Heartfulness – July 2019

A Flame

Without

Smoke

ROBERT WELTON is a metaphysician living in Santa Barbara,

California. In this article from his book, Be Your Own Light,

he shares his insights on relationships, soul mates, and love.

T

he purpose of our lives is revealed in our

relationships with family, friends, lovers,

enemies, and everyone we chance to

meet. Everyone plays a part in everyone else’s

life experience. In great or small roles, people

appear on the stage of our lives in different

costumes, in different lifetimes. Their true

character or importance may not be recognized

except in hindsight.

Mystics report that kindred spirits, like birds of a feather, group together

for each migration through the material world. These soul support

groups encompass all types of people from all walks of life because,

help or hindrance, friend or foe, all polarities are necessary for all-

weather navigation and course corrections.

The circles of family, friends, work mates, acquaintances and strangers,

occupy different orbits of intimacy. In friendships we often find our

true “family” of soul mates, those with whom we can be most intimate

and vulnerable. They can bring out the best and the worst in us. Both

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