Soul Ties: A Buddhist Perspective on Emotional Connection & Eternal Bonds.
“If you cannot transform and take care of the suffering in you and in the other person, that is not true love.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
I’m not a fan of labels.
Words and definitions are man-made but certainly needed. At the end of the day, how can we define what we feel and experience if we don’t (literally) put it into words?
When it comes to romance, we have invented thousands of words. Soul mates, twin flames, partners, mates, second half, better half, husband, wife, significant other, spouse, companion — the list is endless. And we surely have a pretty good reason for that.
We desperately want a few letters to explain the unexplainable: love.
We feel it, live it, express it, yet we can never fully grasp it. And to make matters worse, we invented a harder description: soul ties.
As I said earlier, I’m not a fan of labels, but if I’m being honest, I think we need these four-letter words.
According to Merriam-Webster, tie has six definitions.
Here are four of them:
>> a line, ribbon, or cord used for uniting
>> something that serves as a connecting link
>> a method or style of tying or knotting
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