Have You Found Your True Twinflame Or Just A Soulmate

I recently came across this article, I found it very interesting to read and thought I'd share it with everyone. It's a very good read on distinguishing whether you have found your true twin flame or one of your soulmates.

Manifest Your Twin Flame

Your eyes meet across a crowded room and, for a moment, your heart skips a beat.  As he strolls over you feel like the belle of the ball who is about the meet her real-life Prince Charming.  He speaks.  You respond, smiling sweetly butterflies swirling in your tummy.   It’s like a scene from a Hollywood movie where the ordinary girl finally meets her soul-mate.  The embrace at the end of the night confirms what you have felt all along: Finally you have met the one: Your soul-mate. Beautiful isn’t it?  Or is it?  You see anyone who has experienced a soul-mate relationship knows that the happy ending depicted in the Hollywood movies is nothing more than a myth.  It’s an illusion that many of us spend years chasing, only to be left disappointed and heartbroken.   The reality is that your soul-mate relationship will often be the relationship that gives you the most intense pleasure and passion, only to be shattered by the same intensity of challenge, pain and heartache.  More often than not this will culminate in loss. The loss of a love that seemed so true and familiar, as well as a loss of one’s self.  It hardly fits that rose-tinted image of the soul-mate relationship that you have dreamed of or yearned for.

It is likely that you will have many soul-mates who will cross your path at different times in your life.  They come into your life at a point when you are ready to take the next step on your spiritual and life journey.  Therefore, your soul-mate can be anybody; a boss, colleague, friend, family member or lover.  Despite the different relationship types the core ingredient remains the same, being that they are part of your soul group.  At another time, in another place you would have made a soul agreement with that person to meet again in this lifetime, so that you both can learn karmic lessons.  With this in mind it is important to understand that your soul-mate is only intended to be with you for a short while.  They hold your hand for part of your journey, letting go when lessons have been learned.  This differs greatly from the image of soul-mates presented in the movies and romantic novels, where the soul-mates stay together forever: Making the soul-mate relationship the biggest myth and illusion of all time.

However, soul-mate relationships should never be dismissed.  From all of the pain, the pleasure and challenge emerges your greatest opportunity for growth and spiritual development.  In learning the lessons from your soul-mate relationship you can begin the process of moving on and healing; clearing away those blockages that previously prevented you from giving and receiving love unconditionally.  It is only when you are able to do this that you will be ready to open your heart to the prospect of meeting your true love.  That person who brings out the best in you; loves, supports and challenges you in a way that enables you to be the best possible version of yourself.  This person is most commonly referred to as our Twin Flame.
As the name suggests your Twin Flame is, indeed your twin.  Together you have balance; you compliment the strength and weaknesses of one another, coming together for a greater purpose whilst forming a strong partnership.  This relationship is all about balance, love and harmony something that cannot be achieved when one, or both partners are still holding on those shadow aspects of themselves.  Those shadow aspects being fear, negative thoughts and emotions. Your twin flame will enter your life when you are in that place where you no longer feel the need to dominate your lover or relationship, no longer fear rejection or no longer carry the expectation that every romantic partner is going to betray you.  When you have let go of the love issues, patterns and behaviours from the past you free yourself up to experience the love of a lifetime that is right for you.

So, how can you use your soul-mate relationships to help you attract your twin flame into your life?  Here are 5 steps you may want to follow:

1. Focus on yourself 
If your soul-mate’s heart is not open and they are not ready to learn the lessons from this relationship or face up to the truth then you cannot change that.  The only person that you have power over and who you can truly influence is yourself.  So, this is where your focus should be.  Then ask yourself: What are the patterns, thoughts, words and actions that I keep repeating in my love relationships?  What am I learning here?  What do I have to change about myself?  Knowing the answers to these questions empowers you to begin taking responsibility for where things have previously gone wrong for you in previous relationships.  In knowing the answers to these questions you begin to realise that you have nothing left to gain or lose by holding on, arriving at the next stage of the process which is moving on.

2. Move on
Moving on is often incredibly difficult, especially in a soul-mate relationship where the connection is instant and very intense.  You will often find that one person is more reluctant to do this than the other, with the pull between the two of you being so strong that you have this on and off style relationship.  But part of the process of focusing on yourself is recognising that you need to let go and move on from the other person in order to draw in your twin flame.  In letting go and moving from your soul-mate you are both released, so that you can continue on your spiritual journey.  By holding on you are blocking your own growth as well as that of the other person, causing unnecessary hurt and pain.  Ultimately, this goes against the purpose of a soul-mate relationship which is to come together to learn karmic lessons, before letting go and moving on to become the best possible version of yourself.

3. Forgive but do not forget the lessons
One of the most important things to do is forgive the other person and yourself for the part that you both played in the relationship.  This is especially important if the relationship ended acrimoniously.  When you choose not to forgive, it is as good as holding on to all of the negativity and pain from that relationship, which can create blocks that prevent you from moving forward in your life.  But, in forgiving do not forget you have learned about love and yourself.  The Universe/God/Angels will test you as you encounter new lovers and relationships, sometimes placing you in scenarios, reminiscent to those experienced in your past.  Often this is their way of testing you.  They test to see if you have learned your lessons, moved on and to see if you are ready to be with your twin flame.  How you respond to those challenges are up to you, nobody else.  Your reaction is also symptomatic of whether or not you have learned your lessons.  This will also be a reflection of how ready you are to allow true love into your heart and life.

4. Time to heal
To think that you will feel amazing and ready to fall in love again straight after moving on from your soul-mate is unrealistic.  For many it takes time, anything from 3 months to a year or more, so take all the time you need to heal and fall in love with yourself again.  You may want to take a break from relationships using this time to nurture yourself and focus on your passions in life.  Some clients benefit from spiritual healing, such as Angelic Reiki Healing or other more traditional forms of Reiki.  With Angelic Reiki Healing being a powerful way to clear any blocks and cut the karmic ties that bind you to your soul-mate.  So, remember to take all the time you need to heal.

5. Faith, trust and positivity
There will often be times when you feel as if you made a mistake by walking away and moving on but this is just the ego trying to deceive you.  The trick here is to say positive, keep the faith and belief in both yourself, as well as God/Universe/the angelic realm. This goes hand in hand with the law of attraction which states that you get back what you give out, making it especially important to think positive.  I always say that your thoughts are your silent affirmations so keep your thoughts positive.  In the early stages this will take a certain amount of conscious effort, where you will be actively stopping yourself when you have a negative thought and change this into a more positive thought.  Affirmations are great for this and if used regularly can help you to get into this positive frame of mind.  Crystals are also great at keeping you uplifted and positive, as they harness very powerful energy.  Working with crystals such as Rose Quartz and Green Aventurine are known for their healing and soothing properties, helping to prepare you for love as well as enabling you to nurture those feelings of self love.  Whereas Rhodochrosite, a beautiful rose coloured crystal and commonly known for drawing in your true love into your life, encourages a positive attitude whilst bringing our physical and spiritual self into alignment with one another.  Choose whichever tool resonates with you, reminding yourself that the law of the Universe is that like attracts like.  This means when you are positive and in a place of love you will draw more of this into your life.

Although it seems that the image of soul-mate relationships that you will have been fed all of these years is nothing but an illusion or a myth, it remains true that the essence of the image remains true.  The essence being that feeling of being in a loving romantic partnership with your true love; that person, who loves you, respects you and supports you.  These things are what truly matter. In order give yourself the best possible chance of finding this you need to be true to yourself, you need to take responsibility for yourself and have faith in love in all of its different facets.

 Article originally written and published by Chanel at Om Times: http://omtimes.com/2013/02/manifest-your-twin-flame-the-5-step-guide/

The Twinflame Relationship

The Twinflame relationship is something I will write about occasionally on here so here is a brief introduction into what exactly is a twinflame? 

Back when you begin your spiritual journey you start out life as a soul. Our souls are contained within spiritual bubbles containing up to six individual souls. These other individual souls will become known as your soulmates. In the living world these soulmates often come to us in the form of friends with whom we share a much deeper spiritual friendship, perhaps lovers or even family members. As the souls develop they leave the soul bubble to continue evolving. Just before travelling to earth to begin your life these souls split in half. Leaving two halves, your twinflame. It is then your task in the living world to find your twinflame. From the moment the soul splits one half travels to earth to begin its journey through life. The other half can travel at the same time but can also wait for months, years even decades before travelling to begin the life on earth. 

Even though you may not have met in the physical world yet you will feel your twinflame as soon as you open upto them. When you are open to this you will be able to communicate with your twinflame telepathically. Many people misinterpret these telepathic conversations as imagination or daydreaming. Chances are if you've had conversations in your mind you was infact communicating with your twinflame. Twinflames are mirror images of eachother. It is not uncommon for them to resemble eachother physically. Even if you have no resemblance to one another your soul is one. Your twinflame is literally your other half and there will never be anything else like it. It is a very common occurence for you to experience relationships that you can missinterpret as a twinflame. This is not a twinflame, this is your souls way of finding your twinflame. You'll probably notice former partners looking similar in appearance. This is your soul trying to figure it out. When you find the right person you will both feel it simultaneously. As you are about to encounter your twinflame you'll start noticing number sequences. 11:11 is the twinflame number and if this is popping up alot as well as other double numbers 10:10 15:15 22:22 then your twinflame is about to enter your life. You'll also notice these numbers increasingly once you have met your twinflame. It is very common for twinflames to have similar birthdays, phone numbers, door numbers. 

So how do you know when you meet your twinflame? Short answer you'll feel it. Here are ten typical feelinfs upon meeting your twinflame:

Twin Flame Signs

  1. Instant Recognition
You meet eyes with your twin flame for the first time and feel that you recognise them in a deep way despite never having seen them before.  Even their voice or laugh may sound familiar.
  2. Love at First Sight
After meeting and perhaps from the outset you both feel a very powerful and strong bond that you have never felt before with anyone. This can be physical but also goes beyond that, a love to the very core of the other.
  3. Unusual Meeting
Twin flames tend to report that they met under strange and unusual circumstances or coincidences, perhaps both doing something you would not normally do.
  4. Separated yet together
Once together, the two of you become inseparable and when you are separated for any extended amount of time, you both feel lonely and empty, yet in another way you feel some kind of cord linking you telepathically or at least empathetically (where you are in tune with each other’s emotions.)
  5. I know what you are thinking!
Twin flames will frequently find that they know what the other is thinking, even sometimes when far apart from each other.  A look between you can communicate so much even though you don’t really know how it works.
  6. Spiritual Awakening
This one of the more common twin flame signs. You begin to notice new things about yourself and the world around you, and think about life in a new more positive way.
  7. A Divine Purpose?
Often twin souls find that together they have a strong desire to go and help other people in a meaningful way, usually as a team.
  8. You can say anything to each other
Similar to soulmates, another of the twin flame signs is that you will find you can talk together for hours and hours, but particularly with twin flames there are no communication barriers between you and the relationship feels totally upfront and open. You feel as if the level of friendship and intimacy is unlike anything you have ever experienced.
  9. Sexuality
Not only is your sex good and passionate (as it would hopefully be with a soulmate) but also you feel that that having sex with each other is a sacred, almost religious act that expresses the amazing love you feel for each other, in a way you never knew before.
  10. Completeness
Finally more than ever before in your life, you feel a sense of completeness that goes beyond what you ever thought possible.  You grow closer and closer, becoming more and more like a whole, yet still keep your individual identities. This twin flame stage can only really happen if you are a complete person within yourself so don’t neglect your personal and spiritual development if you want to meet and be happy with your twin flame.

Meeting your twinflame can be a very overwhelming experience and it is very common for one twin to detach and become the runner. When a twin runs it is because the feeling they felt initially scares them. They are so frightened of finally finding the one that they become scared that the twin will pick up on their insecurites. Your twinflame will already know about this, there is nothing to fear, your twin will never judge you or make you feel inferior. The running period can continue for many years but eventually your twin will return to you. Having a runner can be a very hard experience. It takes compassion on both sides. If you feel angry, your twin will also feel it. 

Remember your twin feels everything you feel, they may not know what is going on but they will feel your emotions. Often confusing them with their own. Similarly you can often pick up on eachothers thoughts. Have you ever said or done something unusual with no idea why. Chances are its what your twin is doing. Likewise you'll often see and smell things eachother are seeing and smelling. 

More blogs about twinflames will appear here soon.