I keep hearing from friends and such about how they are searching for their "soul mates". What the hell is a soul mate? Do they exsist? Personally I think there are thousands upon thousands of people that we are compatible with. And the thought of searching for this ONE person seems so ridiculous to me. Why waste your time? Find a dame or a gent that gets your blood flowing and go with it. I see too many people put thereselves through complete and utter hell just to be with someone that they supposedly have this amazing connection with. I say - Whatever..... move on.
my thoughts excactly .......... i personally feel i have many soul mates. or at least that night i am her soulmate
To reduce this down to something I saw on MTV's Sex2k, I believe all men are compatible with any female that 1) Keeps his belly full 2) Keeps his balls empty
I'm dating a girl who is now looking for the one who is "intoxicating". That pretty much means soul mate. Which means I'm out of a job in about two weeks.
Geez people, you can't know if someone is your soulmate in a week or a month or even a year. But you can discover, after years and years of being together, that you and another have become one person, one mind, with one purpose: to be together forever. Someone who completes you and you complete them. THAT is what a soul mate is. I know, because I have one.
This whole concept is based on the flawed idea that humans have souls. OK I was just going for shock value, but I don't believe in soul mates any more than I believe in spirit animals. Oh and by the way my spirt animal is the Koala.
Great point Behad. It's what we men call common f*ckin' sense. Try explaining this to a woman who believes in soulmates. They'll tell you that you can sense your soulmate immediately. ::sigh:: If only science can put the brain of a man into a bod of a fine looking woman.
The idea of having a relationship with one other person that you are completely intimate with makes sense. But there seems to be a whole mystic around the idea of a special "soul mate" out there for each person. Where does the idea come from exactly? Is there some source one could check to find out if there is any more information about soul mates? How does one identify a soul mate and is there supposed to be a guarantee you'll find each other?
Let's break the idea down a bit. 1) Generous assumption: your soul mate will live in approximately the same window of history that you inhabit. Okay, let's go with that. 2) Let's say there are 6 billion humans on Earth (actually more, but I want to be hopeful here). 3) Let's say you live to be 80 years old (beating the average, but you are cheery and believe in soul mates, so you probably don't smoke either). 4) Let's say that, on average, you meet 10 new people per day. (I know that's a lot, but ideally, you might recognize your soul mate if she was sitting next to you at a stoplight, and if her windows were rolled up you wouldn't even hear the Hanson CD). 5) So, in your 80 year life, you will have the opportunity to meet approximately 300,000 people (rounding up). 6) The odds are now clear. You have a 0.005% (1 in 20,000) chance to meet your soul mate during your lifetime, if you have a long life and make sure you get out a lot and keep your eyes open and don't settle for someone less than your soulmate along the way. Please feel free to share this estimation as needed, drewdog. PS -- Mrs. JV, I've heard the notion and terminology started in a Richard Bach book, but that could be wrong. The other thing I've heard is that the term is mistranslated from the Etruscan idiom for "butt sex."
Agreed. I dated many an intoxicating chick in college so.. "intoxicating" and "intoxicated" are the same thing, right? No? Nevermind...
don't do that, RM95!! i could tell you the story of the girl i thought i'd marry...the girl i followed to baylor (the girl i left going to UT for!!!)...and how she tore me up...broke my heart....and played me out. and then i could tell you the story of my best friend...the one i met at baylor whom i developed an amazing friendship with...the one who i never would have met if it weren't for the first one leading me to baylor....the one who i married...the one who is the mother of my son...and remains my VERY best friend. some would call it luck...or chance...or whatever. call it what you want...i know what it is. you're way too nice a guy and too much of a quality person to not find someone who'll fall head over heels for you...and you for her.
So your saying there's a chance! IMO the idea of soulmates also goes along with the ideas of fate and destiny, so it's more about faith and doesn't really have anything to do with scientific probablity.
Dont give up the faith amigo. Things will improve! BTW Im coming up to Dallas in a few weeks. We should kick it.
I think it is a matter of probability. Human beings do not live in a vacuum. We are interested in things created by society. Oftentimes, if your interests match their interests and you also share similiar personality traits and physical attraction, then it could happen. Obviously finding a "soulmate" would require all of the above to happen but it can happen. The more people you meet, the greater the probability that you will find that person.
But if you believe in souls don't you also believe in destiny? If you have a soul, maybe it is fate that you will meet that one person that is perfect for you. God will guide you to find your one and only true love...or something like that.
