The other night, I watched the Amazon Prime Video special, Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe, Season One.
Season One.
I guess the producers are ready for many seasons of Twin Flames Universe viewers and why not? People love shows about cults almost as much as they love shows about serial killers. During the pandemic lockdowns, the viewing of cults documentaries and shows went way up. Even Saturday Night Live got into the act by making a video.
I personally watched almost every cult show I could find on Netflix at the time for several months while the world stood still though I haven’t had Netflix for over a year now. I have Prime and Disney Plus as well as the cable package that comes with my co-op. Cults. Con artists. Serial Killers. I’ve seen every episode of American Greed at least once if not three or four times since it began years ago. As a teen, I saw all those movies like Ticket to Heaven.
There’s a documentary about the Twin Flames Universe on Netflix and tons of videos on YouTube. I’ve not watched any of those so I cannot comment on them.
Since Twin Flames Universe continues to run, (yes even after the Vanity Fair article and the Amazon documentary), and is garnering more recruits every day, I imagine there will be no problem gathering material for future seasons.
And why is this?
Because people want love and meaning in their lives. They want to belong to something, be assured they are on the right path, and have a partner to share it all with.
We all are looking for that magic key that opens the door to true love and meaning and it could be anywhere in any corner of the fabric of the universe.
There are many ways to the path of love.
And many ways to discover what your own path is.
We all want the answer to the meaning of life.
It’s normal and it’s human.
Most of us live in a society where it’s ingrained since birth that you will have a partner and quite likely progeny once you’re an adult. The secrets of the universe will be clear, you’ll have your act together, and you’ll know your role.
Part of the anxiety of finding our true partner and our meaning in life and contributing to the next generation can grow as we get older and are still single, still looking. There can be pressure from family, friends, or even from within ourselves that something must be wrong if you’re not hooked up by a certain age of adulthood.
And the other part is within ourselves. Why am I not loveable? How come everyone else is happily married and I’m not? And so on.
The desire to fit in is huge.
People explore different paths, different experiences to find love and to find meaning in their lives. There are hundreds of religions, cults, and lifestyles to explore. And why not look around?
How can we find anything if we don’t be at least a little bit adventurous?
I don’t really want to talk about the actual Twin Flames Universe nor say whether I think they are a cult or scammers. You can decide for yourself.
I want to talk about the idea of Twin Flames and what I understand about it.
Here’s my observation from my own experiences and knowledge.
First of all, I’ll back up for those who aren’t familiar with me and my work.
Since I was a kid, I was into the occult, UFOs, cryptids, and science fiction. I saw Chariots of the Gods in theatres along with all those other documentaries in the 70s.
I was always exploring ideas about astral projection, alternate universes, different planes, different levels of consciousness.
From a young age, I wrote about “soulmates” in poems and stories. My own explorations wondered if there is or was a human-bodied person who harbored a spirit or soul similar to mine.
When I was in my thirties, I embarked on many courses and readings in the occult. I learned how to read tarot cards at weekly classes with others. And so, among many topics, the ideas of twin flames came up once in a while.
Back then, what I understood about twin flames was that it rarely had to do with “soulmates” and even “soulmates” rarely related to a specific romantic love.
The idea of twin flames revolved around souls or energies who were much alike, and could complement or repel each other. You connect in this life because you have lessons to learn from past karmic actions. You might burn bright together, one might extinguish the other, or you might both burn out.
Your time together as this incarnation of being human in this existence could be the best time ever or the worst time ever or something in-between. You might stay connected your whole life or you may meet, have a few experiences, and then lose each other again on your karmic journey.
I never considered the twin flame experience to have anything to do with long-lasting romantic love and partnership.
In the occult sciences, in the deep dive of metaphysics, I don’t believe twin flames have anything to do with the human construct of love, romantic love, marriage, and all that jazz.
Twin flames to me always sounded kind of scary and I wasn’t sure I ever wanted to meet my own twin flame, nor wasn’t sure if I would recognize if I had. Note: I still don’t know.
The first time I heard about the idea of Twin Flames being a lifelong romantic love commitment idea was about fifteen years ago. Up until that time, I would get a lot of questions in tarot readings about “Will I meet my soulmate?” and I always did and still do qualify the question.
What do you mean by “your soulmate?” The entity that you will learn karmic lessons from?
Or are you asking about will you meet the love of your life? Which isn’t necessarily a soulmate and I’ll often get into a bit of a discussion of how I’ve come to my worldview on these ideas through my studies.
Almost always, clients are asking about the Big One, the one true love of their life. And we can get on with a normal romantic love and relationship reading.
Anyway, about fifteen years ago, a friend of a friend told us a wild story. She was into metaphysical things for many years, we already knew that, was a tarot reader, and so on. She had met her Twin Flame and was excited to tell us about it.
Until that point, I’d never heard of a Twin Flame being a romantic partner. By then, the internet existed and there was lots to google.
This person, I’ll call her Betty, had met someone on the internet. I can’t remember how, if it was a dating app but I’m sure it was. Or maybe it was a friend of a friend. Doesn’t matter.
She explained to us for over an hour, maybe two, what a Twin Flame was, how she had been looking for her Twin Flame, and so on. I recall at the time saying that I didn’t know Twin Flames were romantic and that they were something different and not something I personally wanted to seek out.
“Bob” lived in England and “Betty” lived in Toronto. They emailed and talked on the phone, just like a 90 Day Fiancé story. Betty at that time was in her forties, had an older child, and a really good job. She was very intelligent although she had a temper. I didn’t know her very well at all, just met her a couple of times over the years.
Bob was finally going to come over to Canada for a visit.
When we first got together for a chat, that’s where the story ended. He was coming! And it was exciting! And they were going to get married because they were the Twin Flames! They had FOUND each other somehow in this lifetime!
And then there was another visit with the three of us a few weeks later, drinking beer on the patio and hearing Betty relay more of the story.
What a nightmare!
I never met him, by the way, just heard a couple of stories as things happened.
He was an alcoholic; he was horribly abusive. I can’t remember if he had a job back home or was just a bum. I seem to recall he had no money and did nothing, but I could be wrong.
She actually had him staying with her because, gee, they were Twin Flames and going to get married and all that.
He beat her. They fought constantly. He even bit off part of her nipple.
That whole session on the patio was her crying and worrying and going from anger to sadness and back again.
She wanted to get rid of him but he wouldn’t leave.
I actually never heard the end of the story about if they parted or not. My friend who was her friend, and her had a falling out and to this day, never spoke again.
Maybe Betty had indeed met her twin flame since she was a volatile personality herself, or maybe not. I just remember sitting at the picnic table with my mouth agape, listening to her horror stories and her crying about how he wouldn’t leave, and she didn’t know what to do.
I’ll never forget the bit about him biting off part of her nipple and him thinking it was funny.
That is my only story or experience about someone who found a Twin Flame.
I have some horror stories about clients who cast love spells, but that’s for another time.
Metaphysical forces can be dangerous. Be careful what you wish for. KNOW what you wish for.
Do you REALLY want a Twin Flame?
Or are you actually just looking for love, romance, passion, and a wonderful life?
Words are powerful.
When you are manifesting love, be very careful.
Work on yourself first. See what YOU have to offer someone else.
Be open to meeting new people. Don’t put preconceived notions around your new love interest.
Being tied to an idea like looking for your Twin Flame is exactly how you might fall into the dangers of being scammed by various fortune tellers, cults, dating services, and so on.
Also, research Twin Flames and decide if that’s really and truly what you want to willingly manifest in your life.
As the saying goes, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.
So if you’re spending the holidays alone, if you’re sad because you don’t have a partner to open gifts with on Christmas Day, look at the bright side. You could be spending Christmas with a horrific Twin Flame who might bite off your nipple or a narcissist or an abuser. Enjoy the peace, I know that I sure will.
I wish you all great luck in your journey towards finding love. Keep an open heart, open mind, and open your eyes!
What about YOU?
Do you believe in Twin Flames?
Have you found your Twin Flame?
Did you experience the Twin Flame Universe and what was it like?
Please share your thoughts in the comments!