Soulmates
What exactly is a “soulmate”?
In Plato’s Symposium, we were all said to have possessed four arms and legs with two faces and were much greater beings. After an attempt to bring the Gods down, we were split and condemned to look for our “other half” for the rest of our lives.
But is there really only one soulmate for every one of us?
The inner skeptic in me finds it hard to believe that there is only one person for everyone. What are the chances of you ever meeting your soulmate when there are billions of people worldwide?
How would you know if you have met your soulmate? Is it instant recognition the moment they walk into a room? Or is it only after some time that you’ll know that that is “the one”?
People rave about how their soulmates seem to be able to know everything that is on their minds, how they can complete their sentences, how they make them happy all the time. But after prolonged interaction with anyone, those aren’t feats at all. The depth of the connection between two people is what you make of it.
In Plato’s Symposium, we were all said to have possessed four arms and legs with two faces and were much greater beings. After an attempt to bring the Gods down, we were split and condemned to look for our “other half” for the rest of our lives.
But is there really only one soulmate for every one of us?
The inner skeptic in me finds it hard to believe that there is only one person for everyone. What are the chances of you ever meeting your soulmate when there are billions of people worldwide?
How would you know if you have met your soulmate? Is it instant recognition the moment they walk into a room? Or is it only after some time that you’ll know that that is “the one”?
People rave about how their soulmates seem to be able to know everything that is on their minds, how they can complete their sentences, how they make them happy all the time. But after prolonged interaction with anyone, those aren’t feats at all. The depth of the connection between two people is what you make of it.