Questions about Twin Flames? Can you know if you've met them?

[semisentient]

Can a person actually know if they've encountered their twin flame?

I feel as tho I've already met mine. I even felt this way before I knew what a "twin flame" was.
I recently learned about this term.

The term "soul mate" did not even seem to be the appropriate way to describe this relationship.

Do twin flames have to be together to be twin flames?

Reading about it I noticed that many places it says that they should be together happily...

But in other places it says that they can cause a lot of drama in each other's lives and can become separated... altho this separation may only be an illusion. It even says that they twin flames may be enemies.

I also think I read that when twin flames are apart things do not go so well in the world...

...and  that even if they are not together romantically they may still play an important role in their counterpart's  journey.

[Tayesin]

Hi
There is as much misconception about soul mates/twin flames as there is about Karma. Most people like to think of soul mates as being the one person who they must find and have a loving relationship with in this life. The truth is a far cry from this perception. Although we cannot discount that we can have loving relationships with a soul mate.

In reality, we have a number of beings with which we have these soul mate connections. Each of them has a different agreement to work out with us, so a soul mate can be the person who you had a dreadful relationship with but learned not to give your power away to. They can be anyone you meet in your life, yet they do not have to be incarnate at this time! Most of them will come in and out of your life if they are incarnate this time, so with each you will have an interesting time even if it isn't the best of times. So we need to alter our perception of what a soul mate is. As a Soul, you have made many friends and some of these you might even prefer to incarnate with at regular intervals. While we would like to meet our soul mates and we think that they should be like this and that, it is we who hold the misconception about it. They do not have to be any way. They only have to be what they chose to be for their incarnation and we do not have the right to judge them if they do not live up to our expectations.

We only need to accept that anyone we meet can be a soul mate. At the same time though, we will meet people who we feel like we have known for ages, and these people can be a soul-friend. The reason we feel so strongly about them is because the energy inside you and the energy inside them will resonate with recognition. If we listen to this recognition and not think it has to be the way we want it to be, then we can more easily accept the experiences that they help to bring for us. If you do find a soul mate, do not think that all has to be bliss, because you will be fooling yourself with that perception.

A soul mate can be anyone, even the people you are not attracted to! There is no rule to say that they must be anything you think they should be, and so you must not have expectations regarding them. If you allow them to be recognized then you can work through the agreements you have with them and after that you may not see them again until you have left your current body for good. So do not place so many rocks and blocks in your path by only accepting that soul mates have to be this way or that.

Love Always,
Tayesin