What is a Soul Mate?

 
Finding true, soulful love is not a destination, its a journey. A real and lasting relationship with a spiritual soul mate requires inner work and outer preparation. But what is a "soul mate" really? What does the term mean in an age of online dating and a fast-paced life? 
 
The 8 definitions that follow reveal the true depth and complexity of love, as well as its simple beauty.
 

Soul Mates Complement Each Other

One can be Zero and one can be Oscar winner, but you both better be on the same page when it comes to running the household moneywise.

The man doesn't have to be Abhishek Bachchan and the woman doesn't have to be Aishwarya Rai, but the man needs to see his soulmate as HIS Aishwarya Rai and the woman needs to see her soulmate as HER Abhishek Bachchan.

Most of all, you have to feel a connection -- a connection so strong that you say, "This may be the most remarkable person I have ever met in my life." Where you look forward just as much to conversations and activities out of bed as the other way around (although you want both).

And where it's a connection that defies time -- that you know you may raise a family together and will definitely grow old together, and the prospect excites you rather than scares you

Soul Mates Come from God
 
God is my soul mate. God plays the music and calls the dances. I'm dancing to God's tune. I can feel God's rhythm in my feet and the way the bass line resonates in my core. Now, I have a dance card. Right now, I can't read the names, but I have one. God filled it out with men who would make good parteners for me. If a dancer who is not listed tries to dance with me, we won't dance well because we are not suited. The men on the card will do well because God knows that we would do well. Not that we would be flashy, but that we would enjoy dancing together. We would make that joyful noise.
 

Soul Mates Have a Different Kind of Love

Believe that a soul mate is not necessarily a love interest. A soulmate is someone that will mirror you, show you everything that is holding you back...a person who will bring you to your own attention so you can change your life.

A true soul mate is probably the most important person you will ever meet. They will come into your life to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then they leave.
 

Soul Mates Navigate Differences
Soulmates can navigate differences. It isn't the least bit important that they agree on anything but that they can still love, respect, and yes, even appreciate the differences of each other. There were advantages of that relationship but whats important is that even though were so much alike, still could not navigate the very few, slight differences. That differences never matter, it is what you do with those differences that matters. It is the differences of other people that cause us to grow. Differences also smooth out the edges on our own personalities. A good relationship changes people for the better or rather facilitates an evolution that is both spiritual and personality wise. It is the whole grain of sand / pearl thing.
 

Soul Mates Complete Each Other

Entering friendships / relationships for what one can put into them instead of what can be gained from them. NOT to find another who might complete you, but to have another with whom you might share completeness.
 

Soul Mates Feel Like 'Home'

Don't think that a soul mate can be defined by gender. See it as a connection that defies explanation. Where you can look at each other and no words need to be exchanged. I am currently in a relationship with my soul mate. There is no other feeling like it. The connection is physical, emotional, spiritual, and any other "al" that is possible. It just feels like "home". And I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.
 

Soul Mates Learn from Each Other

My soul mate is someone who walks beside me not in front, because I may not follow.

He's someone who listens when I speak and speaks while I listen.

He supports me physically, emotionally, spiritually, and financially if I let him.

He doesn't have to agree with me but be on my side (watch my back while I watch his). Someone who doesn't execute authority over me, because only my Creator has that right, but someone who accepts me as the person I am. I was created in the Creator's image, not anyone else's. My soul mate knows this and accepts it, he walks a mile, then we discuss what has been learned.