One of the tasks of true friendship is to listen compassionately and creatively to the hidden silences. Often secrets are not revealed in words, they lie concealed in the silence between the words or in the depth of what is unsayable between two people.
John O'Donohue, Anam Cara, A book of Celtic Wisdom
In the Celtic tradition "soul friends" are considered an essential and integral part of spiritual development.
This concept which is different from Soul mates called Anam Cara in Celtic traditions.
The Anam Cara involves a friendship that psychotherapist William P. Ryan describes as "compassionate presence”.
Aristotle had once said, "Friendship is an art of holding up a mirror to each other's soul."
The soul yearns for companionship which is beyond the realms of need and greed, which transcends 'give and take', which touches it with divine light.
Soul friends are like mirrors- You can see an accurate reflection and reflect on them as well.
An 'Anam Cara' strips off masques and pretentions, sees your soul naked with all your bare emotions, establishes a sense of ease and basks you in the glory of joyous love. Such friendships are beyond space and time, gender and class. They are not mapped into charts of relationships, cerebral nor intellectual. Such love is neither physical nor emotional.
The Anam Cara holds you when you are weak, wraps you in a comfort blanket when you are cold with grief, wipes your tears in dark and dreary nights, stands for the truth- absolute or relative, makes you accept your follies and liberates you from prejudices.
In this fast-paced world, where friendships are based on 'Weekend Booze and rest of the time Snooze' culture, finding an 'Anam Cara' is like an oasis in the desert!
Like the first drops of rain on parched earth! Like the twinkle in the mother's eyes when she suckles her infant!
Like the grin of a child saving his favourite candy by stuffing it in his pockets- innocent and rare!
IF they actually explore the BP relationship like Season 1, then Anam Cara is the word that described them.
If Anurag and Prerna are soul mates, then Rishabh and Prerna are soul friends.
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