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mundane aside
Mar. 1st, 2004 09:51 amIs there a shareware CD-ripping program anyone would like to recommend? Thanks.
Mar. 1st, 2004
Soulmates?
Mar. 1st, 2004 10:32 amVery much on my mind this morning is the idea of the "soulmate." In common parlance, this is a person who is the perfect complement to each of us; a person whom we recognize at first sight, who completes us in every way, who touches us to our very soul, who can make our life fulfilled and complete, or who by his or her absence can leave us broken and hollow.
I do not believe in the idea of the soulmate. But this idea of "incompleteness best filled by a perfect mate" is a feeling that many people experience, enough that it might be described as an archetype or a common aspect of the human condition.
Sometimes I wrestle with the perception that, maybe, whether I like it or not, Dee and I are soulmates, or are connected in ineffable ways I cannot shape or control. OTOH, maybe I'm just co-dependent. Other people have felt very close to me; not as close as Dee, but still very deeply connected, and connected this way almost from the very moment I met them.
My rational mind, and my willful self, struggle against this. But I think it might be a part of the way the brain works. I also think this common experience is why people feel the religious need for "salvation," which is a similar kind of wholeness. In fact, the "sacrament of marriage" is intended in many ways as an earthly analogue for the union of heaven and earth depicted by the "mystery of the bridal chamber." This is a deep, heavy, and multi-faceted topic.
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I do not believe in the idea of the soulmate. But this idea of "incompleteness best filled by a perfect mate" is a feeling that many people experience, enough that it might be described as an archetype or a common aspect of the human condition.
Sometimes I wrestle with the perception that, maybe, whether I like it or not, Dee and I are soulmates, or are connected in ineffable ways I cannot shape or control. OTOH, maybe I'm just co-dependent. Other people have felt very close to me; not as close as Dee, but still very deeply connected, and connected this way almost from the very moment I met them.
My rational mind, and my willful self, struggle against this. But I think it might be a part of the way the brain works. I also think this common experience is why people feel the religious need for "salvation," which is a similar kind of wholeness. In fact, the "sacrament of marriage" is intended in many ways as an earthly analogue for the union of heaven and earth depicted by the "mystery of the bridal chamber." This is a deep, heavy, and multi-faceted topic.
[Poll #256223]