Love Is Blind… But the Soul Isn’t
- Karen Di Gloria
- Nov 4, 2025
- 3 min read
Season 9 sparked a thought.
Let me confess something:
I love observing humans.
Not in a creepy “binoculars through the blinds” way — in a “give me popcorn and human psychology and watch me light up like a kid on Christmas morning” way.
I adore watching dating reality shows — the kind where people fall in love behind walls, get married at first sight, or try to resist temptation while trapped in some paradise full of ring lights and repressed emotions.
I mean… spiritual evolution, but make it Netflix — where vulnerability is edited into cliff-hangers and deep healing gets swapped for a dramatic reunion episode.
And then on the other end of the spectrum?
Give me a psychological thriller — think serial killers, the mafia, the layers of human predation and power — where no one knows who to trust, someone is always lying, and by the end you’re questioning every relationship you've ever been in and maybe your own moral compass.
Welcome to my brain.
A cozy little library where Jung sits next to Hannibal Lecter, and the popcorn is organic but the shadow work barely scratches the surface.
Because for me, it’s always been about the human psyche —
how we love, how we fear, how we justify, how we stay, how we leave,
how we say yes when our soul already whispered no.
Which brings me to the thought that hit me while watching Love Is Blind, Season 9:
We are not confused.
Not really.
We always know — in the first few seconds.
The soul whispers.
The body gives the truth.
And then the mind comes in with a spreadsheet, a safety plan, a fantasy future, and a trauma pattern and says,
“Shhh. Let's not be dramatic.”
So let’s go there for a moment:
What if you’re not torn — you’re just ignoring your own knowing?
What if the hesitation IS the answer?
What if potential is just emotional caffeine for the spiritually exhausted?
What if loving someone’s soul is sometimes just falling for the version of them you built inside your head?
What if:
You’re not afraid they aren’t the one — you’re afraid you've already realized they aren’t.
You're not protecting love — you’re protecting the investment of time, effort, image, identity.
It isn’t destiny you're defending — it’s the storyline you’ve grown attached to.
And the hardest one:
What if the most sacred thing you can do
is walk away from something good
to make space for what is meant?
Ouch.
But truth often arrives like that —
not as a sweet whisper but a clean slice.
Here’s the paradox:
They might be a wonderful person.
You might love them deeply.
And they still may not be your person for the full journey.
Sometimes you’re not meant to stay.
Sometimes you’re meant to meet, learn, awaken, soften, crack open, and evolve —
and then be done.
Sometimes the love story isn’t about “forever.”
It’s about alignment, not duration.
It’s about truth, not comfort.
It’s about soul contracts, not wedding contracts.
And yes — sometimes the stepping stone is still sacred.
Sometimes God hands you someone to help you remember yourself,
not marry yourself off to a version of life you’ve outgrown.
So, ask yourself…
Right now,
is your body leaning in
or bracing?
Is your breath opening
or tightening?
Is your heart speaking
or are you negotiating with it?
Because love may be blind,
but your Soul sees with brutal clarity.
And it speaks first.
Always.
The rest is just whether you listen
or try to out-logic your intuition because your ego already ordered matching monogrammed towels.
And funny enough…
As I wrote this, a little spark lit up in me.
Like — Wait… what if I actually start a series on this?
A descent into reality-TV love psychology,
surface-level shadow work disguised as entertainment,
and the modern myth of loving “potential.”
A 3-part rabbit hole into:
The Paradox of Loving Someone You Can’t Keep
Defensiveness, Projection, and the Level of Growth We’re On
Why the World Needs Shadow Work More Than Relationship Advice
Because maybe love isn’t blind.
Maybe we're just not yet fluent in the language of our own Soul.
Stay tuned.
And in the meantime, check in with yourself:
Do you feel a yes — or are you trying to earn one?
If any part of this touched something inside you, I’d love to know.
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With gratitude for this unfolding,
Karen Di Gloria ⚡️
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