How to Recognize Your Soul Mate

Many of us have pondered the concept of Soul Mates before.

What is a Soul Mate?
Do I have one?
And if so, where is mine?

The idea that there is one special person created just for you is too juicy not to consider. I definitely believe in Soul Mates (in fact, I've manifested a few of them using the techniques I teach in my course), but my definition extends beyond the traditional idea of The One.
 

I personally believe a Soul Mate is a person you're inexplicably drawn to be in relationship with. I believe they are brought into your life so that you can grow and expand into the best version of yourself.

Let's think about attraction for a second...
 

We come into contact with many, many people throughout our lives. And we're attracted to some of them. But there are only a few that we're so attracted to that we feel a desire to be in a relationship with them.
 

Why is it that we are called to get into relationships with just a few people?
 

It's because when it comes to attraction, the unconscious is leading the way. Love is not logical; it's of the Soul. And the Soul knows a thing or two; it's pretty damn smart. It'll match you with the very people you're supposed to be with - and it does this through attraction.
 

When you feel a strong urge to enter a relationship with another person - rest assuredyou've found a Soul Mate.
 

Now, of course this doesn't guarantee the relationship will last forever. Nor does it mean it's going to be a walk in the park. In fact, you can be pretty sure that you're going to come up against some challenges with your Soul Mate.
 

Because where there is potential for the greatest love, there also is potential for the greatest pain.

Soul Mate relationships include both.
 

I know, I know, you don't want this to be true. None of us do. We all want the love without the pain. We want bliss without breakdown! But, it isn't possible.
 

How come?

Because both love and pain exist WITHIN US. What is within us is going to show up in front of us, especially in our relationships.
 

Unresolved issues that reside within us will always rise to the surface in potent relationships. Many of us may be quick to write-off our relationships when the going-gets-tough, but I'm here to assure you that challenges aren't necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it's supposed to happen this way.
 

What does not come to the surface cannot be healed. We have to look our demons in the eye if we want them to go away.

People spend a lot of time questioning whether or not they are with the right partner, and usually this question arises when we feel pain or discomfort. But what if we shifted our perception a bit... what if we understood and accepted that discomfort is part of the deal?
 

And this doesn't mean that we act carelessly with our partners or stick around in relationships that are too awful to tolerate...

But what I am proposing is this: What if we recognized that discomfort comes from within us (no, it's not their fault) and that it is telling us that we need to change?
 

What if we actually took responsibility for our uncomfortable feelings and approached them as a call to become conscious - to learn where we struggle the most and try to grow beyond these setbacks?
 

Jung said, "Seldom or never does a marriage develop into an individual relationship smoothly without crisis. There is no birth of consciousness without pain."

Pain is the opportunity; it literally is the call to wake-up and change.
 

To personally evolve means to grow through the things that challenge us the most. Our Souls long to do this - we inherently want to become greater people. Deep within us we are driven to make our way through struggles and emerge victorious. Our Soul Mates are the people that give us the opportunity to do so - they trigger our issues to the surface so we can look at them and grow.
 

And how do we move beyond the issues that get triggered in relationships?

By choosing love instead. 
 

You can say that all feelings are categorized as either love or fear. To state the obvious, love feels good; fear does not.

To grow simply means we transform experiences of fear into experiences of love. There are many simple and difficult opportunities to do this within a relationship.
 

Choosing love means seeing people (including ourselves) beyond their mistakes.
 

It means seeing the potential in our partners, even when they can't see it within themselves.

It means we are kind, compassionate, understanding, and forgiving, even when it's hard to do.

It means focusing on the good in somebody else, rather than the bad.

It means consciously committing to work through our stuff; to clean up our side of the street.
 

Your Soul Mate is someone to grow with. This doesn't come easy. This person is going to challenge you in many ways, and that's okay. Don't write-off your relationship because it's difficult at times - understand that the difficultly is an opportunity for you grow.
 

The next time you start to question whether or not you have a Soul Mate, take a look at the person or people you are closest too. They are your Soul Mates.
 

Quoting Jung once again, know that "in all disorder there is a secret order." The people in your life are here to help you become a better person... to expand and grow in love.

All you have to do is accept the challenge.

Please leave a comment below and tell us your experience with Soul Mates. I look forward to hearing from you!