What is a Karmic Soul Mate?

One of the most interesting, yet baffling, thing about life is that out of all the people in the world, a few fortunate ones will touch our lives in a special way and leave lasting impressions. One such person is your karmic soul mate.
While other soul mates come into your life for intimate reasons, not so the karmic soul mates; for they are the ones who come into your life to teach you something about yourself or help you with a particular task.
While there are usually no sexual relations with this person, there is still that bond, that closeness, that inevitable feeling that this person is pretty darn special. It may be a special friend, co-worker or even a member of your family, but one thing is for sure, without them your life would not be complete.
I have compiled ten questions and answers that will explain in more detail what karmic soul mates are all about. It is my hope that you come away with a clearer understanding of the karmic soul mate relationship and can use this knowledge to recognize those people who touch you in ways no others can.
Can a karmic relationship go on to the next level?
No. Once a karmic soul mate, always a karmic soul mate. Don't let yourself fall into the trap of believing that there is more there that really isn't. The karmic soul mate solely comes into your life to teach you something or you teach them and then they - as well as you - move on.
What kind of lessons do karmic soul mates teach you?
That depends on the particular situation. One karmic soul mate may come into your life to teach you about strength, while another might teach you about compassion. I've had karmic soul mates come into my life to show me that I needed to stop and smell the roses. I've had karmic soul mates come into my life to show me how to better myself. I've also had karmic soul mates come into my life to help me complete tasks I wouldn't otherwise know how to do on my own.
Do karmic soul mates find their way into each other's path again?
Of course. But when they do, it's to learn new lessons.
The karmic soul mate bond, just as in other soul mate relationships, never goes away.
You say that family members can be karmic soul mates. Can you give an example?
Your mother is your first karmic soul mate. The aunt who took care of you when your parents couldn't is another example. The grandmother who encouraged you throughout college, and was always there for you when others couldn't or wouldn't. Good examples of karmic soul mates. They support you, love you and are there for you.
Can animals be soul mates, too?
Yes, as funny as this seems, animals can fall into this category.
I have a story in my anthology, Romancing the Soul, by an incredible writer named Avie Townsend that exemplifies the karmic soul mate experience beautifully.
When I read her story about a cat she owned named Eli, I knew right away that this was no ordinary pet. Avie and Eli had connected on a spiritual level and exhibited extraordinary personal communication. Cats, as well as other animals, all have souls.
Remember, every living organism on this earth can become your soul mate.
If this is so, what about that philodendron sitting in my living room? It is a living organism. Can that plant be a soul mate, too?
As strange as it sounds, yes. Because of the fact that it is a living, breathing organism, it has potential of becoming a karmic soul mate. Have you ever seen a homeless person carrying around a certain plant? I have. That plant must have had special meanings to it or could it be they have connected on a karmic soul mate plane? Sure!
It is a documented fact that when you talk to plants, they thrive. Ignore them and while they may not die, they do not prosper as much than if you were to "connect" with them on a spiritual level. Talk to your plants and see if I'm not right.
Anything that is breathing and alive can be a potential soul mate.
Could I ever end up marrying my karmic soul mate?
No. This would fall into the companion soul mate category.
What are the differences?
A karmic soul mate comes into your life for you to teach them something or to learn something from them. A companion soul mate comes into your life for intimacy and/or childbearing.
A karmic soul mate comes into your life intermittently while a companion soul mate relationship can go on for years.
A karmic soul mate is the easiest soul mate to find while the companion soul mate takes time and much thought and is the most tumultuous of the three separate kinds of soul mates.
Why do you say tumultuous?
The karmic soul mate relationship usually stays on an even keel, while the companion soul mate comes with its own set of problems. That's not saying that there won't be differences within the karmic soul mate relationship, but that it never gets as explosive as it does within the companion soul mate relationship. Of the three kinds of soul mates - karmic, companion and twin soul - the companion soul mate relationship is the category that takes a lot of work for it to succeed. A karmic soul mate relationship requires no - if little - work to remain at an even balance of wills and demands.
What else would you like to say about soul mates?
In order for you to fulfill your life's destiny, you must allow your karmic soul mates to enter your life. What would have happened if Lucy did not have Ethel to get her out of all those jams? Karmic soul mates come into your life for reasons and it is through them that we discover an important side to life in general and to ourselves, too. Our lives would not be complete if not for the incredible bond of the karmic soul mate.

Author and soul mate expert Dorothy Thompson is one of the nation's leading authorities on soul mates. Her book "Romancing the Soul" and ebook "How to Find and Keep Your Soul Mate" are two of the most comprehensive guides to explaining what soul mates are really all about. Dorothy's relationship columns have appeared in publications in the U.S. and abroad and has been quoted in such books as "Mean Girls Grown Up: Adult Women Who Are Still Queen Bees, Middle Bees, and Afraid-to-Bees" by Cheryl Dellasega. She is a popular radio media guest, appearing on such shows as Lifetime Radio, Single Talk (World Talk Radio), Around2It, and Cuzin Eddie Show with Penny Sansevieri and 850 KOA-AM (Clear Channel Radio with listeners in 38 states, Canada and Mexico) and other media outlets.
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Soulmates vs karmic connections

In my experience of doing thousands of readings for people and lots and lots of past life regressions I have found that there are soul-mates and there are karmic connections. Both types have strong emotional, spiritual pulls and magnetisms and can be easily mistaken one for another. Let’s clarify the differences. But first indulge me in my explanation of blue printing, to better understand how this system seems to work, and how it relates to one person being more attracted than another.
Blue Printing is the general guidelines you design for the life you are about to enter into. Very much like a house blue print, it shows the structure of the intent of the sojourn. This contains things like the purpose/mission you have chosen to cultivate, significant challenges and learning opportunities, the environment, culture, and parents to best facilitate your sojourn, as well as a your significant role players, and soul mates.
Once you make it to earth though, it is important to recognize free will rules. In other words the blue print displays the original idea of structure, but once you’re here on earth you can knock down walls or decorate how ever you choose. Because of the free will factor you usually schedule in a few soul mates in hopes that one or two will work out to be actual long term partnerships.
Soul Mates (in my version of that term) are souls that before you came into body you have a heightened connection with and choose to meet up with for meaning and purpose during your sojourn on earth, and are in hopes of developing a lasting meaningful, mutually beneficial relationship. They seem to be special souls you have a real deep affinity and bond with. (These are not to be confused with Twin flames, which is another post.)
In my experience souls do keep these soul preferences outside of human form. Unfortunately, sometimes the free will factor, the ego factor, and so much of the messiness of earth living, can cloud either party from really recognizing the true potential of the alliance possible.
Karmic Connections are souls that you have unfinished business with, and have also scheduled into your blue print, with hopes of coming full circle with your desired outcome of the intended learning experience. In other words they are characters in your play to allow you the opportunity to learn, grow and expand from. Because their original design is to stretch you….they are often the most troubling and struggle ridden relationships.
Karmic Connections have a strong magnetism, usually in the beginning of the relationship. The strong pull is each souls “calling” (like a mating dance) to fulfill the agreements made in blue printing. It is like ringing a loud dinner bell, which has to be strong, or it would be easy for either party to just keep walking (which of course does happen some times as per free will).
Karmic Connections usually account for why some times one person feels much stronger about the other, and the feeling isn’t mutual. Usually the one with the stronger feelings is the one with the biggest learning lesson to gain. These souls may show up in our lives to play the roles of lovers, friends, bosses etc., but you know them by how strongly you felt about them.
You have quite deliberately chosen the souls in your blue printing, and if some how because of free will they fail to execute their role, the universe in its infinite possibilities will find an understudy, and make sure they show up in your reality. As for soul mates, even if they all go down hill there is still hope, for the universe will find a way to send one through that is special to you and decided to help you out in a pinch,, or it will send your way some one perfectly matched to build a new deep connection to that will forever last as a new soul mate.

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