There are friends that we have liked and felt close to the instant we met them, and then there are friends that grow on us over time, perhaps after years of close contact but, in the end, become just as special as the friends-at-first-sight are. Is the difference being that the friends, at first sight, are friends of old from past lives, and you have energetic cords with them already in place? Whereas the friends that grow on you, do so because the two of you are truly growing cords between the two of you over time?

This is a good description of the dynamics of acquaintanceship and friendship that is developed or seemingly destined to happen because it is so seamless, natural, and even compelling in some cases. The description of becoming "fast friends" is an apt one for this very circumstance and, indeed, what is happening is the two individuals have known one another before. This is what is called a "soul recognition." It might be former love partners, it might be someone who was a parent of theirs in another lifetime, or a child, but the soul recognition will happen and the relationship will likely develop in the new incarnation because this prepares the way for it to be seamless and quite attractive, and it will develop quite naturally and easily with minimal investment to reach a level of comfort, mutual trust, and acceptance. Normally, friendship takes time and an investment from both parties to get to know one another bit by bit, and it is over time with repeated shared experiences that people come to know and like one another and create those very bonds we speak of. This is all mediated through cordings, their development, or the resumption of a relationship based on old cordings from prior lifetimes that makes things go much more quickly and, in fact, are a kind of instant encouragement that one is in good hands and something is to be gained from a further pursuit of the other party in spending time with them and cultivating the relationship. So cords are quite handy, they help organize the human community so people can find one another and more readily link up again in ways that will be productive in a new incarnation. It is always easier to pick up where one left off with those who are tried and true, so to speak, than strangers who will have to prove themselves over time in terms of their value. So almost everyone has experiences of both kinds in thinking about the people who come into their life. Some forming close relationships very rapidly and others growing only very slowly over time, and many that never truly develop beyond the level of an acquaintance because the attraction is not there, the payoff is not seen or foreseen, and that is the most likely reason why. Those individuals you invest in quickly and are rewarded quickly represent "old ties," and that is another description from common language usage talking directly about the cording phenomena—the ties that bind.