Lets talk about Twin Flames!
20 to 25 yrs ago when I first read about TF, being "witchy" or spiritual was not "cool" and trending and TF was something entirely different to what it is being told now, and in my opinion it used to make sense, now its just a way to justify toxic relationships and I truly believe that Twin Flame energy has been misunderstood specially in circles where spirituality has been taken out of context.
To truly understand someone else, we must first understand or at least accept ourselves and knowing that we are complete is a great way to look at ourselves, however, like with everything else, it can also be taken out of context very easily. Our Ego can easily grow into truly believing that we do not need anybody else and that results in the exact opposite of unity. We are indeed complete, we have everything we need to learn, grow, adapt, etc, however we do not know it all and never actually will, and so TF...
Twin Flame energy is a personafied reflection of our shadow. The name says it all; it is a fire that resembles you. The person who carries that energy is a mirror image of the things the other "twin" tends to hide, wether it be good or bad, teaching us or giving us the opportunity to learn ways to free ourselves, they are spiritual masters that bring into the light pieces of us that otherwise would remaind unhealed, they come with the amazing gift of "triggers" that give us the opportunity to truly heal. It depends on each of us to heal, to become our truest self and follow our unique purpose, and twin flames are another cosmic tool, like meditation and grounding, or shadow work, that face us with some of those things that we refuse to acknowledge. Our divine energy does not lack, however, we are fragments of the All, and so, even by logic alone we can deduce that twin flames is another way of becoming one with the all, by accepting the self and thus the other as they are and opening to true unity without judgement or prejudices but with healthy boundaries and love for understanding thru compassion like we are meant to do with ourselves. If we look at it thru a "feminine and masculine energy" perspective, we can easily see that we all have both, everything in the cosmos has both, however we should also acknowledge that not everything is in balance. Human emotions and conditioning tend to tilt the scale, and our energetic state gets distorted, becoming unbalanced. For example a trauma involving lack of trust because you have been cheated on in the past cannot be truly healed outside of the context of a intimate relationship or a scenario where you have the choice or are forced to trust on someone else other than yourself just like one can use Mugwort (feminine) to heal, however mix it with Rue (masculine) which is also use for healing and give it to a pregnant woman and it may induce a miscarriage. So even though we have both energies, as soon as the scale tilts, there is an unbalance that delays or stops growth, meaning we still have to balance our healing process so we can truly understand both energies and what they mean. TF relations can be chaotic and not always meant to be intimate or sexual, or it can also be the most rewarding relationship you will have in this life time; but it depends on both "twins" and the stage of spiritual development they are each at. Like with everything in the Cosmos, "I" have the same building blocks as a plant and a cat, and "I" have something to learn from each, however "I"m more compatible with a human, and have a lot to learn aswell from someone who triggers me with the compassion to heal, we may like it or not and we may be at an experimental age where as a whole we want to "explore" our options, but interactions come once 2 people choose to see and accept something of themselves in the other, thus "TF"...
Dont get caught up in the trend of "TF", but know there is something inside everyone that holds a lesson and know that when or if your TF comes you will have gathered all the right tools you need to grow in unity, but it is still up to you to see the beauty and growth and avoid the victim/blaming perspective and the insecurities of the past, to live in the light and still love the dark.
May this help someone,
Blessed be
Alchemist Eyes