism for a ‘match made in heaven’, a twin soul, who holds inborn potentials that match and complement one’s own and who is linked eternally through a signature in the heart at the dimension of the spirit.

    Jewish: Bashert

    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.

    In modern usage, Jewish singles will say that they are looking for their bashert, meaning they are looking for that person who will complement them perfectly, and whom they will complement perfectly. Since it considered to have been foreordained by God whom one will marry, one’s spouse is considered to be one’s bashert by definition, independent of whether the couple’s marital life works out well or not.

    Bereshit Rabbah 8:1

    Rabbi Shmuel Bar Nachman: “At the time that the Holy One, blessed be the One, created the ?rst adam, He created him double-faced and [then] split him, and made for him two backs – a back here and a back there.” they asked him: “But isn’t it written: ‘and He took one of his ribs [tzelah]’?” He said to them: “[This actually means] one of his sides…as we understand it, ‘and one of the sides [tzelah] of the tabernacle.’” [Exodus 26:2] Midrash Rabbah Genesis Volume I

    Soul Friend ~ Amna Chara

    Anam Chara is a Gaelic word meaning soul-friend. Anam - soul, Chara- friend. The concept derives from an ancient Celtic tradition and is still a popular practice in many spiritual traditions in Ireland today. The anam chara acted as mentor, teacher, companion and spiritual guide. The emphasis was on spiritual companionship and direction as opposed to today’s romantic notion of the ‘soul-mate’. The relationship was much deeper and often lasted a lifetime. soulmate

    The Celts believed the anam chara was joined in an ancient and eternal bond with his/her friend of the soul and this bond could not be broken, even if the friend moved away and there was a great physical distance between them. The Celtic understanding did not set limits of time and space on the soul nor was there any split between the sacred and the mundane. All aspects of life were manifestations of soul. soulmate

    Many ancient Celtic philosophies or perspectives passed into the Irish Christian Celtic tradition and in spite of many attempts in the past to ‘Romanize’ Irish Christianity, these remnants remain. There has been a surge in interest and an urge to reclaim the wisdom of our Celtic spirituality. soulmate

    However, the danger lies in approaching the tradition as another fashionable and exotic spiritual programme. The anam chara reminds us that spirituality or soul work demands commitment and the willingness to embrace the light and the darkness of our life’s journey and allow it to be. soulmate

    “In everyone’s life there is great need for an anam chara, a soul friend. In this love you are understood as you are without mask or pretension. The superficial and functional lies and half-truths of acquaintance fall away. You can be as you truly are …. The anam chara is God’s gift…” John O’ Donohue  kuriakon00.tripod

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