The Sheila Variations

I am sure, that by now,

you all have heard this distressing news. My entire world-view has shattered.

And so, I suppose that now is as good a time as ever to say that I have been working on a rather geh-normous post about "soulmates", which all started from what I said in this post.

I believe in true love. Not only do I believe in it, but I also believe it is as rare as the rarest of diamonds. It's not an "ooh, I believe in soul mates" kind of malarkey. If there's one phrase I wish I could STRIKE from the English language, it's "soul mate". No. Fuck soul mates. But I do believe in a very specific kind of love ... er ... how to explain it. "True love" will have to suffice. My belief in this kind of love is scientific. I think true love (not your garden variety love, but TRUE love - huge difference) has to do with chemistry. Literally. Body chemistry, brain chemistry, pheromones, the 5 senses ... Nothing about souls or heart or spirit ... but chemistry. Can't prove it, but this is what I believe. (And believe it or not, I think that MY way of looking at it is MORE romantic than the "soul mate" way. But then again, I am certifiable.)

A discussion then ensued with Bryan (and others) in the COMMENTS to that post, having to do with soulmates, and why I don't "believe" in them, and all that jazz. In explaining where I was coming from, in explaining the whole Richard-Bach craze (more on that later - MUCH more on that later) - I suddenly I knew I had to write about it.

I've got a TON of stuff to say about "soulmates", and the whole "soulmate" phenomena (really, I'd just call it a trend, and a marketing ploy at this point), and I've wanted to write about it before, but ... I just knew the post would be huge, and would require me to do a bit of work beforehand. I'm nuts like that.

So.

The work has been done. I have compiled information. Quotes. Anecdotes. I will be posting it at some point today or tomorrow.

That's one of the good things about being sick. You end up having a looooot of free time on your hands.

There will probably be a SERIES of posts on soulmates. Because I want to go at this thing from many different angles.

I am, legitimately, insane.

Posted by sheila