That’s the ironic nature of a great love experience between two souls. The deeper they go, the less it is about them and the more it is about the collective. With their love as rocket-fuel, they are catapulted right into the heart of divine. There they become one with all that is- the light and the shadow, the healed and the unresolved, the glory and the gory. They become more than two branches of the human tree- they become the entire forest. This is why traditional psychotherapy often fails soul-mates. Early childhood issues don't even begin to cover the vast array of triggers that come up when souls merge with the divine. What we actually need are love elders, those who have ridden love’s highways into eternity. We need to commune with those who have been there before us. - Jeff Brown

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