“The One”-- Your True Soulmate

Are you with your "true" soulmate or has

someone else fulfilled your heart's
desire?

In interviewing over a hundred couples for my new

book Divine Complement. I was struck by the
similarity in the stories of how soulmates met and
the divine creative design that drew them together.
From those still looking for their soulmate I am often
asked, "How will I know he or she is "the One"?
Listed here are a dozen characteristics, indicators
and clues that he or she is your authentic Divine
Complement.

1 You are magnetic opposites. It's true! Most

soulmates are opposites who complement each
other's strengths and masculine and feminine
traits. So if your partner seems stubbornly
rational when all you want from him or her is listen
to your emotional needs or follow your intuitive
lead in making a major decision, you are likely
complements who need to apply a balanced
approach. The greater function of a soulmate
relationship is to mirror each other's less realized
and actualized traits and talents and to blend them
together into a productive balanced partnership.

2 Your soulmate is not perfect and has caused

you to discard your wish list of ideals. Your
true soulmate may not match your qualifications
for the perfect mate or match. Rather he or she is
a 'soul-match', meaning they will help evolve your
 soul out of its previous conditioning and urge you
to perfect the love you were meant to give freely
and unconditionally.

3 A dream may have announced your

soulmate's entrance on the stage of life with
a loud trumpet call . Many soulmates dream of
each other months or even years before they
actually meet. It seems that they rendezvous in
the ethers before the relationship ever lands on
earth. A mysterious dream lover or a stranger
who waltzed into a room in your house in a dream,
may have alerted you that your soulmate reunion
had been divinely planned for the near future.

4 Magic was afoot the day you met and

reached a crescendo in the weeks that
followed . " It was kismet" sums up the
experience and the world around you took on the
air of 'somewhere over the rainbow'. Serendipity
and synchronistic signs may have alerted you that
he or she was "the one." "A soulmate awakening"
as I coin these experiences reveals a dimension of
creativity that is full of magic and meaningful signs
to authenticate your soulmate's identity.

5 You were introduced by a member of your

family or a friend. A large percentage of
soulmates are introduced by a friend or family
member who innocently played matchmaker,
usually without any idea that they were bringing
you together for life. Other souls collaborate with
you to make your soulmate dreams come true.
6 You met at someone else's wedding or in
church. Soulmate meetings are meant to tie the
knot with a meaningful event or situation that
points you to the profound spiritual connection you
share and to the divine nature of the relationship.

7 A divine spark lit your heart the moment

your eyes met. Most soulmates attest it was love
at first sight. Lucille Ball recalled that when she
met Desi it wasn't exactly love at first sight. "It
took all of 5 minutes." The divine connection
between twin souls creates a synergy that ignites
each other's hearts with a powerful love energy--it
is spiritual chemistry.

8 You ran into each other over and over again

before you ever dated. Sometimes the love
spark doesn't catch the first time, and soulmates
need several encounters before they connect in a
more meaningful way. It may seem like God
pushed you together. The soulmate play on the
stage of life may have many scenes and acts
before the wedding feast.

9 Your partner seemed "oh so familiar" even on

the first date. Soulmate relationships are karmic
which means you likely spent several lifetimes
together. Your soul remembers their soul
intimately even if the details of the past lives are
never revealed.

10 Your relationship presents challenges that

seem like unfair spiritual tests. Your soulmate
seems to know what buttons to push to help you
 let go of the patterns you have outgrown that could
sabotage your relationship. Fate may present
hurdles that test the love that you have promised
each other. Soulmates are meant to grow
spiritually through tests of their love for each other
and these tests are never easy.

11 Your childhood legacy and past relationship

experiences contain uncanny parallels. When
you sat down to talk about your family history it is
likely that discovered you suffered from some of
the same emotional issues growing up or held
similar attitudes about one or both of your parents.
Your legacy in some ways mirrors your mate's so
that you can bond emotionally and serve each
other with compassion through the psychological
healing process.

12 You are on the same page with your vision

and aspirations for the future. Generally,
soulmates want the same things out of their
relationship and of life. Some soulmates have
promised to serve the greater good of humanity
side-by-side, and will collaborate to contribute
something meaningful, such as a book or a
humanitarian mission. Each of you may have
arrived with a different piece of the future puzzle
and putting them together will give you a clearer
picture of your higher purpose together.

copyright--2006--Ariadne Green,
author of Divine Complement, 2006
http://www.ariadnegreen.com