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Twin
Soul
Relationships
(Twin
Flames)
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"And
when one of them meets with his other half, the actual half
of himself, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and
friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the
other's sight even for a moment." Plato
2,500 years ago... |
Dutch/Nederlands Translation
Twin
souls are two halves of the same eternal soul. By Divine design, they
are an equal blend of masculine-feminine
energies and
complement each other perfectly. We have many soul mates but only one
twin soul.
The moment your soul was
created it possessed female-male polarity and energy.
God's love for you made
sure that these two complementary forms of consciousness, the
feminine and the masculine, would be bound together throughout eternity.
The
two halves of one soul have been called twin souls, twin vibrations, twin rays or twin
flames. Said another
way, you only have one twin aspect of your soul in the entire universe who vibrates at the same
frequency of light that you do. This is quite an awesome thought. However,
the story is a bit more involved than this simple explanation.
Soon after our souls were created, we left the joy and
bliss of the Absolute to enter and experience the physical universe, in
which we currently find ourselves. Originally we were ONE complete soul, one family, one Being. There was no
separation, just complete joy and unspeakable bliss.
However, when we left the Absolute to enter our universe of duality and
opposites, all of
that changed.
The
ONE Soul,
which was originally whole, began to separate and divide into smaller and smaller
fragments of Itself over
the ages. This occurred so that we could eventually relate to one another
as races, nations, and families or as individuals while in the physical universe of
opposites.
As
the splitting of the ONE occurred, relationships were born. And it is through
relationships that we create opportunities to know ourselves, to remember
our divine origin, to seek reunion and oneness with one another and
eventually return to our Source. The twin relationship plays a very important role
in all of this, as part of the divine, cosmic plan.
At the end of the cycle of division, our individual souls made one final and very
painful decision. We separated from our twin, the other half of our
soul-self, when we lost our way on planet Earth and became physical man
and physical woman. We did this for a reason. As part of the divine plan,
separation had to be experienced at all soul levels. This included twins
within the same soul, so that we could initially experience and feel what
separation was like. Then, when the time was right, we would reverse
the entire process and experience the ecstatic joy of reunion.
Over
the ages, and throughout our many lifetimes, the
experiences and feelings of separation constantly reminded us of our
yearning and craving for completion with our Source and with
our twin. That inner hunger for wholeness is why we search for romance and
relationship. That is why we have families. That is also why we seek God. We
are trying to re-create the same oneness we felt in the beginning.
At
some magical moment in cosmic time, each of us will reach a point during
our personal growth and evolution where separation is no longer the path
of choice for us. The signal that would ignite the experience of soul
reunion would be our spiritual awakening. In the process, we would also
remember and realize that we are divine Beings of
Light.
Awakening to our true spiritual nature takes us on a inner journey
that leads to the opposite of separation, which is reunion. As you can
well imagine, reunion brings with it feelings of love, joy, bliss and
ecstasy. At that
moment, the soul begins to crave oneness with its Source. Part of this
hunger will be satisfied by reunion
with our twin. From what I read, this is when the journey home to our Source
begins in earnest.
Our spiritual
awakening will eventually inspire us to question, and then
cause us to discard, the false beliefs we have about traditional
relationships, which are often times weakened and diminished by ego and fear. We will discover that,
in order to have a lasting, fulfilling and meaningful partnership, the
positive energy of unconditional love will have to replace the negative
influence of the ego.
Once twins begin to think and feel this way, they are
setting the stage for reunion. And once reunited, the twins will still
have to work at their relationship to make it a lasting and rewarding one.
Twin reunion by itself does not guarantee happiness. It simply sets the
stage for it. Bringing a powerful spiritual awareness and a strong sense
of Self into a newfound twin reunion will
provide the sustenance and glue for its balance and longevity.
Another
very important step prior to reunion is the need for balancing the
masculine and feminine energies within each of us. The masculine half has always retained some
of the original feminine energy that the soul possesses, while the feminine half
still holds onto a part of the masculine essence it once was united with.
Since that time,
we have roamed around in this incomplete, unbalanced state of being looking
for soul completion. We'll
continue to experience life after life and relationship after relationship until we decide we've had enough separation
from our other half and want something more
fulfilling.
One
of the most important things to keep in mind is that it is very easy to
fall in love with the "picture" of the twin soul concept and be
blinded by all that it promises. That has to be brought into proper focus
and balance.
Another danger is over-idealizing and hyper-romanticizing
your partner and your relationship to the point where you believe you will
live happily ever after regardless of what the future brings. That
is not true. Depending upon one's level of spiritual development, twin
souls can have varying degrees of ego issues just as other partners
do.
Over
many lifetimes soul mate relationships prepare us for lasting twin reunion. They are a very
important part of the process and should be blessed as such. Most often,
soul mate unions will last longer and be more rewarding than the
electrifying, but often stormy, twin pairings. Twin soulship is a very
highly charged partnership and the two must be spiritually ready for it to
last. When they are, their union will transcend all
others.
Below
is very useful information from various sources about twin souls...
Plato
The twin-soul concept is not new. Plato described it 2,500 years ago. Here is an
excerpt...
"and when one of them
meets the other half, the actual half of himself, the pair are lost in an amazement of
love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight even for a
moment...
If Hephaestus, son of Zeus, were to ask the pair; 'do you desire to be
wholly one,
always day and night to be in one another's company? For if this is what you desire, I am
ready to melt you into one and let you grow together, so that being two you shall become
one, and after your death in the world beyond you will still be one departed soul instead
of two - I ask whether this is what you lovingly desire?' - and there is not a man or
woman of them who, when they heard the proposal, would not acknowledge that this melting
into one another, this becoming one instead of two, was the very expression of their
ancient need. And the reason is that human nature was originally one and we were a whole,
and the desire and pursuit of the whole is called love."
The Sufis
Plato is not the only individual who has given us insights into twin soul relationships.
Spiritual writings from the Sufis 800 years ago (from Idries Shah's, The
Sufis) say that...
"Out of the original
unity of being there is a fragmentation and dispersal of beings, the last stage being the
splitting of one (twin) soul into two. And consequently, love is the search by each half
for the other half on earth or in heaven...
As twin souls are so alike to begin with, it seems necessary for them to go their separate
ways before they can complete each other. Identity and complementarity are the two driving
forces and axes of love... For the complete being there must be a blending of the
two."
Sri Aurobindo and the
Mother
From
time to time, God sends humanity advanced souls who not only teach a
better way, but live it as well. So it was with two extraordinary, twin
soul avatars, Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, both of whom where in body
during the 1900s. From a heavenly realm, they descended into our midst and took on male and female forms to help
us in our hour of need.
Sri
Aurobindo often said that he and the Mother, who could communicate
telepathically with one another, were one soul in two bodies. They came to spread the male
(Shiva) and female (Shakti) energy on our planet and serve
as an example of service for all future twin souls.
Here
are some excerpts from a book titled, Twelve Years with Sri
Aurobindo, that will shed some light on this remarkable twin union.
"To
both of them, the other's word was law. One of us observed that only two
persons have realized and put into practice Sri Aurobindo's Yoga of
surrender: the Mother surrendering to Sri Aurobindo and
Sri Aurobindo to the Mother."
"The
two who are one are the secret of all power, the two who are one are the
might and right in things."
"The
Mother has said, "Without him, I exist not; without me he is
unmanifest."
"And
we were given the unique opportunity of witnessing the dual personality
of the One enacting on our earth-plane an immortal drama, rare in the
spiritual history of man."
"The
two consciousnesses were one so that when Sri Aurobindo met with the
accident, the Mother felt at once the vibration in her sleep."
"He
followed closely all her outer activities and enveloped her with an aura
of protection against the dark forces."
Edgar Cayce
Edgar
Cayce,
the remarkable "sleeping prophet," also spoke about twin souls. He tells
us that, in the beginning, the "male and female were
as in one."
In his historical description of Atlantis, Cayce says that as long as
several hundred thousands of years ago...
"there lived in this land of Atlantis one
Amillius, who had first noted the separations of the beings as inhabited that portion of
the earth's sphere or plane of these peoples, into male and female as separate entities or
individuals."
Even more remarkably,
in the book Edgar Cayce's Story of Jesus, (pages 27-28) he says,
while in trance, that Jesus and Mary (his mother 2,000 years ago) were
twin souls...
"... you see, in the
beginning, Mary was the twin soul of the Master in the entrance into the
earth!"
"Neither Mary nor Jesus had a human father. They were one soul as far
as the
earth is concerned."
Just recently I was
listening to a tape by John Van Auken, Executive Director of the Association
for Research and Enlightenment, (the Edgar Cayce Foundation). In that tape,
a woman mentions to Mr. Van Auken that Edgar Cayce seemed to have many lives
as a man. "Is that typical" she asks?
Mr. Van Auken replied
that if your root essence is male, then most of the times you will come back
as a male, but you will also have some lives as a female, and vice versa.
However, here is what Mr. Auken said about Gladys, the woman who
painstakingly transcribed
over 14,000 readings for Edgar Cayce, when he went into trance during his
most recent lifetime...
"His feminine side was going through here at the same time... she was
his stenographer, his helper in building the mission and fulfilling the
work... it says (in the Cayce readings) that when he comes back as the
Liberator in 2158, they'll come back united, they'll be together, we will
see an androgynous expression (of Cayce and
Gladys)."
I contacted Mr. Van Auken about this reading to find out if he was saying that these two individuals, who have
shared many lives together, are twin souls. His answer was, "Yes, they
are twin souls."
Children of the Gods
In an obscure book,
Children of the Gods (a difficult read for me), the author, A.
B. Curtis, writes about his grandfather archeologist who, in 1929,
returned from an expedition to a sacred Mayan temple where he experienced an
unusual preternatural vision. In that vision, cosmic beings revealed many things to
him, including the following brief insight about twin souls...
"Wherefore,
each single thing becomes two opposites;
the inside of a thing parted from
its outside,
the up of a thing separated from its down,
the going of a thing separated from its coming,
the lost of a thing separated from its found.
As result of this impairment, great longing pulls between
to wind the spring that moves the world.
The
first division would be man himself,
each part forever seeking its twin.
Hard work for those who think
love is a game to win.
They will, of course, continue to
defeat themselves until remembering."
Eileen Caddy
Eileen Caddy is the co-founder of the Findhorn
Foundation. Her remarkable and inspirational life story was told in the book,
Flight Into Freedom. This is what she had to say about twin souls. Keep in
mind that she received many messages and visions from God throughout her
life, which was a constant test of faith in order to help her evolve
spiritually...
"I recalled
a vision I had been given back in 1974 just when the first
cracks were
appearing in my relationship with Peter: I was taken to the beginning of time
when humans were etheric beings with bodies of light. Peter and I were in one
light body. Then I saw us split in two, and Peter wandered his way and I
wandered mine. My being became denser and denser, and I lived through lifetime
after lifetime of tremendous suffering, pain and anguish. I wandered searching
for something I had lost but I did not know what it was. I was a lost soul.
Peter and I may have been brought together from time to time, but we did not
recognize each other. Then I was brought into this lifetime and God said: 'Now
is the time. I have brought you together to do a very specific work for me'..."
St. Germain
Here are some answers and thoughts by the Master, St. Germain. They give more insight
into the subject of twin souls and how we attract our other half...
Q. Are twin flames
more like a companion of the soul?
A. It is an identical resonance reverberation of the
same frequency within the different (male-female)
bodies of energy.
Q. Are many twin
flames coming together now in this
time?
A. Of course, because many Christ-consciousnesses
are being born.
St Germain
continues...
"Within your
male (twin) soulmate energy essence, there abides a
certain frequency that is indeed identical to
the same frequency found in the female (twin) soulmate energy essence...
there are identical
frequencies existing in the opposite bodies of energy, and these you call twin flames."
"Now,
experiencing Christ-Consciousness within yourself, loving
unconditionally that which you
are as you exist and abide in your reality at this point in time, creates the resonance
within your being that attracts the identical essence within the opposite body of soul
energy. It calls it forth and merges with your energy and you with it."
A Dweller on Two Planets
Another interesting
mention of twin flames comes from a book called, A Dweller on Two Planets. This
book was written by Frederick S. Oliver towards the end of the 1800s and
published in 1906.
The author claimed he
transcribed its contents under the direction of a spiritual being called Phylos the
Tibetan. It covers many subjects including reincarnation, Atlantis, the human soul
and other mystical concepts. Interestingly, at one point in the book, Phylos describes a
dialogue between himself and his twin soul, Phyris, when they knew each other before planet
Earth didn't even exist.
Below is an excerpt
that Phyris gave to her twin, Phylos...
"Each man we see, except those who have been
transfigured, is but a
semi-ego, and each woman the same - two of these having one spirit.
When the perfection time cometh, all the halves shall unite, each with its own - and lo!
this is the marriage made in heaven. But first comes the Trial - the Crisis of
Transfiguration."
Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov is considered a Spiritual Master.
From 1938 until 1986, he gave more than 5000 free public lectures on various
spiritual topics. They were subsequently published in nearly 100 books and
then translated into 35 different languages. Within those teachings, he
briefly mentions the twin soul phenomenon. He had this to say...
Every human being has a
twin-soul. When man leapt like a spark from the bosom of his Creator he was
two in one, and these two parts complemented each other perfectly, each was
the other’s twin. These two halves became separated, they took different
directions, and they have evolved separately. If they come to recognize each
other at any point during their evolution, it
is because each carries the image of the other in the depth of his being,
each has put his seal on the other.
Thus, each one carries the image of this
twin-soul within. The image may be blurred but it is there. For this
reason, everyone who comes on earth has a vague hope that he will meet
somewhere a soul who will be everything he needs, and that with this
soul he will find indescribable harmony and perfect fusion.
Messages from Heaven
I recently read a wonderful book titled, Messages from Heaven, by
Patricia Kirmond. The author is a woman whose husband passed away at the age
of 80, during April of 1995. Shortly after his death, he contacted his wife,
to whom he was married for over 50 years, and gave her many messages over a
3-year period. Some of those insights concerned their twin soul relationship, as
well as other references to the twin flame concept...
"Several months after his death my husband told me that we were twin
flames, individual souls who were created together in the beginning as one
spirit."
"I
think that if any aspect of the violet flame is neglected, it is the flame
of opportunity which Portia, St. Germain's twin flame, sponsors."
"People
feel that finding their twin flame - their divine counterpart who was
conceived out of the same white-fire of God - is the answer. But really,
finding your true self and resolving your psychology is the greatest gift
you can give to your twin flame."
"Ascended
twin flames cannot interfere with the free will of their counterparts who
are still in embodiment... The twin flame longs for the return and the
victory of the divine compliment, but not in any human sense... The one in
embodiment may feel a profound loneliness, a sense that something cannot be
found on this earth. This one can be married and still sense that something
intangible is missing. The solution is to become the Christ, to fulfill your
dharma. For every act of good and love you render others, you serve your
twin flame as well."
"Everyone
seems to search for a twin flame in embodiment. It is important to remember
that many twin flames are ascended, waiting for their divine counterparts to
join them. The best favor you can offer your twin flame is your willingness
to face and conquer your human self."
"If
your twin flame is ascended, you are never alone."
"The
twin flame is far more apt to find you or appear to you if you place the
(spiritual) path before all else."
Brian Weiss, M.D.
Dr. Weiss, a highly renowned psychiatrist and graduate of Yale Medical
School, has written several books, the most notable being, Many Lives,
Many Masters and Only Love is Real. The former book has sold more than 2 million copies and has been translated into 26 different languages.
Based
upon his extensive research and experiences, Dr. Weiss also believes in the
concept of twin souls and soul mates. Here are two answers to questions
asked of him in his web site...
"Do
we have twin soulmates?
I do
think we have a twin soulmate but (twin) soulmates are not always in body at
the same time. This does not mean other relationships are not very important
for learning.
What
if my (twin) soul mate is no longer in my life?
Having
a (twin) soul mate connection does not mean that one is obligated to spend a
lifetime together. One has many (non-twin) soul mates in one's lifetime. Often
when the lessons to be learned in the relationship are completed, the
relationship has a natural ending and the two souls move on. Also, there are
many types of love and many types of soul relationships. Romantic love is only
one of these types."
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What's the most important starting point for a twin soul reunion? What are
the twin soul symptoms? How do we prepare
ourselves for it? It begins with the desire to love yourself and others without any
conditions attached and without judgments. Although desire is the starting point, it is
not enough. One has to live it day in and day out as best as possible.
When two twins are ready to reunite as spiritual partners, the Universe will create the special forces
necessary to bring them together for another moment in time. However, the search for the
other must first begin as a search within each of the twins themselves before
lasting reunion is possible. Each has to discover his or her individual spiritual
nature and God-centeredness. Then they must do their best to live it on a daily
basis and foster one another's spiritual growth and evolution.
There are no dependencies in a twin soul relationship because the sense of
identity has been developed within each of the partners. To reach that point,
a strong sense of self and a certain degree of internal balance and happiness must first be nurtured and achieved.
Then, during reunion, the essence of one simply flows into the essence of the other to
create the completeness. There is no effort involved.
It is also impossible for spiritually advanced twin souls to remain separated
for any length of time.
When in relationship, they will continue to have conflicts. However, they will be
driven to resolve them and any past karma as quickly as possible. Nothing is
left unsaid. Nothing is left to chance. Assumptions never enter their minds. All is out in
the open. Neither sits, pouts and wonders who will make the first move at "making
up." There are no games, no secrets, no clinging to the other. There is no pretending. There is no deception. There is no
fear of reprisal for anything they do or say, because unconditional love is the foundation upon which their
relationship has been built.
In essence,
twin souls can just be their open, honest
selves with minimal influence from the ego. And, as each conflict
resolves, the bond of love between them takes on renewed meaning and strength.
In closing, I want
to emphasize that anyone who exposes themselves to these basic thoughts on soul mates and
twin souls do so with a sense of caution. My thoughts
and the writings of others mentioned herein
are meant to create a sense of wonder. Please review the resource materials
for this topic in this site. And always reach your own final decisions on this or any other spiritual
subject by going to your heart for the final answers. It will never lie to you. The real God made
it that way.
If
you'd like to watch a movie that mirrors the profoundness of
the twin soul union and the passion for soul completion when two twins meet, watch the movie, Somewhere in Time, with Jane Seymour and Christopher
Reeve.
"The supreme
state of human love is the
unity of one soul within two bodies"
~ Sri Aurobindo
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