Friday, 01 July 2011
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A "TiMER" That Tells of Our Soul Mates
Recently, I was rained out of a hopeful Saturday outdoors. I noodled around on Netflix and came across an interesting synopsis for a movie I had not heard of before. The film, entitled, TiMER, more or less was about a world where people have the choice in knowing exactly when in their lives they will meet their soul mate.If one chooses to know, (s)he goes to a TiMER store, pays $79.99, and has a piece of technology basically stapled to his/her wrist. Once registered, the TiMER either immediately displays a time (counting down like a stopwatch) or the screen is blank. Here's the catch: if the screen is blank, it means your soul mate does not have a timer. Clearly, this means that one may never know the exact moment when he/she will meet his soul mate if he relies solely on the device.
This movie kind of tripped me up a bit. At first I thought, "great, this is going to be completely cheesy and unbearable." Then, as it went on, I realized it was more of a mockery than a fairy tale.
In any case, the film raised some questions for me:
If you could, would you choose to know the exact moment during which you meet your soul mate?
Do soul mates even exist?
If this could be real, what happens if somewhere along the line you fall in love with someone who isn't your supposed soul mate?
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ooh, i watched that a couple months ago! thought-provoking, indeed.
i don't believe in soul mates. i believe some people are definitely better-matched than others, but when it comes down to it, i think that one person falls in love with another and then the rest doesn't even matter; even if there were someone "better" out there, the people are already happy with one another (ideally), and they don't need anyone else, aren't even interested in KNOWING of the someone else. ideally.Reminds me of the korean drama Soulmate that has to do with the thoughts about soulmates and whether they exist or not etc; etc;
Personally? I don't know.
i think ive met 2. a soulmate isnt JUST a person you fall in love with its a really crazy connected perfect dynamic.
i believe in the 'multiple soulmate theory' someone might've been completely integral to your development at the time. but not forever in the 'we'll be in a relationship for the rest of our life'
im kind of excited. mine have been so completely enthralling and moving i have no idea how it can even be topped. should be interesting.
in regards to the question- i dont think it matters if you fall in love with others. thats just a part of life. and honestly i wouldnt want to know when. i just keep my life open to the universe and it always delivers.
I don't believe in soul mates because relationships (esp. marriage) require work and anyone that is willing to look past a few flaws can make almost any relationship work.
damnit..now I gotta watch that
agreed. now i gotta watch it too. -_- thanks a lot
I believe in soul-mates in the sense that there are people out there that I feel like we were meant to be friends for life. But I don't believe in romantic soul-mates.
I don't believe in soulmates. I think there are people that you meet who you feel a connection with, but I don't think that's soulmates. I honestly think that ideas like "love at first sight" or "soulmates" really take away from what love really is, which is this constant effort and commitment to someone. Love is a lot of work. I think that the reason the divorce rate is so high now is because so many people have been led to believe that it should always just be easy. It shouldn't be. The more effort you put into something, the more rewarding it is. That's my opinion anyway.
one of my favorite movies!!!
I think soulmates definitely exist, but the romantic aspect is completely optional; more likely to find a best bud than a lover these days.
Kinda want to check out that movie.
I believe in soulmates. I think that you will not necessarily want to be with your soulmate romantically when you find them though. If your soulmate is born and is the sex that you are attracted to, then you might be with them. What about if you are heterosexual and your soulmate is of the same sex as you? I think there are soulmates who are best friends, who are lovers, who will never meet, or who will choose not to be together for varying reasons.
I loved this movie when I first watched it! Also, I love Emma, so it was perfect.
I don't believe in soulmates but there's obviously a lot of us who might make connections that last so long, despite certain situations, which may begin and work out for no apparent reason except that it's "just one of those things" - it just works. Could be romantic or something else. I'm not set in that thought, mind.
If soulmates are real in terms of romantic relationships and "true love", and if that concept of the movie could play out in reality, then yes, I'd love to know that exact moment. :) Sounds like an interesting movie.
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I do believe in soul mates, but it's impossible to have only one soul mates. It's like an enzyme lock-key model. There're many, many possible soul mates in this world, like many different puzzle pieces that will fit and complete a puzzle. But once you find just one of the potential pieces every other potential puzzle piece ( soul mate ) is rendered useless.
@xxfl1@xanga - I totally agree with your idea of a soul mate! I've only met one, but I'm excited to meet my other ones. I wasn't in love with the person, but our relationship was just awesome. I can't even describe it, but crazy connected perfect dynamic explains it nicely
I've seen this on Netflix - looks really interesting!
I don't think I would want to know when I was going to meet my "soul mate". I think the whole countdown idea would ruin the experience of life. The idea of meeting that person would be constantly in the back of my mind, and it would probably ruin other relationships I'd have with people. I'd rather just experience life how it's meant to be experienced; unexpectedly.
The whole soul mate idea, I don't believe in, per se. I do think that there is someone out there that would completely compliment each of us, but based on the decisions we make in life, we won't always find them. Also, I think that you can have a successful, life-long relationship with any number of people, not just that "one".
This is too deep for 3:00, haha.
People are complicated. Especially today, when we are exposed to so many cultures and lifestyles. Our interests seem to be infinite as we move through life. Hence, it's hard for me to imagine a person perfectly matched to me. I love the idea of a soulmate. The idea of two halves making a whole, however lovely, is unrealistic to me. Perhaps because I can't even find a friend who shares all of my interests. I have different friends for different activities and as my friends or I move onto different interests in life, it seems our friendships also drift apart. I think staying in love requires a willingness to work together to maintain that relationship. As your love and you work together to keep the relationship, you also work towards common goals to strengthen that relationship. This helps to grow and mature and keep in step with each other. Very unromantic, I know, but it's an observation I've made about my friends who've been in relationships for a good part of the past decade.
I used to believe in Soul Mates but after I broke up and ended in a very DARK definition of what it meant, I decided to trash the theory. You could believe that you're destined to love ONE person who has the other part of your soul (hence, soul mate) and you married that person, thinking s/he is the ONLY one ever...then after a week of marriage, s/he dies, what then? Are you doomed to walk this wretched Earth alone?!!! No, eventually, you find someone else. And you feel like this person is your NEW soul mate, does that mean the one before wasn't really one to begin with? Does that mean, if you lose one, you can have a backup soul mate, who in their point of view believe You are their ONLY one? Isn't that kind like... flip flopping to fit your mood??
Please watch The Adjustment Bureau; they argue that Fate and Chance is almost the same, as long as you do something with one's Free Will and desire fuled with determination and sacrifice. It is another thought provoking film.
Anyway, you don't meet your PERFECT partner in their PERFECTED form. You become someone's soul mate; as you grow, live, and learn things TOGETHER as a couple, whether it be best friends or spouses, by adjusting, moulding, being flexible and open minded. Perfection sheerly depends on the eye of the beholder , is it not?
That sounds like a pretty bogus concept. If someone were wearing that device, and it got closer to time, would the person start getting desperate, and trying to romance anyone available, thinking they'd be out of time otherwise?
“A soulmate is an ongoing connection with another individual that the soul picks up again in various times and places over lifetimes. We are attracted to another person at a soul level not because that person is our unique complement, but because by being with that individual, we are somehow provided with an impetus
to become whole ourselves.”
-Edgar Cayce.