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63 of 63 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb book and Very Inspiring, December 9, 2004
At the beginning of the book, the author first clears misconceptions related to the term "soul mates" and I fully agree.
A lot of people may look at the term "soul mate" and consider it to be some ideal person who will make one's life perfect, whole and complete, as if by waving a magic wand. Yet, in this book, a "soul mate" is a person who helps the individual to grow spiritually so that he can bring out the wholeness that is already within each person.
The "soul mate" term also implies that one has shared a lifetime or more with another before, that they already know each other on a deeper level. In that respect, one has many soulmates. Ultimately, though, from a spiritual perspective where all is One and all are connected - everyone is everyone else's soul mate.
This book explores different types of soulmate relationships - intimate relationships / marital partners, family members, friends, groups with soul mates joined in the common purpose, and twin souls. Each is illustrated with numerous stories from Edgar Cayce's readings (files).
The distinction between soul mates and twin souls in this book is mainly based upon the purpose of the relationship: while the focus of soul mate relationship is on the individual's spiritual growth, the main purpose of twin soul relationship is a working on a common purpose - a life-work for the benefit of others, which neither could fulfill alone.
The spiritual growth and sharing doesn't involve only the growth of two individuals, but also sharing of a common goal that is bigger than the two individuals; some kind of a contribution to the wellbeing of others, which neither of these people could do alone, so that are put together, so to speak, to create this masterpiece, a contribution for the greater good of all, an aspect of their destiny, they can only do together.
The soul attraction goes beyond attraction on the physical level. Sometimes people are instantly attracted to the particular soulmate, sometimes initially they may not even be all that interested, but certain chain of events eventually opens them up to this inner realization and feeling that they have been together before, a feeling of familiarity with another that goes beyond physical level.
The relationships between soulmates are not always easy and rosy - as a matter of fact, most of the time they have to overcome a lot of challenges and a lot of individual differences and it may take a lot of work. What keeps them together, more than anything else, is this commitment to the higher purpose that is bigger than they are, an undeniable inner knowingness that they are meant to do something together.
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63 of 64 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Amazing Eye Opener About How Soul Attraction Works!, March 26, 1999
By A Customer
This book had everything in one place! How relationships work. The purpose behind our relationships with one another. Why souls are attracted to us in the first place. How the soul decides on its parents at conception. Even the nature of loneliness was discussed. Throw out your other books on soul mates -- this is a keeper!!!
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52 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A light in the storm, this one is amazing., May 5, 1999
By A Customer
I started reading "Edgar Cayce on Soul Mates," thinking that soul mates were one thing. I started reading thinking that I was one thing, and finished it seeing the world differently, seeing my purpose in life differently. Thinking in picking it up that it was about finding true love and being connected deeply to a certain few people, I discovered a deeper truth... one I recognise. It's revelations open up a profound new way to understand myself (what motivates me, why I'm here) and more importantly they reveal a new way to relate to those around me, one where atagonism and isolation have no place.
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