I don't know if soulmates exist
If I don't believe in god, how can I believe in cosmic love?
Every human on Earth could tell you about the distinct feeling of brushing up against another soul. An intense feeling that you have known them for lifetimes, without ever having met them. Spending every moment together trying to find out why it feels like your essences are so entwined. It makes you think that there has to be some divine force pulling you together.
As someone who has struggled with the idea of God my whole life, it is hard for me to accept soulmates. If there is no God, there would be no souls and so it would be silly to think that you can be spiritually tied to someone.
I had a conversation with a friend the other day about soul ties and invisible strings and it has forced me to navigate the complex relationship I have with God and my true stance on soulmates. After long Google rabbit holes, endless meditations, and grueling Reddit (yes I know ew) scrolls I think I might finally have come to a final verdict, and it is centered around science.
The first law of thermodynamics
That sounds extremely out of left field but stay with me here. The first law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, simply converted from form to form. Whether you believe our souls to be crafted by God himself or created by the cosmos, it is certain that human spirits are just energy. The pure energy that flows through us and out of us and gives us life. When that energy runs out, our bodies rot and return to the earth, recycled into Earth’s next creation. The same thing happens with our souls. When humans die, the energy inside of us doesn’t get destroyed, it gets recycled.
The energy that flows through us is tainted, for better or worse, by the people it has powered before. When you meet someone and feel that undeniable cosmic connection, it could just be that your spirits knew each other in another life, and have finally found their ways back together. It could also be that in another life, your souls were one and were split into two bodies by death. That theory is my favorite. I find it very romantic to think that you could meet someone who is the other part of your soul.
Whatever your stance on God is I hope this helped you understand or at least get a new perspective on ghosts and soulmates. I don’t know much, especially not about God, but I do know that being tied cosmically to someone else would be pretty awesome.
xoxo 🐝