Edgar Cayce on Soul Mates. Kevin J. Todeschi

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       Soul Mate Case Histories

      For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, so shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

      Kahlil Gibran

      The Prophet

      Just as is suggested by the old adage “when the student is ready, the teacher presents him- or herself,” individuals are drawn together in the right timing, for a purposeful reason, sometimes almost in spite of themselves. In one contemporary example, a thirty-six-year-old Japanese male named Toby had sworn off marriage after having been through a very difficult first marriage and divorce. Instead of pursuing any permanent relationship, he found contentment in his work as a translator. Intelligent, dedicated to his company, and committed to the work he was doing, Toby’s long work hours and changing schedule did not leave time for many social engagements, let alone dating.

      At the same time, Asako, a female songwriter and novelist, had almost given up any hope of finding a mate. Although she was very successful, at thirty-five Asako had never married nor had she found any likely prospects. To many in Japanese society, she was fast becoming an old maid. As “chance” would have it, mutual friends toward year-end arranged a meeting of the two at a party.

      It was one of the few parties that Toby had attended that year. The meeting between the two went well enough. He found Asako attractive, charming, and intelligent. However, when friends informed him of the level of her success, Toby put any ideas of a relationship out of his head. He considered himself poor by comparison. He had also sworn off relationships and had promised himself that he would not remarry, so the whole idea was an “impossible match,” not to mention the fact that he felt “she was beyond my reach.” For her own part, Asako felt that he was a pleasant enough person but did not see much beyond Toby “being a friend of mine.” Apparently, each of their souls had something quite different in mind.

      On January 1 of the New Year, both Toby and Asako were awakened in their own homes by a dream that seemed important. Each thought the dream was meaningful because in Japan the first dream of a New Year is considered to be very significant. Since Toby’s dream seemed to concern Asako, he called her to tell her what he had seen. To his amazement, he found that she had just awakened from an almost identical experience. At the very least, the two were convinced that they shared some type of “strong spiritual connection.” According to Toby:

      In the dream, I took her to my parents’ home in Japan. In real life, the house is a small, typical Japanese-style house, but in the dream it appeared to be a mansion. At first I showed her the bathroom, then the laundry room, and finally several guest rooms. To my surprise, she had a nearly identical dream. In her dream, some unknown man took her to a Japanese-style mansion. At first she was shown the bathroom, and then the washing machine, and finally she was taken to a large guest room.

      Because of the dream and in spite of their initial thoughts to the contrary, the two decided to continue seeing each other. Within a few months they were married, and within two years of their meeting, they had a baby daughter. According to Toby, although their marriage occurred relatively soon following their meeting, after each had overcome their reluctance to come together, it felt “as if we had known each other a very long time.” And, according to Asako, it was the strangest and most unexpected feeling as if “he might be the other half of my soul.”

      In an example from the Edgar Cayce material, a young man named Hans was ready to commit to a marriage relationship almost immediately, whereas Katherine, the young woman he was pursuing, appeared to be much more hesitant.

      Hans worked for a very large Danish international trading company. Born in Denmark in 1914, he had transferred to the United States in 1936 and had become branch manager of the Seattle office in 1943. As Danish consul, he met Katherine in May 1943 and, in his own words, “a spark caught fire.”

      Katherine was born in Massachusetts in 1917. After graduating from interior decorating school in New York, she and her aunt (who raised her) were visiting friends in Seattle. During their visit, Pearl Harbor was attacked and the two were “stuck” in Seattle. Gas was immediately rationed and there was no way to acquire the necessary fuel to drive back east. Katherine and her aunt began making new lives for themselves in Seattle.

      Katherine became president of a young adult group at the Congregational Church and invited Hans to come speak. As Danish consul, he was willing to come to any group and discuss “Denmark under the Nazi heel.” All arrangements were handled by phone. She met him at the door to the church, where СКАЧАТЬ