Vows, Contracts, and Energetic Patterns That Influence Relationships

1. RELIGIOUS VOWS

(Found in monastic traditions, priesthood, asceticism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Jainism, etc.)

Name of the Vow Symbolic / Psychological Effects in Later Life or “Another Lifetime”
Vow of Chastity Difficulty forming intimate bonds; guilt around desire; attraction to unavailable partners.
Vow of Celibacy Deep internal conflict around sexuality; avoidance of romantic relationships; fear of merging.
Vow of Poverty Belief that relationships are burdensome; rejection of family life; fear of financial merging with a partner.
Vow of Obedience Attracting dominating partners; fear of making personal decisions; difficulty asserting needs.
Vow of Silence Inability to express emotions; emotional shutdown in conflict; fear of being “too much”.
Vow of Solitude / Hermitage Feeling safer alone than with people; social withdrawal; difficulty sustaining relationships.
Vow of Renunciation of the World Feeling that love, sex, and partnership are “distractions”; prioritising work or spiritual pursuits.
Vow of Service Only to God / a Deity Unconsciously rejecting partners; feeling married to a mission, purpose, or spiritual duty.
Vow of Purity Splitting sexuality and spirituality; attraction only to “safe” but incompatible partners.
Vow of Fasting / Self-Denial Avoidance of pleasure; inability to receive love; self-punishment dynamics.
Vow of Non-Attachment Chronic emotional detachment; fear of bonding; sabotaging relationships when they get close.

2. SOUL-LEVEL VOWS / CONTRACTS

(Esoteric, metaphysical, connected to reincarnation beliefs)

Type Symbolic Effects
Vow to Love Only One Soul Across Lifetimes Idealising one “destined” partner; inability to love others; feeling permanently single waiting for someone.
Soul Marriage / Eternal Union Contract Subconscious loyalty to a person not in your current life; difficulty forming bonds.
Vow of Belonging to a Specific Soul Feeling “taken”; repelling new partners; loyalty to an absent or past-life person.
Contract of Sacrifice for Another Soul Attracting draining relationships; giving up happiness for others; martyr roles.
Vow to Never Hurt Another Soul Again Fear of initiating relationships; picking partners who don’t care; emotional numbness.
Vow to Protect a Soul Across Lifetimes Becoming caretaker in relationships; attracting wounded partners.
Vow Made Through Shared Trauma (war, death, betrayal) Trauma-character patterns: avoidance, fear of abandonment, obsessive attachments.
Karmic Debt Contract Attracting repetitive harmful relationship patterns; strong irrational attraction to toxic partners.

3. MAGICAL OR OCCULT CONTRACTS

(Folklore, ritual magic, ancestral practices. Treated here symbolically.)

Name / Type Symbolic or Psychological Effect
Binding Love Spell (“Love Tie”) Obsession with one person; inability to fall in love with others; attracting only drama.
Magical Vow of Possession Feeling owned energetically; pushing away new partners; intense fear of intimacy.
Spell of Invisibility in Love Feeling unattractive or ignored; others “don’t notice you” romantically.
Generational Vows (ancestor magic / curses) Repeating ancestors’ relationship failures; fear of marriage; sudden partner loss.
Blood-Oath Binding Strong unexplained loyalties; inability to move on after breakups.
Vow Made at Deathbed or in Grief Rituals Eternal mourning; feeling unworthy to love again.
Curses on Relationships Recurring sabotaged relationships; sudden breakups; attracting unloving partners.
Hex for Fertility or Protection Turning Into Blockage Fear of partnership; belief love is dangerous; difficulty receiving affection.

4. PSYCHOLOGICAL (TRAUMA-BASED) VOWS

(Subconscious commitments formed after emotional pain)

These are extremely common and can feel like “past-life vows” because they operate unconsciously.

Psychological Vow Effect
“I will never love again.” (post-trauma) Emotional shutdown; avoidance; numbness in dating.
“I will never let anyone hurt me again.” Extreme boundaries; dismissing good partners; not letting anyone in.
“I must be perfect to be loved.” Self-criticism; choosing unavailable or critical partners.
“I am responsible for others’ happiness.” Enabling; codependency; exhaustion in relationships.
“Love always leads to loss.” Fear of bonding; staying single; ending relationships early.
“I don’t deserve love.” Sabotage; picking partners who mistreat you.
“I must stay loyal to someone from my past.” Staying stuck on an old partner; rejecting new love.
“Relationships are dangerous.” Physical or sexual avoidance; preferring distance.
“Others must always come first.” Attracting takers; losing identity in relationships.
  1. ENERGETIC PATTERNS (from metaphysical traditions: tantra, reiki, energy work, chakra models)
Energetic Pattern Effect
Blocked Heart Chakra Inability to feel or express love; difficulty trusting.
Blocked Sacral Chakra Low sexual energy; difficulty attracting partners; shame around desire.
Cord Attachment to Past Partner Still energetically “tied”; inability to connect with new people.
Energetic Imprint of Abandonment Fear of closeness; picking rejecting partners.
Energetic Fragmentation After Trauma Feeling incomplete; searching for savior-type partners.
Shadow Attachments Attraction to chaotic relationships; repeating toxic patterns.
Past-Life Residual Energy of Loss Chronic heartbreak; fear of emotional investment.
Energetic Contracts Made in Dreams / Rituals Feeling bound to someone; difficulty disconnecting emotionally.
Familial / Ancestral Energy Blockage Repeating patterns from parents; fear of commitment.
  1. Ancestral Wounds & Associated Vows
Ancestral Wound Associated Ancestral Vows / Subconscious Family Vows
1. Abandonment “I must not depend on anyone.” • “I will leave before I’m left.” • “I am safer alone.” • “I must not attach.”
2. Rejection “I must not show my true self.” • “I must stay invisible.” • “I am not allowed to ask for love.” • “I must not burden anyone.”
3. Betrayal “I must control everything.” • “I must not trust partners.” • “I will never let anyone close enough to hurt me.” • “I must stay loyal to family, not partners.”
4. Humiliation “My desires are dangerous.” • “I must be small to stay safe.” • “I must not express sexuality.” • “Love requires self-sacrifice.”
5. Injustice “I must be perfect.” • “I don’t deserve ease in love.” • “I must earn love through effort.” • “I must not show weakness.”
6. Exclusion / Family Ban / Exile “I don’t belong.” • “I am not allowed to form my own family.” • “Partnership leads to loss of belonging.” • “I must stay loyal to those who were excluded.”
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You can use Soul Contract Revocation [DM + Audio] with the intention to dissolve the vows and promises you have made, and focus your attention on the mandala.
You can also set the intention to dissolve vows that prevent you from loving, being loved, or that stop you from having a partner.

Among the vows listed in this topic, you will feel a stronger reaction to certain ones — pay attention to them, and you can even perform a muscle test to determine whether you carry that vow.

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Let’s also include vows created through magical rituals — for example in ancient Egypt, Druidic magic, and other traditions where, during a wedding, a shaman or magician performed a ritual spell that bound the two souls together forever.

This is known as an eternal marriage vow, which can later prevent a person from loving someone else or finding suitable partners with whom they can have a real relationship.

If someone feels this applies to them, you can let me know, and I will create an energetically programmed field to dissolve this type of magic.
People who are bound together but do not love each other may separate as a result.

If a person has such a vow and is in a relationship with the soul they made it with, but throughout their life they are unhappy, resent each other, yet cannot separate because something always stops them — that may be due to this vow.

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Energetic marriages with previous partners or important people from your past

  • A man may have an energetic marriage with his mother.
  • A woman may have an energetic marriage with her father.

This happens when one of the parents is absent (even energetically), and if the remaining parent needs support — for example, if the mother is struggling, she may energetically turn her child into her partner and burden them with her problems, energies, expect them to be responsible, solve her issues, take care of their siblings, and so on.

  • It can also occur with previous partners with whom we had a very strong bond. If we made future plans together but things didn’t work out, our energetic system may have bonded with the other person and may not release them for a lifetime — or only after many years.

In fact, when partners separate and one of them had deep love, the emotional pain comes from the energetic system tearing away the energy the partner gave us; it tries to free itself from it, and this can crack the emotional body.

  • We can also have an energetic marriage with someone we were never in a relationship with, but whom we were deeply, intensely in love with, wishing to be together (unrequited love).
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Mama Maitreya, you have shared a gold mine. Deeply thankful for your generosity :pink_heart::pink_heart::pink_heart:

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Thanks a lot for this wisdom. I think I am bounded by this magic vows. Can you please make a field for this. I truly appreciate your work.

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I will immediately take printout and work on this list. Thanks again. No words for me express my deepest gratitude to you.

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Thank you for this knowledge. I’ve done most of it.
Most of ancestral is gone.

I used Soul Contract on both of them many times. I used every cord cutting I could invent. I used elemental energy, too. I used Release Karmic, also the one for fake Twin Flames and bonds that is on Facebook. I don’t know the way to cut my Twin off and also the other one is either my Twin and they’re one soul in two incarnations or I need something stronger. A grenade maybe. It is a sacred marriage with one of them for sure, but no matter how deeply I clear it I still have deep feelings. I begged my Higher Self, too.

So either my HS is stupidly in love, or I have unfinished business that my HS wants to finish. A grenade, please :slight_smile:

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I had a couple of lingering ones which I revoked using this list. I had a ton of bad dreams and dream state attacks but not at the scale I used to have before. I have an extra surge of energy and joy after clearing. Using the Northern Shaman alongside would be helpful.

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