Twin flame
Twin flame is a spiritual concept, also known as a modern approach. It’s a way of understanding that a connection can be affirming and uplifting. This has become a sensational topic on social media, also grabbing many people’s attention. The ideas are dreamy, one your other half and soul mirror is out there searching for you. Finding and elevating your consciousness is all a matter of finding your one special person. How romantic?
In the beginning, you were a soul. A higher power split the soul into two. As each person, each half of that single soul, makes its way through life, it experiences karmic relationships. Those relationships teach you powerful lessons, resolve unfinished business, and prepare your soul for reunification.
Eventually, with destiny’s help, you meet your twin flame, the person with whom you share your soul. A twin flame can be
- A Romantic or a sexual partner
- A friend you’ve a platonic relationship with
- A person you’ve only met a few times, who may or may not be aware of you.
- Somebody you’ve never met in person.
- A family member
According to twin flame philosophy, once you and your twin flame find each other, you’ll work, possibly over lifetimes, to achieve unification, a challenging and sometimes painful process. That requires healing and spiritual growth. The two of you rinse and repeat, potentially across multiple lifetimes, until your soul evolution is complete. From there, you and your twin flame decide whether to separate. Regardless, your bond is permanent. And everything you’ve learned prepares you to meet a soul. Soulmates are separate souls with whom you share a unique and harmonious connection.
Are twin flames real?
“Some people talk about twin flames in a really possible way,” Duke explains. Other people talk about the concept as a mask of narcissistic and abusive relationships.” But there is no scientific evidence supporting this theory. It’s a spiritual concept that doesn’t have a clinical or psychological equivalent. And having a twin flame means something a little different from person to person. For example, some believers argue that only a select few people even have twin flames, while others claim we’re all somebody’s mirror, whether we
know it or not. And whatever it means, the chances are good the relationship’s volatile. And that’s true even if the relationship’s platonic or one-sided. Whether it’s a positive or negative, the term twin flames describes a really intense connection. You’re on a roller coaster ride, which can be fun, but not sustainable for the long term.
Signs that you’ve found your twin flame
These are the commonly agreed characteristics of a twin flame relationship:
An instant connection meeting your twin flame may feel like love at first sight, like you’ve known each other forever, or like you’re meeting yourself for the first time.
Similarities and complementary traits, twin flames fit together like puzzle pieces. You match each other in every way, and where you’re different, you balance each other.
An irresistible attraction, even platonic twin flame relationships have an obsessive, addictive quality; your desire to be together borders on compulsion.
Passion, intensity are the name of the game in twin flame relationships. The highs are high and the lows are low. You’ve never been bored, but you’ve never been fully comfortable either.
Inner conflict, in your twin flame’s faults, you see your own, which both attracts and repels you, triggering insecurities and reopening emotional wounds and thoughts you’d healed.
Boomerang twin flame relationships have an on quality; perhaps you were the best friends in school and reconnected decades later. Maybe it’s a situationship, where the level of commitment waxes and wanes, and the partnership fluctuates.
Feeling like fate’s intervening, twin flame relationships often feel like they’re driven by a higher power. You’ve not seen your twin flame for years. When you finally do bump into each other, it’s on a beach halfway around the world. You’ve never thought your twin flame relationship was anything serious, but now that it’s over, you dream about your wedding several times a week.
Aspiration, your twin flame makes you want to be better. To live a more meaningful life. They might also get you thinking creatively about ways to be of service to others or live your values.
Stages of the twin flame journey
The twin flame journey has about 8 stages, such as first meeting, realisation, exploration, crisis, runner/chaser, surrender, reunion, and decision.
First meeting / A soul seeking more
The first stage is also called the yearning stage, which is when a desire for a deeper connection activates within your soul. It’s common to make big changes to your love life.
Realisation/awakening
The awakening stage is when twin flames meet for the first time, and their souls make an initial connection to one another. This is the most electric and unstable stage of the twin flame timeline.
The connection, finding your soul contract
During this phase, two people explore their boundaries for each other. Although they have similarities, they often have significant differences in their karmic paths. The purpose of this phase is for both people to discover where their souls align and what they can learn from one another.
The honeymoon stage, deepening your soul ties
The honeymoon stage of twin flame union is the most blissful period, until it’s not. When two people find a strong karmic connection with one another, it’s easy to get lost in their own world of romance and desire.
The crisis, reaching a point of conflict
The first crisis in this journey is most memorable, it’s the moment when one person upsets the balance, triggering the runner-chaser dynamic. What makes twin flame bonds so intense is the desire to avoid facing the truth.
The runner chaser dynamic
This stage of the twin flame journey will be chances of complicated. After the initial crisis, and depending on the people's relationship and their egos and their philosophies on life,
the chaser may take their sweet time pursuing the runner. When you learn what triggers and fears and causes to run away, you can examine parts of the soul journey,
The reunion, surrendering your ego
The stage that involves twin flames coming together and settling their karmic debts with one another, which requires two people to put their egos aside. I’m in favour of a soul reunion. Once the stage is reached, it’s a sign that you’re almost nearing the end of your twin flame journey. This may take up to several karmic cycles or hundreds of lifetimes to reach the point of surrender.
The decision, the new soul contract
This phase makes the twin flames decide whether to continue on a journey together or not. Not all twin flame connections are meant to end with a perfect soul union. Sometimes, your twin flame relationship is there to prepare your heart for a true soulmate connection in the future.
Whatever the nature of your twin flame relationship, hold gratitude in your heart, mind, and spirit for what the universe is trying to show you through this experience.
References
- mindbodygreen.com
- betterhelp.com