This isn’t a piece about romance, nor is it of a love story. It’s about the true meaning of twin flames. Having met a few in my lifetime it came as no surprise to me that I’d find one right under my nose in the middle of the night.

When kindred spirits meet, there is an immediate recognition of one from the other. We tend to see ourselves in these people. Like looking directly into a mirror.

When hearing the wish, he made to disappear into the green mountains I immediately asked to go along. And was met with one of the most interesting experiences of my life. At an altitude that reached heights that allowed for snow when nowhere else could drop it, we sat by running water, in the middle of the night. Just us, and mother nature.

I felt safe, almost ethereal. And when I looked around all I felt was a deep sense of fulfillment. I was home, and I wasn’t alone. The fear that so many expressed for me after hearing what I had done was no surprise. Why on Earth risk wandering into the wilderness with a stranger. He is hardly a stranger.

There I was, I was hearing him speak my words. Only he had lived much of what I wish to achieve, needing close to nothing, symbiotic with the land. I have a lack of self-preservation. That sounds sociopathic. But pain has always been a soft comfort. Like the body aches from your fever reminding you of days laid out on the couch with your mother bringing you soup. It’s comforting pain.

So why do I seek such comforting pain? Why do I wish to become no one? It’s easier to understand when I’m looking at myself through another person. When you find a flame, that shines exactly as yours does, you have the privilege of seeing yourself from the outside. These fires burn bright, hot, and fierce, just to die out in an instant. And that is the intention of the twin flame. They are meant to teach you about yourself. So you may learn and grow.