The Twin Flame Love Story

    Each individual human being has their own consciousness, or 'awareness'.  We all have our own little world that we are dealing with on a moment by moment basis.  We live in this place.  We're sort of stuck there.  

We each have our own perspective, our own personal truths, our own journey of experience, our own mindset and habitual thinking patterns, our own family history and childhood trauma, our own judgement, our own happiness, our own false truths and things we have yet to learn, etc.

Yet, the story of the twin flame is only relevant to those who have not had the experience yet because of something bigger than us we like to call the 'collective consciousness' of humanity. 

This collective 'mind-space' is based upon the idea of a common thread existing throughout each of our individual consciousnesses.  This 'common thought-space' not only remains throughout time, it grows and bonds stronger as more and more people seek and discover universal truths.  

Let me explain.  

The collective consciousness of humanity is not something we put in textbooks and teach the children.  It's constantly shifting and growing, and it remains out of reach to those minds that have been unable to keep up with the speed of information sharing.  It's almost like a club, where the membership to get in is an open mind to the infinite possibilities of the universe.

There's no proof (really) of it's existence.  And, the information is not shared like how we share things over the internet.  In the collective, one person's new discovery of universal truth basically unlocks that truth to the entirety of the members 'inside the club'.  

You can sort of think of the collective consciousness like a huge, growing cloud in the sky.  The cloud only contains the things about life that are definitely true, what we can - without a doubt - call, 'universal truths'.  Anything that remains a possibility (anything that has not been proven false) remains in the collective...as a possibility.  (Example:  The existence of God)  

The collective takes everything into account all at once as it seeks new truths.  Some things that we've previously written off as impossible or 'too crazy to believe' have come back around to surprise us as major factors leading to the truth or straight up truths.  (Example:  Astrology)

Beware, though, because this cloud requires a certain level of detachment from the limitations of your individual consciousness.  It's very easy to see life from the perspective of your own karma and, crap, basically.  If you're always looking down at your feet and worrying about the next step to your own life then you'll never look up and appreciate the immensity of the sky above.  

Those of us who are grasping this idea of a collective will always be able to spot a person that is not.  That's because people who are stuck in their own personal drama (and seeing only the life that is directly in front of their face) will often roll their eyes and poke fun of the amazing universal truths we are entering into the 'cloud'.   (Example:  The Twin Flame Love Story)

So, before I can try to explain the twin flame love story, I must get you to understand the idea behind a collective consciousness and, more specifically, how we got there...

     At some point in life, most of us will learn about this idea known as 'mindfulness', which is the act of removing yourself from your thoughts and emotions and instead becoming an unattached observer to them.  

When we think about being 'mindful', we have to think about who we are when we are doing the observing.  The idea itself enters the idea of a 'higher self' into the conversation.

My first experience learning about mindfulness was from a book I tracked down while in jail called, "You are not your Brain".  This book explained how neuroscientists (study of the brain) had looked at human thought patterns and identified the habitual thinking that typically leads to problems like addiction and depression.  

Basically, our brain has the ability to wire (and rewire) itself.  The more we repeat something, the stronger the wiring.  The stronger the wiring, the stronger the addiction, for example.  

We always work in this order:

*Thought -----> Feeling -----> Action*   

(Side Note:  This is a universal truth we must be sure to remember at all times, as it becomes the basis for many other truths.) 

Action, of course, is what matters at the end of the day.  We can be thinking horrible thoughts and feeling major depression all day long, but if we make the right decision at the moment of truth, we're sure to give ourselves a fighting chance going forward.  

On the other hand, if we act on one of these negative thoughts, or on a feeling of sadness or anger, we may end up making a bad choice at the action step.  A bad decision, a bad action, can have consequences attached to it.  These consequences might just enhance the negative thinking and emotion that started the whole mess to begin with.  And, thus, the cycle continues.

These scientists, and the many, many years of (ancient) mindfulness teachings, are asking us to go back and pinpoint the thoughts that are causing the negative emotion.  And, in the case of the neuroscientist, the reasoning for this is simple.  (They also have the brain scans to prove their reasoning correct.)  

These highly intelligent people know from their research that the brain can get wired in a certain pattern of thought-feeling-action.  For example, a person addicted to opiates may have this pattern cycling:  

1)  "I'm not as good as everyone else.  I can't measure up.  I'm just a loser."  -  Thought

2)  "I'm feeling lonely, sad and even angry."  -  Emotion

3)  When they are consciously thinking and feeling (when they are not the mindful observer), they tend to act on the negative.  Therefore, they may choose to escape from their reality with a drug.  -  Action

     On the other hand, what if the addict detached himself from his thoughts and emotions?  What if he learned about mindfulness from a book he read, and he began putting it into practice little by little throughout each day?

What if he was able to identify the incorrect thoughts?  I mean, if he was actually a loser that couldn't measure up, then mindfulness would just end up a painful reminder of his shortcomings.  

But - and here's the difference - this person went out of his way to read that book about mindfulness (or that blog about twin flames), didn't he?  The person that decided to reach out for additional information - in order to potentially better his life - is the person inside of this addict that seems to be temporarily hidden and forgotten.  

And it doesn't take much to awaken that inner/higher self.

The addict broke free for a moment from his cycle of thought-feeling-action, and he took a chance at making a change.  So, when he started reading about this unattached observer to his thinking and feeling, he actually related to this side of himself.  

     In the book (in the blog), we call the observer his 'true self', or his 'higher self'.  It's the person inside of us that we are destined to become.  It's our all-knowing self that doesn't waste time dealing with incorrect thinking and negative emotions.  

So, when we think of mindfulness we have to think about identifying the negative, incorrect thoughts from a place of knowing - from a place of peace and serenity.  We have to know that 'we are not our brain' as the book's title told us.

A wired brain is a problem when it's starting point is incorrect or negative.  As we observe the thoughts, we begin to see what may be causing them.  As we observe the feelings (mindfulness teaches us to 'sit with the feeling'), we begin to see how temporary and unreal they are.  

The idea is to slowly but surely change the action step at the moment of emotion.  It's a work in progress.  We may still (use the drug) at the action phase a few times as we are working towards our goal.  But, we'll start catching ourselves falling into the cycle.  And, we'll replace the action (of using) with a healthy action our higher self knows is good for us, like taking a walk or exercising.

Pretty simple stuff when it's broken down.  

     Now, ask yourself, what sort of things would this higher self be thinking?  Once you get past the habitual thinking (your brain literally rewires itself to the new thought-feeling-action), you free up some space in your mind - in your soul.

You can now start focusing on the sky a bit more.  And, because the higher self is interested in working towards making you the best person you can possibly become, you'll more than likely continue to read and soak up new information.  This new information will continue to transform you into a higher being.  

And, after a while, you may even start picking up on the collective consciousness.  You've basically, in some ways, entered a higher dimension of thought.  You're now more open to receiving new information.  You've seen yourself grow from of a dark place that, at the time, you labeled as the limit to your own personal life.

You were wrong about that, so you should admit that you can be wrong again...and again...and again.  Now, you are able to question everything you've ever thought to be true.  

Now, you are ready to hear about the twin flame love story, one of the most exciting, new ideas that has entered the collective consciousness of humanity.....

PART 2 COMING UP

The backstory of the book is worth telling...

My gambling addiction had been really dragging along for almost 2 decades.  Even though it curtailed and, at times, completely dissipated, it was always rearing it's ugly head at some point and causing massive destruction in my life.  

A gambler subconsciously keeps track of all the money he's lost.  So, when it becomes time to walk back into a casino, or place a bet with a bookie, we immediately act as if we are ultimately trying to get back the entire amount we've given away up until that point.  In my case...who knows...it might be up around 15,000 dollars........... 

TO BE CONTINUED.