Every being who takes physical form holds general intentions about the realizations they desire to discover in this lifetime. At our core, we all desire to realize our innate worthiness, our creative power, and our personal freedom. Those whom we make soul contracts with help us enormously in these discoveries.
Soul contracts are not like business agreements or legal contracts. Their purpose is not to define a particular policy or to establish rules between people. They are commitments we make at an energetic level to cross paths with certain others. Regardless of the specific form they take, our relationships with these twin flames always facilitate our growth and evolution.
What Separates Soul Contract Relationships From the Rest
We encounter many, many people over the course of our lives. As the saying goes, some are with us for a season, some for a reason, and some last a lifetime. But there is one thing that distinguishes those we’ve made soul contracts with from other relationships. The souls we make contracts with help us discover who we are, why we are here, and what we want. These meetings are sometimes joyful and harmonious, and sometimes chaotic and unsettling.
There are many types of soul contract relationships. We often make these agreements with family members, lovers, friends – even bosses and colleagues. Regardless of the arena of life where we encounter them, the meeting is always provocative or significant.
You may have made a soul contract with a mentor who opens your mind to a whole new career path. A friend or lover who enters your life at a time of indecision or transition is likely someone with whom you’ve made a soul contract. There is something about this person that transcends this space and time. You may feel you’ve known them before. It may seem as though they can see right through you. Often there is a familiarity between you that is inexplicable.
Those we have soul contracts with leave a powerful impression on our psyches. We intuitively sense that because of our interactions with them, our lives will be forever changed. And the vast majority of the time, we are right.
The Wisdom These Souls Come to Impart
These souls may challenge our beliefs, upend the status quo, or serve as catalysts for some kind of important transformation. Often, we don’t realize the full significance of their presence in our lives until the relationship has fulfilled its purpose.
- Some will trigger old emotional wounds and inspire us to a path of spiritual discovery or self-healing.
- Some will challenge our perspective on life and help us find new levels of personal clarity.
- Others, by holding us back in some way, will strengthen our resolve and inspire us to more authentic self-expression.
- Those we put on a pedestal help us to recognize the greatness within ourselves, and to reclaim our power.
Here are 5 signs that will help you recognize the people in your life with whom you have some type of soul contract:
1. This person triggers an intense internal reaction within you – either positive or negative – that is disproportionate to your external relationship.
2. You feel drawn to this person – physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually. This person expresses certain characteristics that you seek to embody within yourself.
3. This person evokes your curiosity. Perhaps they come from a completely different background or have a very unique perspective on life. You’re compelled to find out more about them. Thoughts of them may enter your mind at odd or unexpected moments.
4. You see aspects of yourself in this person – both positive and negative – that are latent or underdeveloped within you.
5. Your relationship with this person has likely evolved many times and has gone through many different phases. This may take the form of an on-again/off-again love affair, or a childhood friend who resurfaces after many years. Maybe it’s a business associate you made a break with, only to find yourselves working together again. This person will be drawn into your experience until you’ve each taught the other what you made a soul contract to impart.
However these people are showing up in your life, appreciate them. Honor the gifts they have come to bring you. Chances are, you have known this person for lifetimes, and made a soul contract to ensure you would come back into each other’s sphere.
Whether you love or hate this person makes no difference. What matters is that you are open to the information they have to share. They hold a piece of your own self-discovery. The more open-heartedly you embrace their gifts, the more harmonious your relationships with them will be.
Christy Whitman is a transformational leader, celebrity coach, and the New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Having It All: A Woman’s Guide to Unlimited Abundance. For more insights like these on how to create joyous, fulfilling relationships, join her on her Conscious, Connected Coupling Podcast.
