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The Soul Mate Myth

~ Chapter 5 ~

Believing that you can own another person will cause you great suffering. Believing that you have the right to do so will lead to a constant state of fear. Know that you are whole. Everybody says this, but if you have never lived alone, consider doing so for one cycle of the planet around the sun. See what you learn in each season. If you cannot live with yourself then you're in a constant state of dependence, which leads to resentment.

The ownership that arises from the monogamous mind-set leads to both subtle and overt violence. It also creates completely needless deception. Love is expansive. It is also natural to become intimate with those we love who are not physically repulsive to us. Look out everyone! You can't hold back the floodgates much longer. We're becoming too sensitive and psychic to lie to each other any longer. Our souls crave truth too greatly to pretend that we are only attracted to one person.

The soul mate myth puts the lives of so many in limbo only to await for an illusion that never comes. If one feels it is present, it is only a temporary high that after months or years of micromanagement becomes painfully disillusioning. This disillusionment is good; all disillusionment is good because only in the undoing of illusion can we get to the core of what is real. When we evolve beyond our illusions we are incapable of experiencing disillusionment. The ego has been burnt out from the pit of our minds leaving only ashes which dissipate to nothingness in the cool, gentle winds of truth.