'muirn beatha dan'?

[Inner Beauty]

Does a 'muirn beatha dan' really exist?

Blessed Be,
Inner Beauty.

[Lark]

Are you referring to the term as the one Cate Teirnan uses in her "Sweep" novels?  If so I'd take the meaning she gives it with a large grain of salt.

The phrase is bad Irish Gaelic and could be taken to mean "soul mate", a term which I believe is much overused these days.  People tend to believe that if they find their true soul mate that everything will be perfect in their lives.  Of course relationships are seldom perfect and most of the time they need to have both parties in the relationship willing to work to keep the relationship solid and loving.  But if you go through life feeling that you just have to find the perfect soul mate and everything will be roses and rainbows you're going to miss out on some terrific relationships you could have had...or the ones you have are going to fall apart because you aren't willing to work to fix things when they are less than perfect.

-Lark-

[Inner Beauty]

I was referring to her 'Wicca' novels, but yes that was the one. I wasn't sure if it actually meant "soul mate" literally, or the such. But I have read the books, and it is strange the feeling that they invoke in me. I find myself believeing things which a while ago, I would have shrugged way.

[Brijrian]

People tend to believe that if they find their true soul mate that everything will be perfect in their lives.

Reading your post, Lark, it struck me that your real "soul mate" is probably the one that delivers life lessons and challenges you to go into your dark places to heal and become whole--not very easy or "happily ever after"

[Inner Beauty]

Not to mention some people just assume it will happen, as though they are destined to be with one person. Well what about the people who love more than one person? How can more than one person be their "soul mate"? And the happily ever after part, I agree with Lark. A relationship is something which has to be worked on, it is not always in the best of times or "happy".

[Brijrian]

I'm sure that for each person, there are many "soul mates", each fitting a different purpose.

[Inner Beauty]

Precisely my point! Although, I am a romantic as well, so I believe in love, and meeting 'the one' :-)

[RedRonin]

Yup........

I've met my one-true-love about a half-dozen times so far..... 

[Inner Beauty]

I've only met to haha but I am settling on this one :-)

[Zenon]

you must be able to make yourself a happy and full person before you can share yourself to someone else, not the other way around.  you're destined to be with one thing: your true will.  you will never find anything close to a "soul mate" before you've fulfilled your own well being.