I am often asked 'What is the difference between twin flames and soulmates?" I want to write a blog post on this topic, so I can just post a link instead of explaining it every time on each internet forum. Both types of soul-connection play a huge part in our relationships, but they are quite different, very different dynamics and challenges in each of these cases...
SOULMATES
Soulmates are 2 or more souls who had many incarnations together in different roles. In one life they can be mother and son, in another - best friends, in another - married couple, in another - worst enemies etc etc These are DIFFERENT SOULS who are very close to each other on spiritual plane and share their 'games of life" in many incarnations. They usually belong to the same SOUL FAMILY (also known as soul group or soul cluster) - a group of souls who hang out together in AFTERLIFE and usually reincarnate as closest characters in each physical life - positive or negative, best friends or family or worst enemies, they challenge each other a lot, and also provide love and support...'Main Cast of Characters" in each of your past lives and this life. Soulmates usually have a lot of KARMA (consequences of actions) together (both good and bad) - as they created all kinds of emotional interactions in past lives, and the 'unfinished business' can carry over into this life. However in AFTERLIFE they are all best buddies, like a troupe of actors who always go to pub after a show and congratulate each other on great play, even if it was a tragedy and they killed each other in the stage...There can be a PRIMARY soulmate for some souls (the soul we incarnate with the most), but for other souls there might be several closest soulmates and no 'one and only" - different for different souls. Even within our closest soul family we might have souls which are closest to us, and others 'in friend zone" with whom we have more of a social connection.
When we meet a soulmate - we know right away that we knew this person way before, but we do not remember how...kinda like 'deja vu"...can be 'love from the first sight" or just deep sense of connection. You might have strange dreams and feel high energy around the time when you meet a soulmate or even remember past lives with this person in a dream or a flashback...
Relationships between soulmates depend on past life karma and current life plan. We usually pre-plan our meetings and interactions with soulmates before our birth while in the Spirit World. Often these are relationships in the family, long term best friends or romantic/marriage relationships. The beauty of soulmate relationships (if on positive note) is deep feeling of familiarity, intimacy, however these are 2 DIFFERENT SOULS and they need certain boundaries and space for each of them to grow, they are not exactly 'lock and a key" and will always have some tensions and differences between them... they can not truly 'merge" as one, as they are like 2 different songs, which can be put together in a jazz composition, but there are 2 distinctly different melodies which never overlap...
TWIN FLAMES
Twin flames are a different story. They are ONE SOUL dividing itself into 2 parallel lives, 2 different bodies who are destined to meet and interact with each other. Usually it is highly charged romance, but it also can be mortal combat or creative partnership...I had a client whose soul incarnated in 2 parallel lives of the Native American tribal chief and US Army General during Wold West times, the general killed the chief and all his tribe and then killed himself. He was under orders and did not want to murder Indians, but could not live with himself after the senseless massacre. (and you will not live long if you kill your twin flame anyway as this game is for the same soul to play with ITSELF, so if one physical player exits, the game does not make any sense anymore...) When they reunited in the Afterlife as ONE SOUL, the Soul saw another version of this life - when the general and the chief made a peace treaty and both became best friends and lived happily ever after. The SOUL learned from this experience that in the presence of LOVE positive choices are made and in the lack of love - negative and destructive choices are made...There are many deep lessons in TWIN FLAME EXPERIENCE, as soul learns about self-love, self-forgiveness, seeing other as YOURSELF. The challenges/blessings of Twin Flame relationship are full telepathy, full empathy, the unbreakable bond (soulmates can split , twin flames can not as they are one soul, after death they reunite in one Being) . But because of this oneness, they can go from Eternal Bliss to Hellish Misery in their interactions...as if one is angry - another gets angry, as one is sad - another gets sad, if one is happy - another gets happy etc. there is really no boundary between them. They also usually share Spirit Guide (or Guides) and often get guidance, psychic insights at the same time.
SOULMATES
Soulmates are 2 or more souls who had many incarnations together in different roles. In one life they can be mother and son, in another - best friends, in another - married couple, in another - worst enemies etc etc These are DIFFERENT SOULS who are very close to each other on spiritual plane and share their 'games of life" in many incarnations. They usually belong to the same SOUL FAMILY (also known as soul group or soul cluster) - a group of souls who hang out together in AFTERLIFE and usually reincarnate as closest characters in each physical life - positive or negative, best friends or family or worst enemies, they challenge each other a lot, and also provide love and support...'Main Cast of Characters" in each of your past lives and this life. Soulmates usually have a lot of KARMA (consequences of actions) together (both good and bad) - as they created all kinds of emotional interactions in past lives, and the 'unfinished business' can carry over into this life. However in AFTERLIFE they are all best buddies, like a troupe of actors who always go to pub after a show and congratulate each other on great play, even if it was a tragedy and they killed each other in the stage...There can be a PRIMARY soulmate for some souls (the soul we incarnate with the most), but for other souls there might be several closest soulmates and no 'one and only" - different for different souls. Even within our closest soul family we might have souls which are closest to us, and others 'in friend zone" with whom we have more of a social connection.
When we meet a soulmate - we know right away that we knew this person way before, but we do not remember how...kinda like 'deja vu"...can be 'love from the first sight" or just deep sense of connection. You might have strange dreams and feel high energy around the time when you meet a soulmate or even remember past lives with this person in a dream or a flashback...
Relationships between soulmates depend on past life karma and current life plan. We usually pre-plan our meetings and interactions with soulmates before our birth while in the Spirit World. Often these are relationships in the family, long term best friends or romantic/marriage relationships. The beauty of soulmate relationships (if on positive note) is deep feeling of familiarity, intimacy, however these are 2 DIFFERENT SOULS and they need certain boundaries and space for each of them to grow, they are not exactly 'lock and a key" and will always have some tensions and differences between them... they can not truly 'merge" as one, as they are like 2 different songs, which can be put together in a jazz composition, but there are 2 distinctly different melodies which never overlap...
TWIN FLAMES
Twin flames are a different story. They are ONE SOUL dividing itself into 2 parallel lives, 2 different bodies who are destined to meet and interact with each other. Usually it is highly charged romance, but it also can be mortal combat or creative partnership...I had a client whose soul incarnated in 2 parallel lives of the Native American tribal chief and US Army General during Wold West times, the general killed the chief and all his tribe and then killed himself. He was under orders and did not want to murder Indians, but could not live with himself after the senseless massacre. (and you will not live long if you kill your twin flame anyway as this game is for the same soul to play with ITSELF, so if one physical player exits, the game does not make any sense anymore...) When they reunited in the Afterlife as ONE SOUL, the Soul saw another version of this life - when the general and the chief made a peace treaty and both became best friends and lived happily ever after. The SOUL learned from this experience that in the presence of LOVE positive choices are made and in the lack of love - negative and destructive choices are made...There are many deep lessons in TWIN FLAME EXPERIENCE, as soul learns about self-love, self-forgiveness, seeing other as YOURSELF. The challenges/blessings of Twin Flame relationship are full telepathy, full empathy, the unbreakable bond (soulmates can split , twin flames can not as they are one soul, after death they reunite in one Being) . But because of this oneness, they can go from Eternal Bliss to Hellish Misery in their interactions...as if one is angry - another gets angry, as one is sad - another gets sad, if one is happy - another gets happy etc. there is really no boundary between them. They also usually share Spirit Guide (or Guides) and often get guidance, psychic insights at the same time.