Entry# 75

        "But a true should mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything thats holding you back, the person who brings you to your attention so you can change your life," (P. 177) This is a quote from one of Liz's friends in Ashram the southern gentleman Robert. He is telling Liz the true meaning of soul mates and what they really are for and I couldn't agree more. I really like his take on this is makes a lot of sense. A soul mate isn't someone you are sapost to spend the rest of your life with, that would be too painful. Their purpose is to come into your life and show you the real you, to help you change and see your flaws. I think your soul mate is someone who is so much like you it hurts to see. When you realize someone is exactly like you, it's like an out of body experience. You can see who you really are through the eyes (essentially) of another person. And often it isn't good. Thats why I think people with the same personality fight so much- because they get so annoyed with eachother. If you have a flaw or something that others find annoying but you don't, and you see it on another person- It is much much more annoying. Its hard to explain but people don't like to see who they really are. They like to path over it, and act like they are this divine human being that everyone loves and is perfect, they won't accept they aren't. Thats what the soul mates job is. "They come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, then leave," Robert says again. Your soul mate comes in and is just another experience, another experience to learn and grow from and to help you on your way to finding out who you really are.