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To some extent, the process of mating belongs to the body and the mind. The soul cannot mate with anything, nor does the soul needa mate because it is absolute and boundless. Only what is limited needs a mate in order feel a little better.

If you choose a mate because you want your body to feel a little better, we call that sexuality, and it can be quite beautiful. If wechoose a mate because we want our minds to feel a little better, we call that companionship. If we want our emotions to feel better, wecall that love. Experiencing good physical compatibility, companionship and a strong sense of love can make your life very wonderfulin many ways, but if you are willing to look at all this very carefully and sincerely, you cannot deny the limitations with which theyexist and the anxiety that naturally follows such arrangements. Though it is quite a fortune for a human being to find someone who isphysically, mentally, and emotionally compatible, the limitedness of even that arrangement invariably becomes suffocating if you areunwilling to settle for the limited.

To have such a pleasant arrangement is like living in a beautiful garden. Every human being wants to have this, but this is not a matterof the soul. All the connections you make this way are either of the body, mind or emotions. You cannot connect anything else thisway. It is extremely important that we understand the limitations with which we are living and try to make the best of them for now,and then see how we can go beyond our limitations tomorrow.

If you do not understand the limitations of your relationship, it gets greatly decorated, but when it crashes it becomes so ugly youcannot even walk out of it gracefully. It becomes ugly simply because you tell many lies to yourself and to the other person. It is better

to be straight, at least with yourself. Even if your partner lacks the necessary maturity for you to be 100 percent straight with him orher, you must at least be straight with yourself.

It is very, very important to be straight with yourself; otherwise, life won't work right. And if you are very straight with yourself, youwill see through things very easily. There are lots of things that people think are important that won't matter to you or even make muchsense to you. The more sincere you are with yourself, the clearer you will see things and the less melodrama you will create in order tomake your life more intense and interesting. Without all the melodrama, you will become freer and freer, and you will quickly becomeless entangled. You will cut away one encumbering rope at a time. Then you will rise to higher and higher elevated realities.

If you do not become absolutely straight with yourself, it may take a lifetime to deal with every little thing that disturbs you before youfinally come to the point where you realize that all your worry is not getting you anywhere. That is a waste of your time -- and of life.

But if you are very straight with yourself, you will see that most of the things that are highly romanticized in the world actually mean

nothing at all. They are all very empty. Life is full as it is, it does not need decorating. Only those who are missing the intensity of thelife process -- those who are not in perception of the grandeur of life within -- have this juvenile idea that they have to enhance life.The life process does not need any assistance from you to become beautiful, if only you are willing to merge with it and know itsbeauty.

Does this mean you should not enjoy the simple aspects of life? No. Let's apply this to the moment. If you eat your dinner, will youget enlightened? No, but that does not mean we won't eat dinner; we eat. We can still enjoy the simple process of life even though

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dinner is not going to get us to the ultimate. Our bodies are hungry. Similarly, if you are hungry in your emotions, body and mind forcertain things, you get married. But you know very well that this is not the ultimate.

This is a good and sensible way to handle your marriage. If you believe too many fancy things about your relationship, then it cannothelp but disappoint you. Relationships are made to make our life journey pleasant for ourselves, and also for those around us.

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HUFFPOST SUPER USERConnie Markley Boppre71 Fans05:03 AM on 07/30/2011it seems like there might be, but it's looking like it's not me...

Connie_Markley_Boppre: it seems like there might be, but it's looking likehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Connie_Markley_Boppre/do-soul-mates-exist_b_901262_100010585.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it

Kadappan Panayappan25 Fans02:25 PM on 07/28/2011Thanks for the post!Kadappan_Panayappan: Thanks for the post!http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Kadappan_Panayappan/do-soul-mates-exist_b_901262_99678322.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it

sevun bianco2 Fans07:13 PM on 07/27/2011Thanks for this one. It is a hard lesson but it needs to be heard!sevun_bianco: Thanks for this one. It is a hard lesson buthttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/sevun_bianco/do-soul-mates-exist_b_901262_99536251.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share itclaire s1 Fans06:01 PM on 07/24/2011This reminds me of a favorite song by a brilliant artist. "How could I be so immature, to think he could replace the missing elements in

me. How extremely lazy of me." -Bjorkclaire_s: This reminds me of a favorite song by a brillianthttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/claire_s/do-soul-mates-exist_b_901262_98940527.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share itanna256 Fans11:42 PM on 07/23/2011


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Its so refreshing to read something that makes sense!!! With people pummeling you with all sorts of expectations since childhood, itseasy to get lost and wonder WHY? Thank you to Sadhguru for a space to reflect, and be honest with ourselves!anna25: Its so refreshing to read something that makes sense!!! Withhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/anna25/do-soul-mates-exist_b_901262_98826283.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it

Judy Wiggins20 Fans09:01 PM on 07/23/2011If one is seeking true liberation and self-realization, then he/she must always be straight with themselves. Sadhguru is explaining avery emotionally charged subject, (that being "soul mates"), in such a way that we don't lose sight of the fact that our souls are beyondour bodies and our minds. But because of our limited conceptions of our "soul", and our conditioning in our society of that term andof the term "soul mate", we often think that we are only made complete by someone else's love and affection when this is not the caseat all. Sadhguru is acknowledging that relationships, sexuality and companionship can be and are wonderful and beautiful things,AND he is reminding us that these relationships are not the ultimate, and to always keep an awareness of that within ourselves if weare to evolve ourselves to higher levels of consiousness and being.Judy_Wiggins: If one is seeking true liberation and self-realization, then he/shehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Judy_Wiggins/do-soul-mates-exist_b_901262_98805397.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it

Shilpa Pinnaka1 Fans04:09 PM on 07/23/2011It makes sense that soul has to be a non physical thing. Anything which is not physical cannot have attributes that are physical.Anything that is not physical cannot have boundaries. Anything without boundaries would be universal. When it is universal it wouldbe the only ONE thing. It means the soul is only one and is indivisible. When there is only ONE, where is the question of having amate? I guess we all just have to realize this by experience and then we will be in YOGA.Shilpa_Pinnaka: It makes sense that soul has to be a nonhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Shilpa_Pinnaka/do-soul-mates-exist_b_901262_98766790.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it

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1 Fans03:55 PM on 07/23/2011I have read and listened to many spiritual masters but no one is closer to the truth than Sadhguru.Shilpa_Pinnaka: I have read and listened to many spiritual masters buthttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Shilpa_Pinnaka/do-soul-mates-exist_b_901262_98764712.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share itMeghna56 Fans01:19 PM on 07/23/2011Always makes so much sense. I have had remarkable relationships of all sorts in my life, and with every passing day I am more andmore aware that I am the one in charge of my happiness, my joy, and in fact, I am able to create it because of that. I have longed for a"soulmate" only to realize that there is an even greater longing within, so though I continue to have many relationships, I am nowfocused on my spiritual journey.

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sunflower1243 Fans09:09 PM on 08/16/2011We're born alone, we die alone. It would be good to have a soulmate, but the journey towards spiritual growth is the one weneed to pursue, with or without a soulmate.sunflower12: We're born alone, we die alone. It would be good

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SivaRam0 Fans04:48 PM on 07/22/2011Sadhguru's name is to be added in the dictionary as a synonym for clarity.SivaRam: Sadhguru's name is to be added in the dictionary ashttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/SivaRam/do-soul-mates-exist_b_901262_98592995.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it

Anu Sree1 Fans03:56 AM on 08/06/2011So true in all aspectsAnu_Sree: So true in all aspectshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Anu_Sree/do-soul-mates-exist_b_901262_101272532.html

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Ram494 Fans01:11 PM on 07/22/2011A sensible to approach to marriage and companionship. Having a soul mate can be a wonderful experience but is it the ultimate? Methinks not!Ram49: A sensible to approach to marriage and companionship. Having ahttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Ram49/do-soul-mates-exist_b_901262_98549909.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share itVishycat

0 Fans11:08 AM on 07/22/2011Brilliant.... ! Cant get more straight .....Vishycat: Brilliant.... ! Cant get more straight .....http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Vishycat/do-soul-mates-exist_b_901262_98524584.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it

HapticZ5 Fans06:28 PM on 07/21/2011

as i don't have a 'soul' due to my awareness of that folly (i'm very straight with myself, you see), i will never have a 'soul mate' oranything close to it. i do wish those who do have souls have the chance to actually meet their mate, co-join (in all manner and form)and make greater souls from the two of them. i'll try not to obstruct their happiness, coerce them to my ways or even elevate themtacitly or implicitly via my special tin foil headgear. ;-))HapticZ: as i don't have a 'soul' due to my awarenesshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/HapticZ/do-soul-mates-exist_b_901262_98422084.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it

TYRANNASAURUSUGH!....people don't taste good.

425 Fans04:40 PM on 07/21/2011Is There Such a Thing as a Soul Mate?

No.....and there's no such thing as a soul....it's a term that means and explains nothing.....women use it a lot because they're emotionalpeople looking for same.TYRANNASAURUS: Is There Such a Thing as a Soul Mate? No.....and


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dil123It's all low comedy359 Fans02:42 PM on 07/21/2011

I've always said there are no soul-mates just because of the vast number of people on the planet. I mean how can you really find yoursoul-mate on a planet of seven billion or even of a country of three hundred million? It's imposible. We are all different races, creeds,ethnicities and religions; just the idea of a soul-mate would mean you would have to transcend all of that. I mean, how can you findyour soul-mate when your soul-mate could be, right now starving in the Somiali famine. I mean we are talking about souls here, theyall start out in the same place and are transported all over the world. Rather than waiting for a soul-mate, we should just find someonewe like, who we have things in common with and we can talk to. These are the things that are going to make a relationship last, not ifwe think that they are our soul-mate or if they make our toes tingle or as the song says make it so "we can't feel our legs". All of thatgoes away in the day to day. You just need to find someone you can live with and has the same values as you, then everything will beOK.dil123: I've always said there are no soul-mates just because ofhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/dil123/do-soul-mates-exist_b_901262_98378354.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share itPage: 123 Next Last (3 total)

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