Who’s my Soulmate?

Since I’ve been reading the book of Paulo Coelho, Brida, I feel I’ve been discovering new ideas about life. That’s what I apreciate so much: I only need to be told new ideas, and thoughts. Ok… You’re right… I could hear what you just told now: the doctrine told in the book is not new, even too old, and I can say it I’ve heard some parts of it many times. However I must confess that it had never impressed me that much.

I’m gonna do some quotations from Brida. Guys, I know the lines you’ll read now still will seem to you pretty interesting!

“We are eternal because we are all manifestations of God. That’s why we go through many lives and many deaths emerging out of some unknown place and going towards another equally unknown place.” Here it begins to tell about reincarnation. I am not sure if most of you already asked this question to yourselves but there’s been a crucial point of reincarnation always asked by people that is:

“If in the beginning, there were so few people on the face of Earth, and now there are so many, where did all those new souls come from?”

According to reincarnation answer is easy to explain: “In certain reincarnations, we divide into two… And those new souls are in turn transformed into two and so, within a few generations, we are scattered over a large part of Earth.”

Have you read “AŞK (LOVE)” by Elif Safak? Now I can feel you will rethink about the book now. Can you notice how similar wievs they are? Please tell me if I’m wrong! But before you judge, please have a look at my argument: Is it possible Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi and Shams had been are productions of Love and Soulmates?

But when you keep reading you’ll see the book invalidates my argument that: “…that process of finding ourselves is called Love. Because when a soul divides, it always divides into a male part and a female part.” Clear enough? 🙂

And one of the most impressive argument is placed in this sentence. “In each life, we feel a mysterious obligation to find at least one of those Soulmates. The Greater Love separated them feels pleased with the love that brings them together again.” So what? what does “one of those soulmates” is? So, Is it possible to meet more than one Soulmate in each life?

Here’s the answer: “Yes, and when it happens, and the result pain and suffering.”

And here’s one of the most important issue needs to be asked: “Then, how can I recognize my Soulmate?” The book highlightes the followings: “You could tell your Soulmate by the light in their eyes, and since time began, that has been how people have recognized their true love.”

And adds “By taking risks, failure, disappointment, disilussion, but ever ceasing in your search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.” Now I’m thinking of how difficult (even impossible sometimes) to redare to love again after a heartbreaking experience… After all those disappointing experiences, didn’t human being compose the song “Love is gone”?

A question rise: Though it is quite difficult to have faith again, faith in Love, what should we do to find our Soulmates? Here’s what book claims: “When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have a sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are toold God uses to show us the way.” You think it’s convincing? Well, I don’t. What if we can never have the courage to dare to love again? How can we gain the courage again to dare to wear our pink glasses and be that optimistic again?

I guess this book has already replied how racism makes us that alone  in more than 7 billion population world, see the following lines: “We are responsible for the whole Earth because we don’t know where they might be, those Soulmates we were from the beginning of time. If they are well, then we, too, will be happy. If they are not well, we will suffer, however unconsciously, a portion of their pain.”

One of the most painful point is explained:”We can also allow our Soulmate to pass us by without accepting him or her, or even noticing.  Then we will need another incarnation in order to find that Soulmate. And because of our selfishness, we will be condemned to the worst torture humankind ever invented for itself: LONELINESS.”

And the book finally throws a painful truth into sharp relief: “Women are generally seeking their soulmate, and men are looking for Power.

Though it is an awful part for men, I love this fact! I hope mankind will be aware of that fact one day. (I don’t believe what I just said, they will never be aware of that)”He may be pretend to be running after wisdom, money or power, but none of that matters. Whatever he achieves will be INCOMPLETE if he fails to find his Soulmate.”

As a final sentence the books says:”With the exception of a few creatures who are descended from the angels- and who need solitude in order to encounter God- the rest of humanity will only achieve Union with God if, at some point, at some moment in their life,  they manage to commune with their Soulmate.”

So I’m wondering now if  have already met my Soulmate before. I do want to believe that I haven’t yet as I really don’t wanna wait for the next reincarnation. 🙂 Oh no! But why they told me that they felt much closer to God after they met me? (A scream!)

No I’m sure 🙂 I haven’t met him before. Having faith in God all the time, I always felt myself much closer to God when noone is in my life. So I guess it proves I am still lucky that I haven’t met my dear lucky Soulmate yet 🙂 

And I’m asking now, then, who is my Soulmate?

GNB

Indispensible brand new beginning! :)

Hi friends,

(Now I’m listening “Our bright future” from Tracy Chapman, here’s the link if you like to listen while reading my dear blog! 🙂 Click here to listen with me, pleaseee, I beg youuuu… 🙂

You know that google blogger has been blocked in Turkey for long time, so I’ve thought that “change” is good 🙂 , and I have a new blog from now on.

The third and the last day of the fair, and I could hear my heartbeats when I was entering the expo center in the first day, at the end of the day only curiosity was left behind. Though it was not one of the first organizations I’ve been involved in (most of my friends already know about my olympic adventures.), however it was the first trade fair I’ve organized so far. I had expected many professional visitors.

 

The fair was good. And you know what? The most satisfactory thing was making new and precious frendships. So, I would give very special thanks to dear Julie and Yousuf. BTW,  I’ve been recieving all the visitors and other colleagues’ thank you mails and phone calls for a week. Honestly, it’s definitely decreased my mental tiredness. Thanks for coming to Istanbul!

 

I suddenly found myself thinking of my life, the day before yesterday evening on the way back home. Who I really am, what do I appreciate most in a person, what I appreciate, what motivates me, what makes me happy in the life, what I am intolerant of, where I would like to be at the moment, where I belong to, what my goal in the life, and what I can risk to reach my goal/s, etc…

 

And I also thought about my pure life… My pure relationships, and intentions… My pure friendships… Yes this is true and I don’t let insecure people run my life. And suddenly saw all my true friends when I closed my eyes. Though they were so far away from me geographically, yet thanks God, I still have them. And they definitely have me. And it reminded me how thankful I was to God, and found myself smiling!

 

Suddenly I asked myself that how I would feel if I moved to Korea or somewhere in Africa for example. (Recently I find myself asking this so often, but believe me the idea of moving somewhere  full of  egocentric people is really not attractive to me!) Would it make me happier or more satisfied to live in an eastern country? Or do I find Istanbul or modern city culture so dull to live a meaningful life (though I do know well how fantastic Istanbul is, believe me even the amazing partial Bosphorus view from my window is not convincing to stay!)? Well, why do I feel so obsessed these days with this question? Do I really got bored of my country or people here around me? May I be between love and hate? Both, feeling love and hate for where I live in? Maybe I hate because of my love, or maybe I have never known what hate is…   

 

Recently, I have been reading “Kite Runner”. I must confess that the book’s impressive, I guess I have been too much affected by its sad story in the middle of the book. The sad cancer story affected me so much that I suddenly had to wake up in the middle of the night breathlessly and I sat on my bed for couple of minutes thanking God it was only a nightmare. And almost all the people I love was healthy and still alive, only with an exception… my grandpa… I think I should skip this for now. it hurts…  

 

I chose this song for you just to make this part of my blog more significant. Reading Kite Runner in March 2011 has become quite significant as the Middle East’s been suffering from civil wars. It will definitely make you show much more sensitivity to the issue. By clicking here you can read what people said both for the book and the movie version of Kite Runner. 

 

As some of my colleagues know, the best time to read book for me is on the way to the office. Every time I wake up in the morning, the first thing comes to my mind is to get some more sleep when I am in the service bus. However, every time I get in the service bus is to open my book and read my book. Btw, I gave up complaining about the time I waste on the way in the chaos of the rush hours and stopped swearing at the horrible traffic of Istanbul since I picked up reading habit! I highly recommend to read book in the traffic but only if you are driving 🙂 

  

You see, having alternatives is always great, and it’s given me the chance to have a new blogging platform. So, thank you wordpress! (at least for not having been blocked in Turkey 🙂 )

Thank you, شكرا, grazie, gracias, ευχαριστώ, danke, teşekkürler for reading my blog. I’ll be glad if you share your new ideas with me. As I am so new in wordpress I know I need your suggestion.

 

With my very best wishes 🙂

 

GNB ♥