This beautiful depiction of SoulMates is the work of visionary artist, Ann van Eps. It is reproduced here with her permission. We thank her deeply.
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Have you secretly dreamed of your ideal love? Have you wondered in your heart of hearts if such a person exists? Have you ever yearned for the partner who matches you perfectly? Of course you have. We all have! There is a good reason for these feelings. You do have a SoulMate, unique and belonging only to you.

Deep in the heart of every human lies the knowledge of his or her SoulMate, covered over perhaps by the disappointments of Earthly relationship experiences. Now at the time of humanity's awakening, the awareness of that SoulMate relationship becomes of primary importance. Why? Because it is the key to our awakening and to the transformation of the Earth. In the human spiritual "genome" is a code of Love, activated by opening to the SoulMate, that will help us to embody Love on Earth and change our world to a peaceful, loving place. Think about it. Would there be war and strife if each of us were truly in Love?

But, you say, the majority of people seem to have given up on Love. It is true that the divorce rates are astronomical, and bitterness and cynicism are rampant. There are reasons this is occurring. With the increased spiritual light flooding the planet and its effects on the human heart, people are feeling a silent connection to their SoulMate. This sometimes initially creates more dissatisfaction with relationship if one's partnership doesn't seem to be working well.

Also, because Love on our planet has been associated with GETTING rather than GIVING (as is the spiritual path to Love), people do not yet know how to respond to this changing energy of the decade of the SoulMate. They continue to change partners with the goal of getting more and more personal needs met. This only creates musical chairs for partners and does not bring lasting joy. It is now time to change our view of relationship, instead of changing partners, and to begin exploring Love from giving, from the heart!

We human beings are all cells in the heart of God. Every cell in God's heart has two parts – one of masculine charge and one of feminine. These are the plus and minus, the positive and negative charges that are seen in every part of Creation. This two part cell is the original "Adam and Eve" of Creation – the manifested form of God's Love. Each of us is constructed this way, and each of us has an original SoulMate.

Soulmates Doug and Yael Powell

As the embodiment of God's Love, as pieces of God's heart, we are not only made in the image of God and living within God's heart. We are actively creative as is God. Many of us realize this. Our thoughts are active and are creating our life at every moment. However, we can only create at the level of our understanding, which brings us back to the difference between "getting" and "giving." In our society, much emphasis has been placed on the individual and what he or she must do to satisfy self. This point of view is often accompanied by fear, lack, greed, aggression, and "taking care of Number One."

In contrast, as we learn to shift to the level of true feeling in the heart, we begin to manifest "heart Love." We begin to experience life through the heart's intelligence rather than through the more limited small mind or ego. When we are able to let go of our smaller needs and make the decision to honor our partner by giving, we are seeing the Real World, God's World, All Creation, which is only comprised of Love. Therefore, if we live in the day to day smaller mind, we are really living in "an illusion," or a lie.

As we raise ourselves by opening our hearts, our SoulMate will come into view. Our SoulMate has always been with us but until we reach a certain openness of heart, we cannot see him or her. When we ask God's help to open our hearts to our SoulMate, the molecules which make up our ever moving energy field go into motion, and our SoulMate actively moves toward us . We do not have to go anywhere or do anything special. We do not have to change partners. As we become Love, that Love will show itself in us and before us in our partner. We will literally call and draw our SoulMate to us into our current partner, or a new partner.

As we grow on the SoulMate path, we understand that the person in front of us will always reflect to us perfectly the state of our Love. Even the simplest law of spiritual attraction is that "like attracts like." In our relationship, then, we are able to see immediately if we are living from the heart or from the ego because our partner will reflect this back to us. If you want more Love, what is the practical thing to do? Give more Love. God asks us to look within ourselves deeply and honestly. But are we truly open to Love? It takes a strong person with a great desire for Love to admit feeling closed to Love. For some people this may be accompanied by tears or other ways of letting go of the armor and shielding we have falsely thought we needed. This opening inevitably brings the SoulMate.

As a couple in a relationship makes the decision to choose Love, to open their hearts, their relationship will transform. The decision to live from the heart, to put the other person first, must be made again and again and again, on a daily basis. As Love becomes the priority, the couple's lives will shift dramatically. Then the SoulMate relationship is realized and Love becomes a living reality. This turns on that genetic SoulMate code within which awakens us into our true state – the Love that brings us Home.