He said,
"Soulmates"
My rational, objective bent in many things notwithstanding, I believe in soulmates. (As well as jungle spirits - but that's another story.)
The ancient Greeks have a nice way of explaining this romantic notion of "soulmates". The first humans created by the gods apparently had four arms, four legs, two heads, two hearts and two sexual organs - one male and one female. The gods were amazed at the perfection of their creation but amazement soon gave way to fear. Would it not be possible, the gods wondered, that such creatures - so perfect, so beautiful, so intelligent and so strong - grow to be so invincible that they would one day overthrow us, their creators?
The gods pondered on the matter until it was decided that to reduce the menace posed by humans, their strength and beauty and intelligence must also be diminished. And thus the new creations were cut into half, with each human having only half of what he originally had - two arms, two legs, one head, one heart and only one sexual organ.
Our soulmate, according to the Greeks, is our other half. That other part that is so vital for us to revert to our original state of perfection. The missing half that we spend our life seeking.
It's a beautiful idea, no?"
It's just a story.
I don't believe in it.
But it's a nice analogy for "Soulmates"
Then i remembered the word
"Belahan Jiwa".
Soulmates in Indonesian.
Belahan means separating it into two.
Jiwa means Soul.
Can you see the link?
Between the story and the words?
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