Michael asked:

I have been looking for a proverb that states that when God made man he was made with four arms,
four legs and two heads. God then tore apart the creature for each to go their own way. When
eventually the two meet up again they will become whole. This is related to the fact that when two
soulmates find one another and fall in love they too become whole. I cannot remember if it is a
Buddhist, Taoist or Hindu proverb, can any one help?

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This was a hard one... I also remembered it but not its origin. But it's a Greek creation myth. Take a
look at this page:

http://home.earthlink.net/~ekerilaz/hen.html

Steven Ravett Brown

It is a fable told (I think by Alcibiades) in Plato's dialogue, The Symposium.

Ken Stern

There may well be a Buddhist etc proverb to reflect this, but you need only look into the culture of
western mythology to find the same story. The word "hermaphrodite" means exactly the same thing.
I'll leave you the with the pleasure of looking up any classical dictionary and discovering the source of
this term.

Jürgen Lawrenz

Sydney