Michael said before that they had something to say about “twinning”. Could they comment now?
TWINNING IS, OF COURSE, THE CLOSEST POSSIBLE OF PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIPS. THIS GOES FOR THE OTHER PLANES ALSO, AND THIS IS WHERE THE CONFUSION REGARDING THE SO-CALLED TWIN SOULS ARISES. FOR INSTANCE, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED OF US SOME TIME AGO CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOULS COULD NOT CHANGE SEX, OR RATHER GENDER, BETWEEN LIVES BECAUSE OF SOME TWIN SOUL FEATURE. IT IS TRUE THAT MOST SOULS DO SEARCH FOR THEIR SOUL MATE, BUT THEY ERR IN ASSUMING THAT THAT TWIN IS OF THE OPPOSITE GENDER, AND CONSEQUENTLY LOSE OUT ON AN EXCEPTIONALLY CLOSE AND REWARDING RELATIONSHIP. TWINNING OCCURS OFTEN AT THE MOMENT THE ENTITY IS CAST FROM THE TAO AND CAN OCCUR BETWEEN ENTITIES CAST AT THE SAME TIME. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE IS SOMETIMES A CROSSOVER, AND THESE TWIN SOULS DO GO THOUGH MANY, USUALLY ALL LIVES TOGETHER. TWINS NORMALLY MAKE BETTER THAN AVERAGE PARTNERS. THEY ALSO MAKE EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD MARRIAGES. THE GENDER DOES NOT MATTER IN THIS AT ALL, ALTHOUGH THIS CULTURE MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR SOME TWINS TO COME TOGETHER. TWINNING IS RARE BETWEEN SOME ROLES, FREQUENT IN OTHERS. SCHOLARS RARELY TWIN AND USUALLY WITH WARRIORS. PRIESTS AND SAGES TWIN MOST OF THE TIME, ARTISANS AND SLAVES FREQUENTLY, KINGS RARELY. PHYSICAL TWINNING CAN ALSO STRIKE AN UNERASABLE BOND THAT CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE PHYSICAL CYCLE, DRIVING THESE SOULS TOGETHER AGAIN AND AGAIN. THE CLOSENESS OF TWINNING IS A VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP. YOU CHOOSE TO PLAY OUT SEQUENCES WITH THE FORMER TWIN.
What is the purpose of twinning?
THE NATURAL IMPULSE OF FRAGMENTS TO REUNITE.
What’s the difference?
GRADATIONS ONLY. SOME PHYSICAL TWINS ARE NOT DRAWN AS STRONGLY TO THEIR TWINS AS ARE THE ESSENCE TWINS. THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES: WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ANY FEELINGS OF THE GROUP. WE SENSE INSIGHTS.
ESSENCE TWINNING OCCURS AT THE MOMENT THE ENTITIES ARE CAST FROM THE TAO. PHYSICAL TWINNING CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME ON THE CYCLE. YOU MAY HAVE BOTH AN ESSENCE AND A PHYSICAL TWIN. OLD SOULS WHO ARE SEEKERS, AND, YES, ALSO MATURE AND YOUNG SEEKERS, TOO, FREQUENTLY RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER.
But why does twinning occur? What is it?
TWINNING IS AN ALMOST NATURAL IMPULSE OF THE HUMAN SPECIES AND ONE OF THE LEAST UNDERSTOOD. THE DESIRE TO JOIN WITH ANOTHER OF LIKE MIND SUPERSEDES ALL OTHER IMPULSES, EVEN SOMETIMES THOSE NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. THOSE WITH RECLUSIVE OVERLEAVES DO NOT EXHIBIT THIS IMPULSE AS STRONGLY AS OTHERS, BUT IT STILL HAPPENS TO THEM ALSO. THIS PROCESS HAS BECOME EXTREMELY BLURRED BY THE CULTURAL TABOOS AND THE ISOLATION THAT PERMEATES THE WAY OF LIFE. THERE IS SO MUCH SUSPICION ON THE PHYSICAL PLANE THAT THE TRULY INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP OF TWINS IS ALL BUT PRECLUDED, ESPECIALLY IF THE TWIN HAPPENS TO BE OF THE SAME GENDER.
Do whales twin?
YES, ALL CREATURES OF REASON TWIN.
Is it a random process?
NO, IT IS ELECTIVE AND BASED UPON INITIALLY COMPATIBLE OVERLEAVES. THIS OF COURSE MEANS THAT THE OVERLEAVES OF THE TWINS WILL NOT ALWAYS BE COMPATIBLE, WHICH MAKES SOME STRAINED BUT STILL VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS. IN SOME INSTANCES THE TWINS ARE DRAWN TOGETHER IN A LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP THAT DEFIES REASON.
Someone asked if his essence twin was in the group.
FIRST OF ALL, PERHAPS WE SHOULD REITERATE A BIT. THERE IS OF COURSE A VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ESSENCE TWINS, AND OF COURSE, THIS IS DESIRABLE AND MANY WANT IT. BUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS SHOULD COME IN ON AN INTUITIVE LEVEL IN ORDER TO BE VERIFIABLE. FOR US TO SIMPLY TELL YOU THAT SO AND SO IS YOUR ESSENCE TWIN WOULD ONLY LURE YOU INTO PERCEIVING A FALSE SET OF SPECIFICATIONS. IF YOU VERIFY THIS ON AN INTUITIVE LEVEL, IT WOULD BE EASILY VERIFIABLE. THIS GROUP IS AS WE HAVE SAID, A BIT UNUSUAL IN THAT YOU ALL TWINNED. SOME OF YOU KNOW YOUR TWINS. OTHERS HAVE SIMPLY TAKEN RATHER WILD GUESSES, BASED UPON STRONG PHYSICAL ATTRACTIONS. PLEASE BE ASSURED THAT TWINNING DOES PRODUCE AN ALMOST UNBREAKABLE BOND — A STRONG BOND YOU ARE USUALLY AWARE OF ON AN INTUITIVE LEVEL, LONG BEFORE YOU CAN EXPRESS IT VERBALLY.
Someone asked if essence twins are usually born in the same locale.
NOT ALWAYS. SOME MUST TRAVEL MANY MILES AND SPEND MANY YEARS SEARCHING.
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