Every July 4, my good friend Patrick throws an "Interdependence Day" party. He does it to emphasize how much we all need each other: locally, globally, and otherwise.

As my relationship deepens with my beloved twin flame Maeikisala, I experience "Interdependence Day" every day. This process can be simultaneously wonderful and a bit unsettling!

First off, what's a twin flame? My understanding is that it's two humans who split off from the same soul when they incarnated. The twin flames I know tend to stick together whether they want to or not, whether the relationship is flowing or challenging.

Twin flame relationships aren't always easy. Maeikisala and I know several twin flame couples whose relationships can be extremely challenging. Yet they remain together, seemingly bound by a potent gravitational field. Even if escape velocity is temporarily attained, the couple is inevitably pulled back together.

Given what we've observed about other self-identified twin flame couples, Maeikisala and I feel very fortunate. Since we met last August - and started living together one week later! - our relationship has been marked by an extraordinary degree of harmony.

Even though we have a radically free relationship agreement - neither of us has to do anything we don't want to - we find serving each other to be both pleasurable and fulfilling. We're typically both in the house all day, yet we always enjoy each other's company. I can't think of a single moment when I wished Maeikisala wasn't here. (Happily, she reports the same feelings about me.)

Perhaps it's because of this extraordinary compatibility that our higher selves are making us progressively more interdependent. The most obvious way this plays out is that a certain ...