Soul Salvation

by Erika K. Morrell

Ah...love. We dream about it, long for it, and pray for it. We pray for that “special someone” to come in and sweep us off our feet—our Soul Mate. Soul Mates for all we ask them to be in our dreams, and in our popular culture, are greatly misunderstood. When I think about Soul Mate relationships, I hear the words of Shakespeare ring in my ears: “The path of true love never did run smoothly.” A Soul Mate, in the simplest of terms, is the person who reflects to us how we see ourselves, and the things we need to see about ourselves to heal and become whole. Romantic, huh? It is the deepest, truest, and most challenging love there is. Then in the mastery of it, the most rewarding, perfect love that can exist.

A Soul Mate relationship asks that you not look to the other person for love, but look to yourself. It teaches you, plain and simple, that to have the love you seek you must become the love you seek. You cannot give to another person what you do not possess yourself. No, that does not mean you are going to be alone. Actually, that means, in some ways, you will never be alone again. Loving another no longer is a need; it becomes a choice.

Fun Facts About Soul Mates
You find them in the darnedest places. They are not who you imagined or look the way you pictured your Soul Mate looking. They, for the most part, do not sweep you off your feet. You will, however, be strongly drawn to them, or the universe will throw them in your path repeatedly. You may very well know them for a while before your Soul Mate relationship reveals itself to you.

They will probably not make you feel giddy or euphoric, at least not for a while. They will challenge you, make you irritated and frustrated. You will often feel sad or angry, yet deeply seen and loved.

They will teach you, heal you, support you, honor you, respect you, and love you.

Everything they are to you, you will be to them.

A Soul Mate is a gift. The greatest gift a Soul Mate gives you is the understanding of love on the deepest level of existence, not only for someone else, but for yourself.

©2007, Erika K. Morrell. Soul Mate Medium™ Erika K. Morrell has spent the past 18 years supporting people on their adventurous journey to love, finding their Soul Mates and, most importantly, themselves. Erika happily can be found in Studio City, California. For more information, please contact her at Erika@SoulMateMedium.com

Appeared in the April/May 2007 issue of Innerchange.