Unless proven otherwise, we are the only beings on this planet with the ability to expand our consciousness through thought and contemplation. Dolphins and other highly evolved animals may be able to perceive electrical fields that most humans cannot detect, but they are not able to put them into a illustrative pattern or discuss the patterns of the universe with each other.

Humans have evolved this ability or consciousness as the next step in the constantly expanding evolutionary process. As with every other adaptation, consciousness, which includes spirituality, enables us not only to survive, but to thrive. Without spirituality, we are like hyenas, surviving by getting over on others, pilfering, being blood-thirsty, and showing no mercy. That is all great for hyenas because that is their world.

The human world contains the possibility of growth and achievement; of reflecting on the marvels of the universe and harnessing that wonder into creativity. Hyenas do not build roads or create Internets. They do not write plays or debate ideas with each other. They live in a structured pack world of kill or be killed so they can breed and create more hyenas. That is it.

With our expanded consciousness, like other more highly evolved animals, such as the apes, we discovered helping each other out enabled us to survive better. Moreover, it enabled us to be happy in life, to trust each other more, and to feel at peace. Compassion, or feeling for others, came with our expanded abilities to think, to put ourselves in the place of others, instead of just following the instinct of “me first.”
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Our ability to debate, question, feel the Spirit within, and feel compassion for others is evidence of a very complex evolutionary process that is moving in cosmic proportions.

If you can sit quietly and allow your inner being to emerge out of the chatter of your mind, then you are on the right track in meditation. If you fall asleep, sit there planning your day or your future, or go over events from the past, then you are off track.
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Meditation is about increasing your peace. But it is a super-conscious happening, not a manipulation of the brain. It rises above thought. You may say that falling asleep is peaceful, but nightmares can come because it is beyond our control. In meditation, you are watchful and alert, yet in deep peace.

You will know when you are on track because your consciousness will become expanded yet at rest. It is not an easy state to describe but when you achieve it, it is unmistakable. It also has long-lasting effects throughout your day.

Human fear is always mind-based and does not come from the soul. Therefore, it cannot affect the soul-based attraction between twin flames. Twin flames have a soul connection that bypasses the mind.

The fearful mind cannot comprehend eternity, and eternity is an attribute of Soul. Human fear, generated by this mind, is time-bound and is anxious about the future. Since twin flames have all of eternity to work out their interplay, anxiety about the future does not apply.
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Fear does lower our vibrations to where we are not emanating a pure, clean field. But it has no power over the everlasting-ness of the twin flame, soul bonding. That can never be touched by the flickering restlessness of the human mind and its transient fears.

Ben Fold’s song, “The Luckiest,” is more about soul mates than twin flames. Soul mates are two individuals who incarnate in some lifetimes together. Twin flames are actually the same person split off into two individuals and meet during the same lifetime. However, both soul mates and twin flames recognize each other as Fold describes in his lines:

“What if I had been born fifty years before you
In a house on the street
Where you lived
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike. Would I know?
And in a wide sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize”

This instant recognition is key to the soul mate experience. And it doesn’t always have to be a romantic connection. It can be between mothers and children, friends who feel an instant bond, a teacher and a pupil, and with animals as well.

Soul mates often will leave the planet together, as we recently saw with Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher. We have seen records of numerous documented events of loving spouses crossing over within months or even days of each other. This is what Ben Fold means when he says:

“Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day
Passed away in his sleep,
And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days, and passed away
I'm sorry I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong. . .”
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There is something so touching about a soul mate connection. It is deep and points to our true being: Eternal, growing, and increasing the joy on this planet. That is why this song reaches so many people who understand the feeling of being around a soul mate.