Twin Flames, Soul Mates, and Future Lives Together
This post answers questions for The Council from a reader named, Rose, who asks The Council about soul mates and twin flames. She says, I was in a relationship with a woman for about 5 years, but we clashed a lot. So I left for one year and was in a relationship with someone else.
My grandmother passed away and I traveled alone to the funeral. Something told me to contact my previous love. When I returned home I decided I would leave the woman I was with for a year who was my fiance and pursue a relationship with my previous love. Two days after getting home and bringing my original love back into my life, my mother passed away. This shattered me, but my original girlfriend kept me afloat through it.
The Council says this is a role that you and your original girlfriend have played together many times. You’ve been a support of any kind that’s needed in each reality that the two of you have created.
Rose says, The love I have for my original girlfriend is something I didn’t think was possible and it’s grown stronger since we were together the first time. Once as she was leaving my house she looked at me funny and said, It’s like another part of me is staring back at me, like an extension of my soul. The Council says this is because we’re all one, and sometimes what you see in the other person is a part of who you are. When you see great love and recognition in another person, you’re seeing the love you have within you and the spiritual part of yourself.
Rose says, While I have no doubt that this woman being in my life was planned in spirit, I’m not sure what her role is. Is it possible that she’s my twin flame? The Council says she is not a twin flame, but you are part of the same soul group that has chosen to come together many, many times. There’s great comfort in this relationship in each reality, whether you’re being a mother, father, siblings, or friends. It’s something you’re very used to.
Many people believe being a twin flame means you are created at the same time and you go through many lifetimes meeting each other. There’s great recognition as soon as one meets the other, and you have this great feeling that this person you’re with is part of yourself.
Bob asks if twin flames have anything to do with one soul being born into two bodies and The Council answers that twin flames can come in many different ways. It comes when you’re in spirit and there’s a blending with another spirit so the two of you feel as if you’re one, but this feeling isn’t felt in every lifetime.
When you feel this connection it’s you, in your current lifetime, connecting to all the lifetimes you’ve been with this other soul where you’ve changed roles. As time passes there’s a recognition that begins to get stronger and stronger, but it’s started in spirit where you both begin.
There’s a blending of spirits and you always want to learn the same lessons, and you have a desire to be of support. That’s why you have such a connection. It’s such a feeling of great love because you’re recognizing this other spirit subconsciously and you’re feeling the love, but because there’s such a connection you begin to feel and understand the love you have for yourself.
Rose asks if it’s possible for this woman to be her partner again in another lifetime. The Council says it all depends on what you both decide in spirit. If this is something you both want when the two of you are planning another reality, you can make this happen.
Rose says, I can’t imagine spending a lifetime with a different soul. I understand I have lessons to learn that other souls may need to teach me, but is it possible our souls will decide to pair again romantically? The Council says in your relationship you have a desire to share what you learn from other souls in your current reality. What you each learn you share with each other, and this will continue into the other realities you create if this is what you want. You are the creator.
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What Are Soul Families and Do They Last Forever?
This post answers questions for The Council from a reader named, Eden, who wants to know more about the concept of soul families. She asks, How many souls generally belong to one soul family, and does the soul family last for eternity or can a soul change to another soul family?
The Council says different soul families can have different amounts of souls. And souls can pop in and out of other soul groups to experience what these other souls want to experience. As souls we’re all connected, here to support each other and grow, and most of all to bring love into every situation. There’s jumping into another soul group to help a soul who’s planning something that another soul has gone through. And this soul volunteers to go into that soul’s group and that soul’s life and work with them on whatever experience they wish to have. You’re always with certain souls you enjoy incarnating with, but there’s also that moving around a little bit.
Eden asks the purpose of coming together with other souls to create a soul family? The Council says it’s to always be supportive of each other. There’s a blending of the vibration of these souls and the desire to learn from each other. It’s like in the physical world where certain people help you while you experience something and share joy with you. It’s the same in your soul family.
Eden asks if the purpose is simply to love and support one another and to grow together. The Council says of course it’s to grow together, support one another, love one another, and send supportive energy to souls from your home group to help them get through whatever they’re experiencing.
Eden asks, Do you generally incarnate with members of your soul family? The Council simply says, Yes.
Lastly Eden asks, Which people, if any, who are currently in my life are members of my soul family. The Council advises Eden to look at whatever experience, memory, or story you share with your father. He’s the most familiar soul from your soul group in your current lifetime. In the future of your current life, if it goes in the direction you originally planned in spirit, there are three new people that come into your life – two men and one woman. You’ll recognize them by taking a few breathes and looking into their eyes. When you get that “ah ha” feeling, this will confirm they are also from your soul group.
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Do I Incarnate with Souls Outside My Soul Group?
This post answers questions for The Council from a reader named, JohnT, who asks if there are any pros or cons to incarnating with individuals outside of your soul group?
The Council says you have the ability to work inside as well as outside your soul group. If there’s a soul that picks something challenging that it would like to learn in a lifetime and you have that experience and would like to share it, you can go into another soul group or that soul can come into your group. And you can go into other soul groups when you have lifetimes that aren’t in our current reality. There’s a freedom to create anything you wish. There is never a downside to choosing to go outside your soul group. Everything is planned in spirit.
John asks if he has any lifetimes where his family consisted of people outside my soul group that would be beneficial for him to know about. The Council says there was an interesting life around the time of the Knights Templar where you liked to travel and were very good with a sword. You liked to be in battles and wars and feeling joy through victory.
In this lifetime an inexperienced soul came in planning an early transition back into spirit, but he wanted to experience the excitement of being in battle. You took this soul under your wing to teach whatever you could and then allow this soul to transition. This soul didn’t come from your main soul group, but he wanted to learn about battle and because you had experience in this you worked with this soul.
In your current lifetime do you like to express joy or feel powerful in the things you create? There’s nothing wrong with this feeling of victory and power. It’s just experienced to bring you closer to who you are and how powerful you can be.
The Council says they don’t see any relationship with souls from other soul groups in John’s current lifetime.
John asks if incarnating with souls outside of his soul group is typical for him. The Council says if John means more than five or six lifetimes where this happens they say no. They see two or three lifetimes where this has happened and there are many in his future if you choose this direction. There is no downside to choosing to incarnate with souls from other soul groups. It’s just what you choose to experience.
John closes by saying he thinks having lifetimes with souls from other soul groups is a good way to learn from different individuals rather than being with the same individuals over and over again. The Council says you’re with the same spirits over and over again, but they’re never the same individuals.
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How Can I Think Differently to Stop My Dermatitis?
This post answers questions for The Council from a reader who goes by the name, Vibrationally Aware, who says they have a skin rash called dermatitis and they’ve used every homeopathic and prescription treatment imaginable. They’re aware that beliefs are the underlying cause for all physical ailments and they’d like The Council to tell them which belief they’re holding on to that’s causing the dermatitis, and how they can think differently so they can move past this disease.
The Council feels the first step is to use Edgar Cayce’s remedy of castor oil on flannel and laying it across the entire abdominal area, which will help the liver remove toxins from your body. The Council also suggests putting the Palma Christi castor oil on the bottom of your feet to continue the drawing out of toxins process.
On another level The Council sees that you and others in your soul group have created your current lives in a way that you’d experience this skin issue because it was a way of looking at and accepting yourself the way you are. This comes from a lifetime in ancient Greece where you and your soul group were stage actors who believed you were better than the people you performed for because you were able to become whoever you wanted to become in the roles you played. In your current life you and members of your soul group have put yourselves in a single body with a single role to see if you can now accept who you are and show yourself to others?
The dermatitis will automatically heal for each person in your family as they become comfortable within themselves. They wouldn’t play a role to get others to approve of you and you wouldn’t think you’re not as good as other people because of the way you look. There is the belief that what wants to be healed by spirit from all of you in this group sharing the experience of this dermatitis together, is acceptance of one’s self and acceptance of each other, and not being afraid of talking about that you have dermatitis.
The dermatitis isn’t something that needs to be hidden and there’s no reason to feel shameful or less than other people. The reason your soul group created the dermatitis is to enable all of you to get past this in your current lifetime and learn there’s more to you than how you appear. You don’t need to become other people and have different personalities for different people you’re around. You wanted to be completely in your current body, accepting yourself and each other, and feeling good about showing yourself the way you are to the people around you.
The combination of the inner work of self-acceptance and the use of Edgar Cayce’s castor oil treatment will enable the dermatitis to heal. As you use these castor oil packs for 20-30 minutes at a time, meditate and picture the castor oil removing toxins from your body. As you realize the castor oil is helping you heal, you’re putting yourself in a higher vibration of not only healing the physical body, but also healing the emotional body.
Castor Oil Healing Process
Once a day, 20-30 minutes, for 1 week.
Stop for a week.
Again once a day, 20-30 minutes, for another week.
Stop for a week.
Then for 2 weeks in a row, once a day, 20-30 minutes.
Then stop for 2 weeks.
Then 2 weeks in a row again, once a day, 20-30 minutes.
Stop for 2 weeks.
In your third month as you begin to see a change you can go back to once a day, 20-30 minutes, for 1 week and repeat the frequency you used for the first and second month in the third and forth month.
Always concentrate on the healing that is taking place and doing the inner work to learn about yourself.
Vibrationally Aware says their mother, their son, and several nieces and nephews have dermatitis and asks if this is a case of inherited beliefs? The Council says it’s a case of others in your soul group coming together and saying, “Let’s try to heal this together. We lived one life together, and now lets live this other life together to heal it.”
The Council says dermatitis runs in your family because it was chosen by all involved to have it run in the family. In the lifetime in ancient Greece, many in the soul group who were actors would laugh and with poor judgement look down on others who were just one person because they thought how boring that is while they have the freedom to be whatever they like. Now their spirit says let me go into that sort of life. Let me see what it feels like, and learn from it, and heal it.
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Spirit Guide Meditation, and Soul Mates
This post is inspired by questions from a reader who goes by the name, LearningSoulSite, who asks The Council about meditation and about soul mates. LearningSoulSite says a few times during her meditations she feels something special, but she’s unable to reach the answer she’s looking for by herself.
The Council says not to expect answers immediately because your mind and body has to adjust to this new energy and to the belief that something is really happening. They say there’s no rush. Meditation is a learning process. The answers will come if you keep meditating. Practice enjoying what this journey feels like.
The Council recommends the following meditation. Find yourself walking through a forest and you come to a clearing with a lake in the middle and green grass all around. As you look into the lake, ask your spirit guide to show itself to you. As you keep doing this and whatever form your spirit guide takes, you can then begin to ask for guidance.
On another subject LearningSoulSite says she’s been reading about soul mates and she doesn’t feel her romantic relationships up to this point have shared the deeper connection she associates with a soul mate. She asks The Council if she’ll meet her primary soul mate.
The Council says they’re sure LearningSoulSite, at one time or another, has met their soul mates. They say the words “soul mate” has many people confused. Many people feel the big love of their life has to be this soul mate. The Council says we are all soul mates and we’re here to help each other.
The Council says the person you choose to fall in love with is someone you’ve been with before in many lifetimes and someone in your soul group. They add some interesting information about soul groups that you can hear on the recording of the session (below).
The Council says there’s much to be understood about the words “soul mates” and they can’t stress how important it is to let go of these words. When you think of soul mates, they say to think every single one of us here is your soul mate. Just because we choose to have a romantic relationship with one or more soul mates doesn’t mean the others aren’t also our soul mates.
The Council says the big, ongoing, forever romantic relationship is what most people think of as their soul mate. LearningSoulSite hasn’t created this romantic relationship yet in this particular reality. She is asking for the universe to send her the romantic soul mate she’s looking for. With her thoughts and feelings she is able to create this, and The Council makes a suggestion on the recording for how to do this.
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The Council
Cynthia is able to communicate with a group of five non-physical spirit guides in a manner similar to the way Esther Hicks communicates with and speaks for the spirit guides, Abraham, and Jane Roberts communicated and spoke for the spirit guide, Seth. I (Bob) basically interview The Council as they speak through Cynthia during what we refer to as a session. Sessions generally last 5-15 minutes and are usually audio recorded. During the session Cynthia is aware of what The Council is saying and she also receives visual impressions and other types of telepathic communication from them.
The Council’s Basic Guidance
Since we began these sessions with The Council around 2009 they consistently emphasize a few basic ideas that we attempt to summarize here:
1) You are an eternal spiritual being in a physical body.
You are the energy and vibration of continuously expanding love, intelligence, and joy.
Your physical experience in your physical body and your psychological experience of your personality is a small part of the totality of who you truly are.
Let yourself imagine from time to time what it might feel like to experience more of the wondrous totality of who you really are, and don’t be surprised if you are able to experience this more often.
2) You are the creator of all that you experience.
As you open to the possibility your true nature is greater than you ordinarily perceive, it becomes easier to consider the possibility that this expanded you is truly the creator of everything that you experience.
If you’re used to thinking of yourself in a more limited sense, the idea that you are the creator of your experience may be difficult to understand. Our post, What About This Idea That We Create Whatever We Desire, offers insights into this idea.
3) You are here to expand the love you are into physical reality.
You chose, as a spiritual being, to come into this physical reality to experience the joy of expanding the love you are as a spiritual being, into this physical reality. This is your purpose for being here.
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