| In Part 2 of this article, I discussed | | | | she has always felt like a sister, for |
| healing relationships and soul agreements. | | | | example, or even a rival. (It can be very |
| Please see Part 2 for this information. | | | | perplexing at times to have a conflicting |
| Let's continue with Part 3, in which we'll | | | | mixture of qualities in these connections. |
| discuss Soul Connections: | | | | For example, I've known clients who were |
| | | | stymied in trying to understand why a person |
| Soul Connections | | | | who was ostensibly a friend somehow also |
| | | | subtly felt like a rival or competitor. Once |
| "We cannot live only for ourselves. A | | | | the soul connections were explored and |
| thousand fibers connect us with our fellow | | | | unraveled, the mixed quality of the |
| men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic | | | | relationship made more sense.) |
| threads, our actions run as causes, and they | | | | |
| come back to us as effects." | | | | In contrast to connections that may remain |
| | | | somewhat consistent, I will also see, as I |
| -Herman Melville | | | | mentioned, combinations of these types of |
| | | | connections. For instance, two people may be |
| Starting to get information on soul | | | | from the same soul group or same soul family |
| agreements led me to continue to explore the | | | | and also be brother and sister or cousins or |
| concept of relationships on another level and | | | | teacher and student. |
| from another perspective. I next began to | | | | |
| explore various types of soul connections. | | | | The types of soul connections I've mentioned |
| Now, the soul connection that we are | | | | tend to be between those we know and interact |
| generally the most familiar with - and | | | | with over and over again in different |
| desirous of - is the soul mate connection. | | | | lifetimes. This continual interaction over |
| It is certainly considered to be the most | | | | different lifetimes tends to forge a sense of |
| sought-after one, and a relationship with our | | | | connection that is generally stronger than |
| soul mate is one of the major things in life | | | | that which would be felt from interaction in |
| that many of us yearn for and actively seek. | | | | perhaps just one lifetime. This soul |
| For some, it can be a lifelong pursuit. | | | | "familiarity" may also enable us to feel |
| Indeed, we tend to place so much value on the | | | | somewhat safer working out some of our stuff |
| soul mate connection that we are often | | | | in the framework of a learning relationship |
| unaware of the existence of other types of | | | | that is based on these close connections. |
| soul connections that we may have with those | | | | |
| whom we may know fairly closely. However, | | | | Soul agreements may be made both with people |
| other types of soul connections do exist, at | | | | with whom we have soul connections, as well |
| least from the information I have received. | | | | as with others to whom we feel no deep |
| So before we discuss soul mate relationships | | | | connection. And we may have both pleasant |
| in more detail, let's look at some other | | | | and unpleasant soul agreements from one |
| types of soul connections. | | | | lifetime to the next with those with whom we |
| | | | have soul connections. The variety and |
| At present when I look at relationships in | | | | combinations appear to be limitless. |
| sessions, whether romantic or those with | | | | Certainly if a person we're interacting with |
| friends, family, work colleagues, children, | | | | closely comes from our same soul group and is |
| or others, I will look not just at the energy | | | | also someone with whom we've had both |
| dynamics or the resonating issues or lessons | | | | pleasant and unpleasant soul agreements, we |
| or soul agreements involved, but also at what | | | | may therefore experience mixed feelings about |
| the overall soul connections may be. I do | | | | that person, while at the same time feeling a |
| this because I have learned that | | | | strong connection with him/her. And, |
| understanding what soul connections there may | | | | similarly, having a same soul family |
| be on the soul level can give us additional | | | | connection with someone with whom we've had |
| insight into our relationships and their | | | | problematic or antagonistic soul agreements |
| dynamics, as well as into why a relationship | | | | may help to take the sting out of the overall |
| may have a certain feel to it or represent a | | | | connection or absolve the more problematic |
| certain type of challenge. I have thus far | | | | flavor. |
| seen many different types of soul connections | | | | |
| and combinations thereof and have been able | | | | Understanding what some of the soul |
| to sense how they can color the nature of | | | | connections and/or soul agreements may be |
| what one experiences in his/her interactions | | | | operating in the background, so to speak, |
| with others. | | | | between people in relationships can enable us |
| | | | to begin to understand why certain mixed |
| One type of soul connection I get quite | | | | feelings may exist in different relationships |
| commonly is that the people involved, usually | | | | and how we can best handle the relationship |
| in some type of close relationship, are from | | | | or interact in it. Interestingly, I have |
| the same soul group or same soul family. | | | | seen several cases in which two people had a |
| Although I can not yet completely delineate | | | | general soul agreement to always come |
| conceptually what that means in the greater | | | | together in different types of relationships |
| scheme of things, I intimate that the souls | | | | in order to stimulate each other's growth, |
| in a soul group or soul family may have been | | | | without any residual blame or "hard |
| created as souls at the same time or in a | | | | feelings." (It's almost as if there were an |
| group (although, given the nonexistence of | | | | agreement to have a built-in "eraser" to |
| time on the highest levels, I'm not sure that | | | | eradicate any of the residual mutual |
| this makes complete sense) and that these | | | | bitterness that any of their difficult |
| souls thus share a "kinship" not unlike | | | | relationships might engender.) The potential |
| families here on earth. Being from the same | | | | is endless for the variety and types of |
| soul group or same soul family may contribute | | | | combinations of connections and agreements we |
| to an underlying feeling of closeness between | | | | may have with other souls, including what the |
| people or to a sense of coming from the same | | | | residual effects may be. |
| place, a feeling of kinship that can't be | | | | |
| explained by other, more superficial | | | | We will usually experience a deeper feeling |
| characteristics (family connection here, or | | | | of connection to someone with whom we have a |
| race, or background). For some reason that I | | | | strong soul connection and, concomitantly, |
| do not yet comprehend, every time I get a | | | | less so to someone with whom we may have a |
| soul group or soul family connection, I | | | | one-time soul agreement. This may explain |
| always get a visual impression of the | | | | why we feel an instant connection to or bond |
| numerous souls in the group or family | | | | with someone we meet or an instantaneous |
| arranged in a circle next to each other. | | | | sense of familiarity - that feeling that |
| Although I feel that there is some | | | | somehow we know this person we're meeting |
| significant meaning attached to this | | | | ostensibly for the first time. |
| geometric "being in a circle" configuration, | | | | Interestingly, it will often happen that we |
| I do not yet know what that meaning may be. | | | | will meet someone for the first time and feel |
| | | | a very strong soul connection - and then, |
| I have also, thus far on only rare occasions, | | | | over time, as we continue to get to know and |
| seen a variation on this connection of same | | | | interact with this person in real time, |
| soul group or soul family. In this | | | | experience the feeling of the soul connection |
| variation, I have sensed that two people came | | | | subside, while the present connection takes |
| from different soul groups or families, but | | | | precedence. |
| that their souls are so similar that they are | | | | |
| like distant unrelated cousins or two | | | | The soul connections that can encompass |
| expressions of the same complex vibration. | | | | diverse types of connections can really |
| Up to this point in time, I have only seen | | | | complicate some of our relationships. For |
| this type of connection in souls that have | | | | example, I've read clients whose soul |
| some sort of inherent and greater than normal | | | | connection to one of their children was that |
| complexity, greatness, or potential for it | | | | of student. In other words, the child was |
| here on earth. It's as if their uniqueness | | | | their teacher (over and above the usual way |
| or rareness meant that there were very few | | | | in which one's children can teach one |
| other souls who had a similarity. I'm still | | | | lessons). This adds another element to the |
| in the process of understanding this concept | | | | usual relationship of parent-child, with the |
| completely and will probably only begin to do | | | | parent trying to be the wiser and nurturing |
| so when I encounter more instances of it. | | | | one! |
| | | | |
| There are other, more common soul | | | | On the other hand, a combination of soul |
| connections. Most of these are experienced | | | | connections can also add a richness and |
| and expressed in familial terms. I have | | | | texture to some relationships that might not |
| sensed many soul connections that were those | | | | otherwise have been there. |
| of siblings, whether brother and sister or | | | | |
| sisters or brothers. I've seen parent to | | | | Such soul connections generally underlie our |
| child and even uncle to niece or nephew and | | | | relationships with those with whom we |
| cousins. Other soul connections may be more | | | | interact closely, for example family, |
| non-familial. A very common non-familial one | | | | friends, co-workers - not to mention romantic |
| will be that of teacher or mentor and | | | | relationships. I've seen clients who've had |
| student. I have also seen soul connections | | | | wonderful relationships with their bosses or |
| that were those of colleagues, sometimes | | | | supervisors - only for me to find a positive |
| expressed in a positive and cordial manner | | | | soul connection with the boss as benevolent |
| and at other times, in a negative or | | | | mentor in previous lifetimes. Conversely, |
| antagonistic manner. | | | | I've also seen some difficult work |
| | | | relationships, only to discover an overriding |
| I am still not completely sure what causes or | | | | soul connection of antagonism or unpleasant |
| contributes to the particular type of soul | | | | rivalry. I've even seen instances of two |
| connections. The connection of being from | | | | people whose connection was that of always |
| the same soul group or same soul family | | | | and consistently being rivals or competing |
| appears to be an inherent connection, coming | | | | with each other. This is apparently the |
| from the "moment" of creation of souls, as | | | | means that they have chosen on another level |
| mentioned above. Other types of soul | | | | to consistently stimulate each other's |
| connections, such as those of siblings or | | | | growth, which, again, may tend to remove any |
| teacher/student, feel like they may have been | | | | bitterness. |
| forged through various lifetimes. Indeed, | | | | |
| I've seen instances in which the soul | | | | Soul connections like these can also be |
| connection between two people was varied, due | | | | confusing in romantic relationships. We will |
| to the different roles they had played with | | | | sometimes meet someone with whom we feel a |
| each other in different lifetimes; they were | | | | strong soul connection and interpret that to |
| (or had been) brother and sister (in one | | | | mean that, because there's a strong soul |
| lifetime), but also colleagues (in another | | | | connection, we're supposed to be together as |
| lifetime), for example, and others who were | | | | romantic partners, whereas the actual soul |
| (or had been) spouses to each other, as well | | | | connection may just be that of being from the |
| as parent and child. (These varied soul | | | | same soul group or same soul family. I've |
| connections, interestingly enough, will often | | | | seen clients who were strongly motivated to |
| be felt in the relationship of those | | | | be in a particular relationship because they |
| involved, so that there is a mixed quality | | | | had felt a strong soul connection from the |
| that they feel in their connection or an | | | | outset with the other person and for this |
| overlay of different attributes.) Sometimes | | | | reason thought they were supposed to be |
| these soul connections will have an added | | | | together. All the more reason why it's |
| dimension of hierarchy, in that one of the | | | | helpful to know what type of soul connection |
| two people (or souls) has traditionally been | | | | it may be. |
| the "senior" one or the one with more clout | | | | |
| or power. | | | | On the other hand, it can also happen that we |
| | | | may sense an initial aversion to someone we |
| Interestingly, these flavors in soul | | | | meet, just because of an unpleasant soul |
| connections may change over time. For | | | | connection - and this sense of aversion may |
| instance, two souls whose overall connection | | | | shift over time as we interact with and get |
| may have been parent-child, with one always | | | | to know the person in the here and now for |
| having had power over the other, may find | | | | their present persona and essence. I've seen |
| that their connection equalizes over time or | | | | one case in which a client had a strong |
| even in the space of one lifetime, so that | | | | initial dislike for someone with whom he |
| the sense of hierarchy evaporates. | | | | later became romantically involved. As his |
| | | | initial dislike mutated into a romantic |
| These various types of soul connections will | | | | interest, he found himself having dreams of |
| flavor what we experience in our | | | | the other person, in which he felt that he |
| relationships with others and often in a | | | | was exploring his past life connections with |
| subtle manner. We may feel a particular | | | | her. In every case, he dreamed of her |
| closeness to a friend, for example, and then | | | | abusing him in various ways. Interestingly, |
| learn that our soul connection is that of | | | | the present relationship between the two of |
| sisters or brothers. This factor of soul | | | | them was somewhat dysfunctional, but was also |
| connections helps to explain why we may be | | | | a strong learning relationship as well. He |
| feeling some sort of connection with certain | | | | ended up learning strong lessons from this |
| people that can't be explained simply by the | | | | relationship that stimulated his personal |
| present connection or nature of the | | | | growth. In this particular case, his initial |
| interaction, or why we may be feeling a | | | | feeling of aversion was indicative of a |
| certain quality in the relationship that has | | | | difficult soul connection and a foreshadowing |
| inherently been there from the very | | | | of painful interactions. However, he was |
| beginning; in other words, why we've had a | | | | able to mine great jewels from the |
| specific feeling from the moment we met | | | | experience, even though the other person was |
| someone who has later become a friend that | | | | not his soul mate. |