How Will You Know You Have Met Your SOUL MATE?

How will you know you have met your soul mate? Here are some of the indications given by others who have had the experience. Chances are you've met through a set of unusual circumstances that were totally unplanned and unexpected.

 

·         There is a powerful, instantaneous feeling that you have known the other before.

 

·         You felt an immediate and deep connection for one another.

 

·         There is an electrifying feeling between the two of you that words cannot describe.

 

·         The relationship is immediate, as though no time had been lost since you were last together.

 

·         It feels as though you had never really lived before the reunion occurred.

 

·         You feel a deep sense of sacredness and unity with God that you've have never known before.

·         It brings on feelings you never thought possible.

·         The two of you are inseparable.

·         When you look into each other's eyes, time and space have no meaning.

·         There are no barriers between the two of you. The relationship is a totally open one.

·         Your conversations seem to go on forever.

·         The two of you have a strong urge to serve humanity in a deep and meaningful way.

·         You give to the other and never think of receiving in return.

·         There is a special sacredness to your relationship that transcends anything you've ever experienced before.

·         You still have karma with your twin from previous lives, but the two of you resolve it all with total forgiveness and unconditional love.

·         Neither one of you are dependent on the other for your sense of self.

·         There is a strong sense of unlimited ness eternity to your feelings.

·         Your feelings for each other are very spiritual.

·         There are no restrictions within the relationship. All is freedom without the need for ownership or control.

·         The two of you know without doubt that you have been brought together for a reason.

·         You do not compete with one another nor do you pretend to be other than who you are.

·         In spite of your sameness, there is no doubt you feel a sense of completion through the other.

·         Trust, patience and acceptance of each other's weaknesses happen automatically.

·         There is a great sense of purpose and meaning to the relationship.

·         Your sexuality with one another is a sacred act that celebrates the unconditional love you have for one another.

·         The two of you become more and more one, without losing your individual identities.

·         When you look into the other's eyes, you see yourself.

·         You experience a sense of completeness that is without comparison.

·         The degree of intimacy and friendship the two of you develop is without parallel.

·         You recognize that the two of you are God mates.

There is no doubt that some of the symptoms described above are common to ALL soul mate relationships. What really sets the depth of the union apart from all the rest is the profound degree of completeness experienced and the overwhelming sense of spirituality unique to these partnerships. Two other powerful symptoms of spiritually mature souls is their powerful connection to God and their desire to serve humanity in some meaningful way.

There is also a very sacred sense of intimacy and feeling of divinely inspired wholeness that one finds within a deep soul mate relationship. It is not by accident nor is it without purpose. Rather, it is a magnificent and loving part of our Creator's plan for us. There is no doubt that the intensity behind the soul mate union is more than enough to jump start the journey that will lead us back to our Source, which will happen someday.

TROY

[first title cards] 
Title card: 3200 years ago... After decades of warfare, Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, has forced the kingdoms of Greece into a loose alliance. Only Thessaly remains unconquered... Agamemnon's brother, Menelaus, King of Sparta, is weary of battle. He seeks to make peace with Troy, the most powerful rival to the emerging Greek nation... Achilles, considered the greatest warrior ever born, fights for the Greek army. But his disdain for Agamemnon's rule threatens to break the fragile alliance apart. 

Odysseus: [voiceover] Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone, and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved? 

Thetis: If you stay in Larissa, you will find peace. You will find a wonderful woman, and you will have sons and daughters, who will have children. And they'll all love you and remember your name. But when your children are dead, and their children after them, your name will be forgotten... If you go to Troy, glory will be yours. They will write stories about your victories in thousands of years! And the world will remember your name. But if you go to Troy, you will never come back... for your glory walks hand-in-hand with your doom. And I shall never see you again. 

Odysseus: We need you. Greece needs you. 

Achilles: Greece got along fine before I was born. And Greece will remain Greece long after I am gone. 

Achilles: You were brave to fight them. You have courage. 
Briseis: To fight back when I'm attacked? A dog has that kind of courage. 

Achilles: Do it. 
[Briseis doesn't do anything, but only stares at him. Achilles opens his eyes] 
Achilles: Do it. Nothing is easier. 
Briseis: Aren't you afraid? 
Achilles: Everyone dies, whether today or fifty years from now. 
Briseis: If I don't, you'll kill more men. 
Achilles: Many. 

Menelaus: May the Gods keep the wolves in the hills and the women in our beds! 

Briseis: Am I still your captive? 

Achilles: You're my guest. 
Briseis: In Troy, guests can leave whenever they want. 
Achilles: We should leave. 

Achilles: [to Hector's corpse] We will meet again, my brother. 

[Priam kneels and kisses Achilles' hands] 
Achilles: Who are you? 
Priam: I have endured what no one on earth has endured before. I kissed the hands of the man who killed my son. 
Achilles: [realizes, stands abrubtly] Priam? How did you get in here? 
Priam: I know my country better than the Greeks, I think. 
Achilles: [walks forward, lifts Priam] You are a brave man. I could have your head on a spit in the blink of an eye. 
Priam: Do you really think death frightens me now? I watched my eldest son die, watched you drag his body behind your chariot. Give him back to me. He deserves a proper burial, you know that. Give him to me. 
Achilles: He killed my cousin. 
Priam: He thought it was you. How many cousins have you killed? How many sons and fathers and brothers and husbands? How many, brave Achilles? 

Hector: You say you're willing to die for love but you know nothing about dying and you know nothing about love! 

Hector: I've seen this moment in my dreams. I'll make a pact with you. With the gods as our witnesses, let us pledge that the winner will allow the loser all the proper funeral rituals. 
Achilles: There are no pacts between lions and men. 
[stabs spear into ground, and takes off helmet, throwing it to the side] 
Achilles: Now you know who you're fighting. 
Hector: [takes off helmet and throws it aside] I thought it was you I was fighting yesterday. And I wish it had been, but I gave the dead boy the honor he deserved. 
Achilles: You gave him the honor of your sword. You won't have eyes tonight; you won't have ears or a tongue. You will wander the underworld blind, deaf, and dumb, and all the dead will know: This is Hector. The fool who thought he killed Achilles. 

Achilles: You're still my enemy in the morning. 
Priam: You're still my enemy tonight. But even enemies can show respect. 

Paris: Pearls from the sea of Propontus. 
Helen: They're beautiful, but I could never wear them, Menelaus would kill us both. 
Paris: Don't be afraid of him. 
Helen: I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of tomorrow. I'm afraid of watching you sail away and knowing you'll never come back. Before you came to Sparta, I was a ghost. I walked and I ate and I swam in the sea... I was just a ghost. 
Paris: You don't have to fear tomorrow... come with me! 
Helen: Don't play with me, don't play. 
Paris: If you come, we'll never be safe. Men will hunt us, the gods will curse us, but I'll love you. Until the day they burn my body, I'll love you. 

Achilles: Go home, prince. Drink some wine, make love to your wife. Tomorrow, we'll have our war. 
Hector: You speak of war as if it's a game. But how many wives wait at Troy's gates for husbands they'll never see again? 
Achilles: Perhaps your brother can comfort them. I hear he's good at charming other men's wives. 

Helen: You should not have come here tonight. 
Paris: That's what you said last night? 
Helen: Last night was a mistake. 
Paris: And the night before? 
Helen: I have made many mistakes this week. 

Achilles: You gave me peace in a lifetime of war. 

Briseis: You lost your cousin, and now you have taken mine. Where does it end? 
Achilles: It never ends. 

Priam: I loved my boy from the moment he opened his eyes until the moment you closed them. 

Messenger Boy: Are the stories true? They say your mother was an immortal godess. They say you can't be killed. 
Achilles: I wouldn't be bothering with the shield then, would I? 
Messenger Boy: The Thesselonian you're fighting... he's the biggest man i've ever seen. I wouldn't want to fight him. 
Achilles: Thats why no-one will remember your name. 

Achilles: Never hesitate. 

Briseis: Why did you choose this life? 
Achilles: What life? 
Briseis: To be a great warrior. 
Achilles: I chose nothing. I was born and this is what I am. 

Odysseus: It's no insult to say a dead man is dead. 

Andromache: [to Hector] I can't imagine life without you. 

Achilles: I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again. 

Achilles: We men are wretched things. 

Odysseus: [voiceover] If they ever tell my story let them say that I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of horses. Let them say I lived in the time of Achilles.

Helen: Menelaus was a brave man. He fought for honor. And every day I was with him, I wanted to walk into the sea and drown. 

Achilles: Things are less simple today. 
Odysseus: Women have a way of complicating things. 

Helen: [to Hector] All those widows. I still hear them screaming. Their husbands died because I'm here. 

[from director's cut] 
Helen: You're very young, my love. 
Paris: We're the same age. 
Helen: You're younger than I ever was. 

[from director's cut] 
Priam: When you were very young, you came down with scarlet fever. Your little hand was so hot. The healer said you would not last the night. I went down to Apollo's temple, and I prayed until the sun came up. That walk back to the palace was the longest of my life. When I went into your mother's room, and you were sleeping in her arms, your fever had broken. I promised that day to dedicate my life to the gods, I will not break my promise. For 30 years I have worked for peace, *thirty* years. Paris is a fool sometimes, I know that, but I will fight a thousand wars before letting him die. 
Hector: Forgive me father, but you won't be the one fighting. 

Achilles: What's your name? 
[no reply] 
Achilles: Did you not hear me? 
Briseis: You killed Apollo's priests! 
Achilles: I've killed men in five countries, never a priest. 
Briseis: Well, then your men did. The sun god will have his vengeance. 
Achilles: What's he waiting for? 
Briseis: The right time to strike. 
Achilles: His priests are dead, and his acolyte's a captive. i think your god is afraid of me. 
Briseis: Afraid? Apollo is master of the sun, he fears nothing. 
Achilles: Where is he? 
Briseis: You're nothing but a killer! You wouldn't know anything about the gods! 
Achilles: I know more about the gods than your priests. I've seen them. You're royalty, aren't you? Spent years talking down to men. 
[sniffs her hair] 
Achilles: You must be royalty. What's your name? Even the servants of Apollo have names. 
Briseis: Briseis. 
Achilles: Are you afraid, Briseis? 
Briseis: Should I be? 
Eudorus: [poking head through door flaps] My lord, Agamemnon requests your presence. The kings are gathering to celebrate the victory.
Achilles: You fought well today. 
Eudorus: My lord. 
Briseis: What do you want here in Troy? You didn't come for the Spartan queen. 
Achilles: I want what all men want, I just want it more. You don't need to fear me, girl. You're the only Trojan who can say that. 

Achilles: Apparently you won some great victory. 
Agamemnon: Ah, Perhaps you didn't notice. The Trojan beach belonged to Priam in the morning. It belongs to Agamemnon in the afternoon. 
Achilles: You can have the beach. I didn't come here for sand. 
Agamemnon: No. You came here because you want your name to last through the ages. A great victory was won today, but that victory is not yours. Kings did not kneel to Achilles. Kings did not pay homage to Achilles. 
Achilles: Perhaps the kings were too far behind to see, the soldiers won the battle. 
Agamemnon: History remembers kings! Not soldiers! Tomorrow we'll batter down the gates of Troy! I'll build monuments to victory on every island of Greece. I'll carve "Agamemnon" in the stone. 
Achilles: Be careful, king of kings. First you need the victory. 
Agamemnon: Your men sacked the temple of Apollo, yes? 
Achilles: You want gold? Take it. It's my gift to honour your courage. Take what you wish. 
Agamemnon: I already have. Aphareus! Haemon! 
[Aphareus and Haemon appear dragging Briseis] 
Agamemnon: The spoils of war. 
Achilles: No argument with you, brothers. But if you don't release her, you'll never see home again. Decide! 
Agamemnon: Guards! 
[Achilles draws his sword] 
Briseis: [breaking free from guards] Stop! Too many men have died today. If killing is your only talent, that's your curse. I don't want anyone dying for me. 
[Achilles groans, then sheathes his sword] 
Agamemnon: Mighty Achilles, silenced by a slave girl. Tonight I'll have her give me a bath, and then, who knows? 
Achilles: You sack of wine! Before my time is done, I will look down on your corpse and smile. 

Achilles: Of all the kings of Greece, I respect you most. But in this war you're a servant. And I refuse to be a servant any longer. 
Odysseus: Sometimes you need to serve in order to lead. I hope you understand that one day. 

Lady (S)

Lady, when you're with me I'm smiling
Give me all your love
Your hands build me up when I'm sinking
Touch me and my troubles all fade
Lady, from the moment I saw you
Standing all alone
You gave all the love that I wanted
So shy, like a child who has grown

'Cause you're my lady of the morning
Love shines in your eyes
Sparkling, clear, and lovely
You're my lady

Lady, turns me on when I'm lonely
Give me all your charm
Evenings when she lays down beside me
She takes me gently into her arms

Lady of the morning
Love shines in your eyes
Sparkling, clear, and lovely
You're my lady

Lady of the morning
Love shines in your eyes
Sparkling, clear, and lovely
You're my ... lady

La traduction française

Contracting before Expanding

Going through the Opening
by Madisyn Taylor


It is a natural part of being that our lives sometimes contract before expanding.

Sometimes our lives contract before they expand. We may be working hard on ourselves spiritually, doing good in the world, following our dreams, and wondering why we are still facing constrictions of all kinds—financial, emotional, physical. Perhaps we even feel as if we’ve lost our spirituality and are stuck in a dark room with no windows. We may be confused and discouraged by what appears to be a lack of progress. But sometimes this is the way things work. Like a caterpillar that confines itself to a tiny cocoon before it grows wings and flies, we are experiencing the darkness before the dawn.

When things feel tight, it’s easy to panic or want to act in some way to ease the feeling of constriction. We might also spin our wheels mentally, trying to understand why things are the way they are. However, there is nothing we need to do at this time other than to be patient and persevering. We can cling to the awareness that we are processing the shift from one stage to another, and the more we surrender to the experience, the more quickly we will move through the tightness into the opening on the other side. Just like a baby making its way down the birth canal, we may feel squeezed and pushed and very uncomfortable, but if we remember that we are on our way to being born into a new reality, we will find the strength to carry on.

Even as we endure the contractions, we can find peace within ourselves if we remember to trust the universe. We can look to the natural world for inspiration as we see that all beings surrender to the process of being born. In that surrender, and in the center of our own hearts, is a willingness to trust in the unknown as we make our way through the opening.

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With Or Without You (S)

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you
With or without you
With or without you

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

My hands are tied
My body bruised, she's got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you