Are you with your soulmate? Do you and the one you love know that you have lived before and loved each other in a past life? When you first met, did you "know" him or her?

There are many who believe they have a soulmate. And there are many different interpretations of what a soulmate is. There are those who believe that the soulmate is the person who was chosen for you by some higher being. There are those who believe that the soulmate is somebody that you keep finding lifetime after lifetime, and it is this person whom you are destined to partner up with over and over as the eons pass.

No matter what belief system you have, it has long been recognized that there is a greater connection for some people when they are together. Sometimes this is called love, and that greater connection can be based upon powerful natural laws, such as the law of affinity. However, there can be for some an even deeper spiritual connection than the law of affinity.

Any number of spiritual harmonies can come into play regarding the spiritual connections that people experience. Single-most important however is that connection of the soulmates. They "know" each other - usually from the first time they met. They "knew" each other, however, not by their names or their looks. They "knew" them by their spiritual beingness, by the forgotten lives that they had long been sharing.

For these two people, finding each other is almost as simple of a statement as, "Oh there you are." There's no dating ritual to speak of, no need to size each other up. They simply found each other - consciously or unconsciously they'd been looking for the soulmate. When the soul mate arrived, it was simply known. By both.

You can often tell soulmates, even if you are not with yours. There's a bond between them that is not something most people share. They know each others thoughts before they are spoken. They know how to handle each other with love and dignity and respect. They also know just what to say to get their soulmate's fighting side to come to the surface. Overall, the soulmates' bond is so deep and so strong, they'll shoulder burdens together and weather most storms as a united front. They've done it for so many lifetimes in the past, it is just natural. Typically, but not always, they gave up fighting or blaming each other for the burdens of life long ago.

It is not always a bed of roses for two soulmates though. They are still learning about each other. There's no way of knowing how long they've been traveling the spiritual life path together either. Some are truly at the point of soulmates who are kindred souls. Others, although more tightly bound than those of us who are not currently with our soulmate, are not yet as entwined as the soulmates who have traveled so much longer. They are still learning and erring with each other. It can make for some fiery times until they get it all worked out!

The sad thing about soul mates is timing. They don't just magically die at the same time, get new bodies at the same time and reconnect on the playground in kindergarten, moving forward to death to repeat it all again. Sometimes they are out of sync. A man dies early in a car crash, and is reborn while his young wife of 20 lives on without him. She lives to be 80 years old and dies. She's reborn while he is in his 60's.

And they may just meet. He may be her grandpa, and she may be his favorite little granddaughter. They are truly kindred souls, somehow, they'll reconnect. In some capacity they'll will have a connection. It just won't always be as man and wife. And there will be lifetimes, where they don't find each other at all.

They have a knowingness that they will find each other, even if they have momentarily lost or forgotten each other. It is fascinating the mechanisms that come into play for spiritual beings: the forgetting of all that was with each rebirth. Of course, it makes the challenges that much more rewarding to overcome.

When you see your soul mate, you will know - and so will they. Cherish each other - as you always have and always will.

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