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Soulmate, Myself:
The Wedding Song
Verse Four
Conclusion: There Is Love
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©1971 Public Domain Foundation
I am now to be among you at the calling of your hearts
Rest assured this troubadour is acting on My part.
The union of your spirits, here, has caused Me to remain
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in My name
There am I, there is Love.
A man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home
And they shall travel on to where the two shall be as one.
As it was in the beginning is now and til the end
Woman draws her life from man and gives it back again.
And there is Love, there is Love.
Well then what’s to be the reason for becoming man and wife?
Is it love that brings you here or love that brings you life?
And if loving is the answer, then who’s the giving for?
Do you believe in something that you’ve never seen before?
Oh there is Love, there is Love.
Oh the marriage of your spirits here has caused Me to remain
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in My name
There am I, there is Love.
Oh
We feel it getting warmer in the room. Didactic discourse gives way to
affective domain. Love Personified cannot speak to this grand topic very
long before being overcome by it. It's all far too wonderful to
behold, and she begins to exclaim with utmost fervent heart – Oh!
marriage of your spirits
In verse one we found the phrase “union of your spirits.” But now
“marriage,” more than “union,” dials up the intensity.
We have discussed that just as there is “one life,” so, too, there is but
“one love.” How could it be otherwise as life and love are united as
one? All love is of God, and love serves to bind all peoples and all elements of creation in oneness. There is brotherly and sisterly love; love of parents and of siblings; love of friends and of strangers; love of animals and nature -- all these find themselves on a great continuum of love; love, which is a perception of our connectedness with the underlying God-essence in all things.
But there is one person, one particular person, somewhere in this
world or the next, who will reflect your love and your life, the God-essence in you, more than any other. This reflection offers an image of self – a “soulmate, myself” -- so crisp and clear as to invite a metaphor of ultimate intimacy: it is the “marriage of spirits,” as prelude to the sacred One Person.
Schopenhauer and the hero, risking one's life for another at the sudden realization of oneness with all

from the book, “The Power Of Myth,”
a discussion with Dr. Joseph Campbell
Campbell: There is a magnificent essay by Schopenhauer in which he asks, how is it that a human being can so participate in the peril or pain of another that, without thought, spontaneously, he sacrifices his own life to the other? How can it happen that what we normally think of as the first law of nature and self-preservation is suddenly dissolved?
[Dr. Campbell then tells a story, one of seemingly countless, of someone who risked his life to save a stranger.]
Schopenhauer’s answer is that such a psychological crisis [that of, being compelled to abandon self-preservation] represents a breakthrough of a metaphysical realization, which is that you and that [one in danger, to be rescued] are one, that you are two aspects of the way we experience forms under the conditions of time and space. Our true reality is in our identity and unity with all life.
This is a metaphysical truth which may become spontaneously realized under circumstances of crisis. For it is, according to Schopenhauer, the truth of your life. The hero is the one who has given his physical life to some order of realization of that truth. The concept of “love your neighbor” is to put you in tune with this fact. But whether you love your neighbor or not, when, the realization grabs you, you may risk your life [even for those you don’t know]. Schopenhauer declares that in small ways you can see this happening every day, all the time, moving life in the world, people doing selfless things to and for each other.
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there is love
In verse one we spoke of Love Personified’s statement of “rest assured.” We said that assertions like this are not made to state the obvious, the uncontested.
Everywhere we turn in our world, love seems to be such a fragile flower. For example, we thought we were friends with someone but now he or she is angry with us. We wanted to live in a family of harmony but differing opinions now divide. We entered into marriage believing that love would last forever, only to discover its “nasty habit of disappearing overnight.”
Love, everywhere, is contested.
In the midst of this darkness, a bleak and grey landscape of vanishing affections, The Wedding Song presents a glorious angel from Heaven. She's a herald of destiny, of better days to come, offering an important message; but, she already knows, it will be viewed with severe suspicion and mistrust; nevertheless, to her unforgiving audience she whispers, “there is love, there is love.”
Summary of Verse Four
©1971 Public Domain Foundation
Oh the marriage of your spirits here has caused Me to remain
For whenever two or more of you are gathered in My name
There am I, there is Love.

Kairissi. Ellus, I think a good way to identify and label
feelings of romance is to see them under two major
headings: Mother Nature and Madame Destiny. Mother
Nature is concerned with perpetuating the human
family. She cares nothing about love and affection, as
such, only the production of offspring.
Elenchus. Only Madame Destiny is concerned
with lovers’ intimacy of thought-life; only she is bothered
with soul development and promoting a “blending” of hearts and inner person. These two iconic women, Nature and Destiny, would lead us on
different paths.
K. How confused is the world about these conflicting paths!
John chooses Mary on the basis of Nature, of biological impetus; but Twins are all about Destiny, a fulfilling of the hidden pledges of the soul.

The purpose of verse four seems to be that of emphasizing most
important elements of Love Personified’s message. These are:
(1) The “marriage of your spirits,” the deep soul-connection of
Twins, which causes Love to “remain”; that is, Twin romance
is a permanent condition enjoyed as a function of enhanced consciousness, of greater sentience and life, not boiling and churning animal brain-chemicals lasting but a moment.
(2) Metaphors of authority, and witness to authority, which
speak to a widespread disbelief of Love’s message by those immersed in an egoic and materialistic world.
The tone of this final short verse, with a referencing of Love’s authority,
reminds one of Matthew 19. There, Jesus speaks of marriage and divorce
to a disbelieving crowd, those who did not want to hear of and were
threatened by lofty Twin principles.
Who can believe in a permanent eternal romantic love? - and not just
a permanent love but a love fortified by extreme delight? It’s a hard door-to-door sell in John and Mary’s neighborhood. They've been burned before.
Love Personified understands the resistance to her message. She knows that couples of this world are well disillusioned by now, and even hearing of a peaches-and-cream message of perfect love makes them angry. "It’s too late for us," they despair, "even if there were such a thing as permanent eternal romance."
But Love persists and speaks softly,
“Could you begin to allow for the possibility of true love? Yes,
I know, it’s something you’ve never seen before, but if you
could just quiet your angry and fearful spirits you would hear
a ‘still small voice’ deep within affirming every word I say.”
Personified Love, as did Jesus in Matthew 19, speaks gently to the unbelieving, understands their suffering and resultant cynicism, and issues a final appeal,
“For most of you, the things I say here will not be accepted
or understood; not yet. But if you’ve suffered enough and
are ready; if you’ve had enough of the loveless ways of this
world; and if you understand what I’ve said; then, you should,
and ought, to act on what you in your deepest person know
to be true.”
the highest spiritual experience
draws her life … gives it back again
We cannot emphasize too often Dr. Campbell's comment in the “Prologue” concerning the primary message of the twelfth-century Troubadours. They considered authentic romantic love to be “the highest spiritual experience.” Moreover, they equated life, the very essence of one’s life, with love, true love.
Without this understanding, we will misinterpret the TWS’s cryptic verses such as “drawing life and giving it back again.” The Troubadours are still instructing us regarding what it means to be human.
Editor's note: Why does TWS reference the Troubadours? I once thought this means that the Spirit Guides, inspired by the work of the medieval poets, adopted their name for stylistic effect. I'm not so sure anymore. I think it's more likely that the original Troubadours are still at work -- the same ones (along with others), now in the afterlife -- teaching the whole world now that true love is the best and shortest route to full humanity, personal evolvement, and sacred personhood.

Kairissi. The author says he’s “not going to write any
more **** books.” He says he’s given everything he
knows on the subject, and a little more. (small smile)
Elenchus. I think it takes a lot out of you to write a
book like this. He worked on it for 9 years. I would
imagine the project to be very draining.
K. I think he’ll write again, but we shouldn’t bring it up
right now. It’s like asking a woman just out of childbirth
if she wants more children.
E. Right.
K. And so, we are at the end. What will you remember
most about all of our discussions about true love?
E. mmm… That’s a question… maybe, that the real love is a permanent state of consciousness not chemicals in the brain; it never goes away, it’s always there as a throbbing vitality… but who believes in that?
K. No one will believe it, until lightning strikes them.
E. And what was most important for you, Krissi?
K. So much, really… but, if I have to choose one thing… it’s just the prospect of living all of life with you; just doing all things together is so wonderful to think about… truly, for Twins, there’s an undercurrent of celebration in being alive – being alive together.
E. I’ll tell you a little story… I once spoke to a
psychic-medium about my experience of “coming
alive” to you; you know, even against my will. I told
her about how, in those moments of revelation, I realized
that you represent all that I ever wanted. She was
given a message from the Guides who said that you
had given me a “tremendous gift.” I immediately knew
what they meant.
K. (silence)
E. And when you just spoke of never having been cherished
before, I just want to say that I am aware of this deficit in your life.
It's not uncommon. A woman needs to be with her Twin
lover in order to truly experience this. I don’t think
it’s possible for a woman to release old feelings of
loneliness, unworthiness, and even anger against life,
until she is completely cherished and treasured as a
person. Only a Twin Soul can do this for Woman. And
so this is my own “tremendous gift” to you, as it will
open your spirit, just as your “gift” did for me...
K. (softly) Darling Dear… I didn’t know you wanted to marry me after graduation.
E. I couldn’t tell you then, because… I was not yet able to tell myself.

Source always grants us every good thing we want and in the shortest time possible: ‘union of spirits’ is not ‘underlying soul bond’
Editor’s note: After nearly 20 years of attempting to decipher the message of ‘The Wedding Song,’ it now becomes clear to me that ‘union of spirits’ is not the same as ‘underlying soul bond’.
The ‘union of spirits,’ it seems to me, speaks to ‘meeting of the minds.’ A couple might share a Twin Soul bond without knowing mental agreement, and even see themselves as enemies.
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Why do family members, old friends, and romantic mates drift apart or even abruptly split?
When my daughter was in high school, she had a girlfriend; the two seemed inseparable. Later, the friend chose an alternate lifestyle, assumed that she’d be judged, then abruptly, and permanently, broke off friendship ties.
An example of my own: In the “Evolution” article I recounted that in senior-high English class I’d delivered a speech on the subject of “Creationism versus Darwinism.” Almost all of it, as I now perceive, was error. However, a good friend since childhood disagreed, summarily rejected me, and put me away with no reconciliation.
the hidden cause of all conflict
Each of us, likely, could offer scores of such examples. Krishnamurti’s teachings on the ego – concerning dualism, fragmentation, separation, division – are not of mere academic interest only to professional philosophers. This information holds the sacred key to understanding why planet Earth is the stage for war and conflict, not just on the international level, nor solely with religious or political groups, but also among family members, friends, and lovers.
Why do people drift apart or become immediate enemies? The short answer is that they become an offense to each other. People identify with, make themselves equal to, belief systems which, they assume, will "make me happy." They say "this is who I am," and "this is what I need to be safe and happy," and if you represent something different, their self-image will be threatened, their prospects of safety and happiness will seem to fold - and then you'll be rejected, no matter the strength of former bonds of amity. You'll be rejected because, don't you see, it's a matter of life-and-death to the ego.
the carefully crafted self-image
In his 17.December.1969 lecture, Jiddu Krishnamurti offers one of the most clear and insightful explanations concerning the inner workings of this dark dynamic. When we feel offended by someone, he said, “there is an image about yourself,” one that we ourselves build. This ego-image reflects one's cultural “conditioning.” Why do we build this image? We do so “as a means of security ... of protection ... of being somebody.”
fear is behind the curtain
And what do we find if we draw back the curtain of this ego-image? “Now, if you go behind that," Krishnamurti says, "you will see there is fear.” What is the composition of this fear? It is the existential fear of "I don't have enough" because "I am not enough."
Let’s analyze this ego-image more closely. Why do we build it? What are we protecting? If we allow ourselves to become very still, if we taste and sample the nature of this hidden fear, we will find that we’re protecting a self-image, a mental projection of what the ego would like to be and have:
“I am the person who needs to be seen as virtuous, respected, worthy of honor. And it goes without saying that I know what’s best for you.”
“I am the person who needs to be seen as right and correct. As such, I need you to believe as I do, to agree with all of my religious superstitions, and my self-serving political views. I need you to accept all of my inflexible opinions because your assent makes me feel, not just safe and secure but, that I’m worth something.”
“I am the person who needs to be seen as successful, 'in the know,' and winning. I want you to be impressed with what I am and what I have so that I’ll be counted as a somebody. I need these merit badges so that I can face my peer group, family, and community and be considered important."
“I am the person who craves to be viewed as a wise person, an in-demand friend, a counselor with ‘the answers.’ I count on you to offer me this prestige so that I can feel good about myself.”
"I am the person who grew up on the 'wrong side of the tracks.' My family culture held great disdain for education and knowledge. This disrespect for anything truly progressive has always held me back, creating for me a self-image of 'I’m not smart enough to succeed. I can't get a high-paying job, that's for other people.' And so if you come to me and suggest that, in fact, I do possess talents and strengths, then I will feel very uncomfortable, begin to panic, as you attempt to lead me out of my dysfunctional comfort-zone. At the first sign, with your help, that I I could actually advance myself, I’ll fall apart, swoon in terror, and then begin to blame you, and hate you, before I retreat and crawl back under the safety of my rock."
"I am the person who is comfortable with present ideas. They've gotten me this far (sort of). And they may be half-baked, a straw-house of illogicality, but, even so, these irrationalities offer a certain veneer of meaning to my life. In support of this charade, I surround myself with so-called friends with whom I share a tacit agreement, an unspoken pact: 'You must agree never to point out the non sequiturs of my beggarly superstitions, and I will agree to act as if I accept yours.' That’s the conspiratorial deal. However, if you come along with hard empirical evidence, well-reasoned positions, and suggest that I might want to take a more honest approach to what I believe to be true, well then, I will have to hate you for upsetting the applecart of my entrenched and time-honored unreasonableness."
"I am the person who carries on the traditions of my family. Unfortunately, these are more like peculiar shibboleths, marks of tribal distinction, but not of honor and dignity. I feel duty bound to ask, “What would mother do?” or “This isn’t the way dad did it.” I don’t have enough self-respect to live my own life, follow my own insights, quest for my own meaning and destiny. And if you come along and encourage me to think for myself, to break the apron strings (years after mom passed on), I will feel frightened, disoriented. And then I will blame and hate you for pushing me toward autonomy, full personhood, and self-realization."
“I am the person who needs you to make me happy. You can be my friend/lover/relative if you do exactly what I say and think just as I think. Anything less than this will be threatening to 'who I am.' I need you to love me -- just as I am, with all of my soft-underbelly beliefs -- to compliment me, to defer to me, so that I can judge myself as ok. Don't let me down, I warn you.”
“I am the person associated with you, and if you disappoint me, if you fall short of my expectations - especially after all I've done for you - if you fail to make me happy, if you begin to take on contrary opinions, then you will become an opposing force to what I want and to the image I’ve created for myself. If any of this happens, then, of course, I’ll have to get rid of you, even though we’ve meant much to each other over long years. I'll have no choice but to shun you.”
And so if anyone – sibling, friend, lover, child, parent -- stands as opposition to any of these ego-images, then the offending person will immediately be counted as an enemy, no matter a long history of cordial relation.
a closer look at the hidden fear
We find there’s more than one curtain to open. The ego’s need to be seen as right, virtuous, properly religious or political, is not the only hidden agenda. As one pierces the levels of self-obfuscation we discover the core terror which vivifies all of the ego’s activities. It’s the fear of death. This is the central terror, as we learn from the great psychologists.
This means that when one is attacked, there may be purported surface issues, but the real reason people rage and become apoplectic is the ego fighting for its life. It's identified with, made itself equal to, being right, virtuous, and all the rest, and if it fails to promote itself with these "images," then it will face a kind of psychological death. “Who will I be?” it asks, if these false-security images are minimized or taken away?
the high cost of following the truth wherever it leads
All this is most dire. The reality is, if you assiduously pursue the truth, no matter the cost or where it might lead, then you will lose (for a time) almost every last person who was once close to you. Why must it be so? - because you will become a living, walking threat to another’s carefully crafted self-image.
narrow gate, without fellowship
Editor's note: In his writings, Andrew Jackson Davis warns of the "narrow gate" that leads to life; few be that enter it. Those who live courageously by following the truth wherever it leads, as Davis points out, “will walk a pathway without fellowship of thy earthly brethren.” The cults have long employed the weapon of excommunication, shunning, and ostracization - a forced separation from friends, workmates, and family - toward anyone who disagrees with the hive mentality. This putting away occurs not just in religion but in dysfunctional families, corporations, academia, politics, and other power-seeking groups. They’re afraid of contrary opinion which might disembowel and expose shallow teachings. And so they’ll get rid of you for spreading "misinformation"; and you, as a truth seeker, will be censored and required to make your way through this world “without fellowship of thy earthly brethren.” But, be assured, a day of reckoning is but one missed heartbeat away.
We, ourselves - not some mythical Satan - are the focal point of all evil in the universe. It’s the pathological ego within; it’s the false self, the ego-images, ever attempting to find safety and security for itself, to bolster an inner neediness, the existential emptiness deep within.
We cannot become truly educated, nor reach a good level of wisdom and maturity, in the highest and best sense - or meaningfully prepare ourselves for Summerland or to be with one’s Twin Soul - without understanding the wiles and machinations of our own personal “heart of darkness.”
please, it’s very impolite of you to notice that I lack a self
Soren Kierkegaard: “But in spite of the fact that man has become fantastic in this fashion [i.e., lives unrealistically by denying his own mortality and impending death, the terror of which is covered up by palliatives such as ritualistic, form-based but empty, religion], he may nevertheless … be perfectly well able to live on, to be a man, as it seems, to occupy himself with temporal things, get married, beget children, win honor and esteem – and perhaps no one notices that, in a deeper sense, he lacks [an authentic] self.”
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