New Consciousness Review Fall 2015 | Page 9

INSPIRATION ARTICLE & INTERVIEW An Excerpt from The Karma Queens Guide to Relationships By Dr. Carmen Harra, PhD and Alexandra Harra Ten Ways to Know If They’re Your Soul Mate Throughout my career, I have seen everything from couples who married their childhood loves to people in their retirement years who still struggle with commitment issues. M ost of us fall somewhere between these two extremes, meaning that we experience several relationships before finding the person we believe to be our perfect pairing. Whether you’re currently married, in a relationship, or contemplating entering a relationship with a new love interest, it is crucial that you know what role this person will play in your life. After all, there’s no avoiding the inevitable, often uncomfortable question we must ask ourselves: Is this the person I was bound by destiny to share my life with? Or did I settle too quickly into a relationship with someone who can never complete me? Answering these questions honestly can be hard without a bit of guidance. There are ten signs that indicate a soul mate bond (or a lack of) between you and your partner. Ten Ways to Know If They’re Your Soul Mate 1. You just….know. Describing how a soul mate makes you feel is difficult. It’s a tenacious, profound, and blissfully lingering emotion that no words can encompass. 9 | NEW CONSCIOUSNESS REVIEW 2. Flashbacks. If your partner is your soul mate, chances are he or she has been present in at least one of your past lives. Soul mates often choose to come back together during the same lifetime and scope each other out in the big world. You might suddenly and briefly experience flashbacks of your soul mate. You might even feel an odd sense of déjà vu, as if the moment in time has already taken