Do you believe in the concept of Soul Mates? Is there only one?

Yes, I believe in the concept of soul mates, and I believe that we have more than one, but they are not always all here at the same time as us. I believe also, that I have found a few of my soul mates, both online and in real life. It's like you've known them forever, and I'm sure you both realise it, even if it takes time to do so. I too, have taken a great interest in this subject over the past five or six years, because I really believe I met my main soulmate then. My soulmates are both sexes, and I can't explain how you know they are your soulmates... but I know, for sure... I just know. :) Brightest Blessings and thank you for a very interesting discussion.

I beleived that my hubby was my soul mate altho we were much diffent in alot of ways and had very different thought most of the time WE just sort of wrapped around one another and just loved each other . I will never find another one like him (not looking) But I seemed to have had friens and have friens that just think like me so if as what you say we can have more than just one I think I have about 3 on mylot and several other places hugs and Blessings

The only thing that comes to mind when I think of soul mates is matching shoes.

Wow. I think this one is too deep for me. I've heard of the term soul mate before. And if I have one, it would certainly be my wife. However, that is not a term I use so I don't think of her in that sense. It is scary how many times my wife knows what I'm thinking just as I'm about to tell her something. I think she is in my soul! "Twin energetic flames that split off to learn life experiences then come together when the lessons have been learned?" That is a totally new one for me. That almost sounds like two people are destined to come together. That sounds great. I like the idea of a soul community. Maybe that is why some people have a close circle of friends that just seem to fit together so well. Maybe someone should start a web site to find your "soul community." (If it works, I thought of it first and want my cut! lol)

I believe that we have both soul mates and a soul twin. The soul twin is what you describe in your paragraph as being "twin energetic flames ..." I have found my soul twin and it's an uncanny friendship. We can read each other's thoughts, know when the other is near, have an indescribable attraction, just to name a few. This friendship defies all logic. I also believe that we have many soul mates. Sometimes it presents itself when you meet a new person and feel like you've known them all your life because the communication is so easy and you're immediately understood. I'm fortunate to have many soul mates in my life and both phenomenas are real.

Yes I do believe in the concept of soulmates and you're right! Every person could have a number of soulmates. I have read an article related to that. It is not just your better half, it could also be your closest friend or anyone whom you share your life and thoughts with:-)

What a thought provoking topic. My husband was my soul mate, I truly believe that. Sadly he passed away 1 and a half yrs. ago. I had never thought about a friend being a soul mate, but after reading what you said about friends that are soul mates. I do have a friend that is a soul mate, we know each others "inner essence" what a wonderful way to describe it. I am hoping to find another soul mate in a partner some day, not to replace my husband but to have someone special in my life again.

For some people a polygamous type of relationship (a number of partners) may work, but not for everyone. I'm not saying there is ONLY just one or everyone, but I'm not saying that JUST ONE is impossible because there may be more than one. My husband and I are totally in love, and we only want to be with eachother, so YES, soulmates exist, and for us THERE IS ONLY ONE.

I have a great relationship with my partner and often think we are soul mates, but our views can be so different on alot of things and as we have grown older I would say its a different bond now. I can be thinking the same as him and sometimes when I go to phone him, he phones me instead, we have a great connection. About 4 years ago I met a woman who came to my work as a student and we just bonded the first day. We think the same, have the same likes/dislikes and there is a real connection. We went out the other night and she told me we were soul mates and I agree we are. I have never had such a strong relationship with another woman friend before, its so natural and we get on so well. I know we have built up such a bond we do love each other. So I do believe we can have more than one soul mate and it can be in the form of a close physical or plutonic relationship. I may be only able to count them on one hand, but the ones I've got are worth a 100,000,000 friends.

I do beleive we (I) have many soulmates for different reasons depending which part of my soul we are compatable about. It seems to me that so many people only think of their spouse or partner being their soulmate.

I believe in a "soul family". I don't believe in a single soulmate, because even within this one single lifetime I have felt that "soulmate" feeling with more than one person. I do believe that we draw to us the people that we can learn things from, or teach things to. I believe that over the course of our lives on Earth, or wherever else we might choose to live, there will be many of the same spirits that we meet time and time again, because we have things in common, because we can learn from one another, because we share love, any number of reasons. I see these people as my true family, and believe that no matter what happens, in this life or any other, they will always somehow find their way back to me.

I thought that a soulmate was your true romantic partner.I like the theory that you are a half looking for your other half to become full. Maybe beacause I am a romantic but I love the idea you look for your soulmate and when you do you stay together and are happy.Do you only have one soulmate? I used to think yes but now I think it is possible to have more than one.There are many people that have lost their first mate or spouse and have remarried or found someone else and found happiness.

Hello again Perspectives, just a few years back i thought there was only one soulmate and that is your spouse/boyfriend but while looking up something else i came across Kabbalah and thats where i learnt that anyone whom we share a deep affinity is a soulamte they can be our friends, family and sometimes even our pets and i liked that idea and i started looking differently at my relationships and yes now i KNOW i have a group or community of soulmates. Some of them i have not met in personal life. So many people here on mylot itself i share a deeper 'relationship' than just giving my opinion its almost like i know them and i know if we ever get to meet they would turn out exactly as i imagined. iam still learning though and exploring different dimensions of life and i love reading your posts i dont know how you feel about it b'cos you have read just one or maybe two of my posts but since i have been reading a lot of yours i feel you are a soulmate too. You are not just a bunch of lines on my screen its like i have been 'listening' to you all this time and now iam 'talking' to you as well which i find really facinating. I think soulmates are people who can read our silences and even if we are talking/writing they can read between lines. Someone who can see or sense our pain even if we are laughing for the world is a soulmate. And as for people in my life yes my mom and my brother are my soulmates. I lost my dad early but i know he is a soulmate too b'cos i can still feel his presence and i can tell him problems and he hears them. Not all my friends but yes some of them are. the ones to whom i dont have to explain why iam not 'myself' today. And as for a lover/spouse one iam still waiting for him to walk into my life! if you read my other response you will know what iam talking about. I have a online friend who i think is my soulmate as well i just hope i meet him soon. Though i have not met him there are times when i have 'sensed' his thoughts in my head/heart. There is a huge time difference so at times i leave offline messages and when i wake up its like i already heard what he had to say and 90% of the time the words on his messages match to what i already thought!

I don't believe in the concept of soul mate. It is just it is imposible.

I don't really believe in soul mates. My belief is life is pre planned by us with the assistance of God, before we are born. Those we will meet, love and even hate are all pre written. If we have it planned to meet someone whom is our perfect counter part, then we will and I think when this happens, that is what we call a "soul mate". It not that they are so perfect for us because they are part of us, but because they are whom we planned for.

Well there are different definitions for the word soul mates. I know that i did have a soul mate, he was my first real boyfriend, and we lived together for six years. I know that alote of people see soul mates as people that think and share the same feelings as they do. I personally see a soul mate as a person that knows what i am going through and thinking with out the need to ask me, he just knows, and i fel the same for him. I do not have a real soul mate this time.

ok, well first off this is not Religion. Religion does not teach soulmates, because its under Spiritualism. Spiritualism teaches Reincarnation and that means Life after life, so we never die. To be immortal (as we are ) would mean that the church would lose its influence and no one would bother to tithe. So, yes soulmates are those whom we have spent a lifetime with. Thats why we feel so comfortable when we are with them. WE each have many soulmates but usually we find only a few are with us in each lifetime. Its quite usual to find those whom we have known in past lives, but who are not soulmates. They are the like-minded people that you are referring to.

This has made me think, and I think I am split on the subject. I think it was Emily Bronte who wrote 'Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.', that is from Wuthering Heights and I think it is beautiful. For me I think that really encompasses my feelings about soulmates (interestingly, I'm inclined to write that as one word). For me, letting my romantic side take over, the notion of soulmates is that for everyone in the world there is one person for everyone. One person who is perfectly matched to you, who you will love with all of your being, but not always as a partner. I think that you can have more than one soulmate in your lifetime, but I tend to believe that you will only have one soulmate at a time. However, the realist in me struggles with the idea of soulmates in this way. I mean, how many people are there on the planet? To believe that there is one person for everyone, is quite a scary concept. The chances of you meeting that one person are absurd. I believe beyond a doubt that you can be very very close to many many people in your life, but I wouldn't call them soulmates. So yes, I'm torn, but I am only 19, so things are likely to change!

I had always considered the idea of a soul mate as relating to a partner and as a sort of pre-requisite for love and long lasting relationships. However I agree that it is more about the 'resonance factor' really as the people I consider to me are the ones that share more than just a common interest and seem to 'get' what I am about. I personally believe that we are all connected at some level and that we naturally gravitate towards those who are the same to help us through life's journey.

People, like anything else, are as important as you want them to be. You will always treasure some moment in your life, like being father/mother for the first time, but that can't be the reason of your existence. You have to consider that, everything that went before and after. With lovers it's the same, you can have as many as you want or only one, there will be always 1 that will be "the one" because you want it to be. But people always liked poetry a lot and they try to make happiness an utopic fairy tale. That kind of gets to everyone. Personal concept of Soul Mate: Two people attracted to each other that live their lives in a way that they can be happier and make the other person happier by sharing moments together.