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I was wondering. Is there some kind of spiritual aura that attract two of the opposite sex together? Many, if not all humans have this drive to find that special one, who God destined them to find and live with. Is that a divine human instinct?
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I am enclosing a link which will take you to a section of The Urantia
Book titled: The
Mating Instinct.
Among other things, this section explains that this powerful instinct
is an "innate propensity."
I believe that what adds an element of "the divine" to it is the
quality of selfless love and
devotion. These excellent qualities of
love ennoble the simply primal sex urges to the highest possible
outcomes - marriage, home and family.
Does God ordain a "special one" for each of us? I am sure that when we
do find a person with whom we can share our lives, when such a
relationship becomes infused with devoted love, understanding and
tolerance, then we certainly can imagine that it is "destined," which
further increases our desire to do all we can to make it the best
relationship possible. This addition of "the divine" encourages us to
develop persistence, tolerance, trust and purpose, especially when
times are hard. We
ennoble such relationship by marriage, and we create special rituals
to mark such a relationship with religious meaning. This helps to
further raise the mating instinct to those high levels of divine
meaning and value that make life so very worthwhile, and which help to
soften the rigors of living. All relationships are an end unto
themselves, and this wonderful relationship of man and woman united in
marriage remains one of the most precious, and the most sought-after.
When
two people of like spiritual leanings find each other in mutual
attraction, it certainly can lend a "spiritual aura" to that
relationship. And, when
God is added as a "third" in any relationship, it certainly will raise
that relationship's potential to one of eternal value.
Thank you for writing to us with this great question.
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