Twin Flames, Soul Mates & New Age Romance – More Myth Than Reality

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By scottpetullo

The only truly fulfilling and perfect love is self-love.
 
Many of us want to find our "soul mate," a term often used
to imply that there is one perfect partner for each individual. 
Metaphysically defined, a soul mate is simply someone you have
known in a prior existence. Each person may have hundreds or
even thousands of soul mates.
 
Edgar Cayce, one of the most successful psychics and medical 
intuitives ever in the United States, stated many times that
there isn't just one person out there who is perfect for you.
He expressed in his readings that there are many love
relationship possibilities for each person.
 
When you meet a soul mate, you may feel like you know the 
person but you can't quite place from where. Your souls knew 
each other in a different time and place, although your present 
personalities usually don't remember the details. You may have 
been lovers, siblings, relatives, friends, acquaintances,
coworkers, or even enemies. You may instantly like or even love
the person, or you may instantly dislike him or her.
 
Soul mate relationships that develop into love relationships 
take many different forms, depending on the karmic reasons 
the couple has reunited again. The present life interaction
also depends on how much of their own baggage they've worked 
through, how much they take responsibility for their behavior 
and their lives, and how aware and honest they are with 
themselves and others.
 
There is always a reason for two souls reuniting. It may be 
due to unfinished business, such as one owing the other in 
some important way. It may be in the form of a project they 
are to complete together, such as the birth of and caring for
a child. Sometimes it's a test, to see if they can interact
without hurting each other.
 
Some souls reunite simply for the purpose of enjoying each 
other again and have little or no negative karma to work 
through. They may have earned this relationship of harmony 
through many lifetimes of working through their conflicts. 
These are the kind of relationships sometimes portrayed in 
romance novels. Many of us fantasize about having these kinds 
of relationships, where there's little conflict and an excess
of love, admiration, acceptance, and respect. Few of us, 
unfortunately, experience them.
 
A twin flame or soul has been defined as a soul who was 
created at the same time as you and who may be your "other 
half." Based on our research we feel this definition of twin
souls is the result of earthbound thinking. We don't "pair
off" with only one partner in the spirit world. Pairing off
here on Earth and hoping for a lifetime relationship with the
same partner often seems motivated by a fear of being alone
and/or a fear of abandonment.
 
A different definition of a twin soul could be a soul mate
with which you have shared many lifetimes and, through those 
experiences, perfected the relationship. This soul is one of 
the most ideal soul mates for you-assuming you both get your
current personalities and hang-ups out of the way.
 
In his book "Edgar Cayce on Soul Mates," Kevin J. Todeschi 
suggests yet another definition: "The primary distinction 
between soul mates and twin souls is that soul mates are 
brought together as a means of assisting both people in soul 
growth and twin souls often come together in an effort to 
achieve a joint task or a united work."
 
Cayce also indicated that twin souls are not always
romantically involved and that there is more than one twin
soul for each person.
 
Hence, while most people associate a soul mate with romance, 
the main purpose has to do with personal growth, often through 
trials and challenges. In fact, many of our clients who have
been in soul mate relationships say they are hesitant to get
into another one, yet they realize that they're here on earth
primarily to learn, not just to get what feels good.
 
(Additional information about soul mates and twin flames can 
be found here: 
http://www.howisyourlovelife.com/about_the_book.htm)
 
How do you know you've found a relationship soul mate? 
Sometimes it involves intense feelings from the very start, 
other times it's not so obvious. Are you sexually compatible? 
Is there lots of passion in your relationship? What about trust 
and mutual respect? Do you share the same views about love and
relationships? It's possible to determine how compatible you
are with another person through numerology, astrology, 
handwriting analysis, and past life regression.
 
Scott Petullo
http://www.mystictwins.com/
 
Stephen Petullo
 
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jennifergolden profile image

jennifergolden 2 years ago

Profound info- thanks for sharing it!

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Jennifer Lynch 22 months ago

This is a great article, thanks for sharing it. Scott

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scottpetullo Hub Author 22 months ago

Thanks for your feedback, Jennifer and Jennifer.

Scott

LeAnn 22 months ago

Fun subject Scott.

To me, these concepts, ideas, universal endeavors are based upon what I call a "sacred union" with a "conciously loving agreement". It is the substance of the "art of loving" in relationhips.

I enjoyed your post.

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scottpetullo Hub Author 22 months ago

Thanks for your comment, LeAnn.

Scott

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pmccray Level 4 Commenter 22 months ago

I find your research and work fascinating. Excellent read

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scottpetullo Hub Author 22 months ago

Thanks for your feedback, Pmccray!

Scott

two flames 17 months ago

Soul mates are not the same as a Twin Flame.A soul mate maybe someone from a soul group with whom you will know for a period in your life be it a long time or a short time,friends,lovers or even an advesarial relationship.

A Twin Flame is the other halve of your energy. Since the time of inception,through all of your lives they are with you as a guide and you with them through theirs.

I don`t know if we ever incarnate together just to share a life but I do know that in the life in which all lessons are learnt here,all kamaa is balanced,and you have achieved a balance within yourself ie a balance between your masculine and feminine sides,decision and emotions,in that life Twin Flames incarnated together to grow together. They are your eternal soulmate forever.

The hard part will be that this other person, like yourself,will be a product of their life so far.But always remember you will get past any baggage from this life and get in touch with your higher self and help each other.You will because you have reached a stage of evolution as a soul where you should be able to do this with a like minded soul and sort yourselves out.If you can`t then the universe will split you up till one or both of you are in a position to make things work.Accept your differences

Twin Flames are generally not brought together till you are in your mid Forties or later because at this stage of your life you will have done the things you were meant to do and have them in the right perspective within yourself.

Twin Flames do exist,everyone has one,there are a lot here and they will be brought together when their time is right because there is a change coming and they have a part to play in it.

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scottpetullo Hub Author 17 months ago

Two Flames,

Thanks for your comment.

Please see this article for clarification about our beliefs:

http://www.howisyourlovelife.com/Nov5th2010.html

two flames 17 months ago

Based on the information you have up untill this point in time you would be right about "soul mates" but always remember that the only constant in the universe is change.

There will always be something new for us to consider which will make us re-asess the things in which we currently believe

By the middle of next year I should have a website up which may change your Ideas on this suject

Twin Flames do exist,and it is not just a romantic notion and it isn`t just for romantic reasons,it is to grow with,forever!

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scottpetullo Hub Author 17 months ago

Two Flames,

Thanks again for offering your opinion.

Our credentials are the result of empirical research involving our work (clients, public figures, and people of all walks of life and real-world concerns) and we state our findings as theories; we (and anyone else) are unable to disprove them.

After over 25 years of empirical research involving relationships, spirituality, personality and compatibility assessment, including observing thousands of love relationships as a matchmaker and writing a book about soul mates, we've come to the conclusion that the idea of twin flames is an earth-bound, mythical construct.

That's not to say that you don't have some soul mates that are much more rewarding than others.

However, you are an individual soul, not a dysfunctional 1/2 of a pair, based on our findings.

While unconditional love is forever, the notion of being with someone/some soul forever is, in our opinion, fear-based and misguided. It illustrates one of the core problems of the New Age movement: delusion and fantasy favored over rational thought.

In Light,

Scott Petullo and Stephen Petullo, the Mystic Twins

http://www.holisticmakeover.com

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pennyofheaven Level 4 Commenter 15 months ago

I am wondering if it is actually fear based? Perhaps it is more an incorrect perception of the cohesive pattern of energy that makes us who we are downstream in the flow of life. The coming together of these two patterns makes sense when together a new pattern was being created and never got finished.

Upstream in the flow of life there is no separation and the cohesive pattern we are tends to expand and become one with the other cohesive patterns. I only used downstream and upstream to describe what I am pointing to.

Excellent hub!

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scottpetullo Hub Author 15 months ago

Thanks for your feedback, pennyofheaven.

Our opinion is that it is absolutely a fear-based approach to love: today's concept of "soul mates," and the myth of "twin flames."

The only true love is unconditional love.

Scott

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pennyofheaven Level 4 Commenter 15 months ago

I do agree.

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Amber Mandala Level 1 Commenter 14 months ago

I have had 3 powerful soulmate/ kindred spirit, romantic relationships, this far in my life. My late husband being the strongest connection. I have often thought that if the twin soul concept is true, it would be him. The twin soul concept is fairly new to me. I had heard the term a couple of times in my past but had never investigated it. Until a dream that I had, had Dec. 09. After the dream, the term twin souls kept popping into my mind, until I finally went online to begin investigating it. There are a lot of different ideas as to what twin soul/ twin flames are. But what the heck, Edgar Cayce did say, A relationship is what you make of it.

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scottpetullo Hub Author 14 months ago

Thanks for your feedback, Amber Mandala.

Scott

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Amber Mandala Level 1 Commenter 14 months ago

Also, don't go chasing waterfalls and rainbows. Be the love that you want to experience and you will attract it to you.

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scottpetullo Hub Author 14 months ago

Thanks for your feedback, Amber.

"...will attract it to you (if the love your personality/ego-self wants coincides with your personal fate)."

Scott

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Amber Mandala Level 1 Commenter 14 months ago

Yes. There are karmic issues that have to be dealt with, at times. I asked spirit," is there any way possible to resolve karmic issues without out having to come back here to resolve them?" Spirit said "Yes. with true forgiveness, TRUE forgiveness." The answers are simple but not always easy.

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scottpetullo Hub Author 13 months ago

Thanks for your feedback, Amber.

Our empirical research has shown that even true forgiveness on a personality level--you on this planet now--won't stop your soul from forcing you to learn your lessons, sort of like a parent forcing a bratty kid to eat her vegetables.

You can try to skip karma without having to directly balance it, but it's impossible for the personality, even through infinite forgiveness, to override the soul's agenda.

First, you must identify what is karma and what isn't. The only way to really do that, in my view, is through comprehensive astrology and numerology, along with past life regression. True karma can't be erased with a magic wand.

For more info. see our free e-book, Direct Your Destiny.

Mystic Twins

http://www.holisticmakeover.com

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Amber Mandala Level 1 Commenter 13 months ago

Awesome site. Thank you for the info.

Namaste

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Gizmosgirl 7 months ago

I'm fascinated by the Vertex's role in astrology because it certainly points to fated meetings. And an almost supernatural synchronicity of timing, telepathy etc between people. Even very experienced astrologers struggle to define its mysterious effects properly.

And then there are the North and South nodes - easy to see if the relationship has a future or some tough lessons to teach from these interconnections in the chart.

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scottpetullo Hub Author 7 months ago

Thanks for offering your opinion, Gizmosgirl.

My view is that Vertex doesn't consistently symbolize fated meetings, synchronicity of timing, and telepathy between two people, at all. In fact, I've found it to be practically meaningless by itself.

Also, if you practice authentic astrology including ancient methodologies (e.g., properly framing the true meaning of the Nodes) long enough, you'll find that the Nodes by themselves will tell you very little about a relationship involving two people.

Related information:

http://scottpetullo.com/blog/2011/06/7-requirement

http://scottpetullo.com/blog/2010/07/modern-astrol

Scott

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