| A Spiritual Relationship is when the two | | | | characteristics and qualities that we |
| or more parties involved experience | | | | need as human beings. Spiritual |
| harmony, joy, understanding and peace. | | | | Relationships can also be identified |
| With a spiritual relationship the | | | | with the patterns we pick in |
| persons involved are connected at the | | | | relationships. Issues of abuse, |
| heart. Emotionally they sense the deep | | | | abandonment, love, manipulation, power |
| connection they have together, and it is | | | | struggles, intimacy and rejection all |
| felt at their core or heart. A spiritual | | | | fall under the category of karma and |
| relationship is one that has a spiritual | | | | spiritual relationships. These |
| union felt both physically, mentally and | | | | situations all teach us a lesson or two. |
| at other levels. Both parties feel like | | | | The trick is do we really learn from |
| their spirits are connected. There are | | | | these types of experiences or ignore the |
| certain people we connect to instantly. | | | | lesson. This is particularly true when |
| These are people to whom we have karmic | | | | one partner executes power over the |
| connections. The same holds true for | | | | other as a dominating person over a |
| people we can't stand immediately. We | | | | dependant person. The karmic lesson is |
| have a karmic connection with them as | | | | the struggle that ensues as the |
| well. Both of those types of | | | | dependant person struggles to regain the |
| relationships are spiritual because our | | | | independence and get their power back. |
| spirit as or essence either is attracted | | | | Sometimes we become spiritually stuck |
| or repelled beyond our conscious | | | | and cannot evolve in a relationship. |
| control. | | | | These are not spiritual relationships. |
| A soul mate is another spiritual | | | | These types of relationships hold us |
| relationship that many folk encounter in | | | | there not allowing for growth or other |
| a lifetime. With a soul mate there is a | | | | experiences. It is true that being a |
| karmic connection that can span several | | | | victim, martyr, persecutor, rescuer or |
| lifetimes or incarnations. We can have | | | | love addict may have a karmic lesson but |
| more than one soul mate and they can be | | | | in this case the spiritual lesson is |
| incarnation with us in a lifetime or | | | | learning how to let go. |
| serve as a spirit guide if they are not | | | | In conclusion a true spiritual |
| incarnated in our lifetime. Soul mates | | | | relationship is one where both parties |
| have shared many experiences with us and | | | | feel wholeness and complete together. It |
| know us inside out. This kind of | | | | is the harmonization of male and female |
| spiritual relationship can be very deep | | | | energy, which creates freedom within the |
| and stir both positive and negative | | | | relationship to accept each other |
| emotions out of us. Just because someone | | | | unconditionally without hidden agendas. |
| is a soul mate does not make him or her | | | | In a true spiritual relationship one |
| always peaches and cream with us. | | | | know how to give or take without being |
| For the most part, a spiritual | | | | asked and to meet the other parties |
| relationship has a lesson for us to | | | | needs without question. |
| learn. They give us the tools to develop | | | | |