Editing Twin Flames Universe (section)

==History==
When Jeff and Shaleia first met, Shaleia was living in Arizona, where Jeff joined her. The two then moved to Hawaii and started a blog called ''Awakened Intimacy'',<ref name="Yahoo Life" /> and they began making YouTube videos in 2014.<ref name="Berman" /> As of July 2025, their YouTube channel had amassed 28,000 subscribers, and their Facebook page had 369,000 followers. They founded Twin Flames Universe in 2017<ref name="Berman" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Michigan State Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs |title=Articles of Incorporation |url=https://cofs.lara.state.mi.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSearchFormList.aspx?SEARCH_TYPE=3 |access-date=April 4, 2024 |website=Michigan State Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Corporation Search, Filings}}</ref> and began offering the "Twin Flame Ascension Course", a paid online class.<ref name="Russian" /> ''Vanity Fair'' journalist Alice Hines described the classes as "a therapeutic-spiritual reality show"; in 2020, the course cost $4,444 to view and purchase.<ref name="Hines" /> In 2019, the couple founded the Church of Union, to "unify all religion under one spiritual umbrella".<ref>{{Cite web |last=State of Michigan, Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Corporation Index |date=April 5, 2024 |title=LARA Online Filing System |url=https://cofs.lara.state.mi.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?token=nBxILn58HwVtv4JMRDwTm1cWblopjmzIgq3FCQzRMH7Z0mRAdeXC1JYbjKVcaOVqpZegr4OhvmZ8AbuDRwiJZRfsE8BrDApuBKy29VS1qo2U1IPq4lTwvMOlbRUwyDDolG3DFORLq82ur+xOXyLDJpKYYNamBMpva7zrLh7lEKunf/5SAkkZX1ZNW7QkTffL5wf3WrDaQCciH9JSOCGvXmNlBueGb/AgHMMT6PDQR2MwkKXjUT0EL1ZIjCmVCsjp6HTyCH+FJaki/0nv3Rc5IQIf89JhArZs3Zj6fOE3uchO3RZIGUgfVcPhW1AMrdsmE4fduOJsWtm/0AK+y82W8HOQMwkrnuqM |access-date=April 5, 2024 |website=Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) Corporation Information}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mendendwaldt |first=Lindsey |date=January 24, 2024 |title=T.V. Series Review – 'Escaping Twin Flames': Why People are Falling for the Love Cult |url=https://www.equip.org/articles/escaping-twin-flames-why-people-are-falling-for-the-love-cult/ |access-date=April 10, 2024 |website=Christian Research Journal of the Christian Research Institute}}</ref> Followers are allegedly put under strong pressure to pay for expensive courses<ref name="Romano" /> and to engage in extensive unpaid labor for the organisation.<ref name="Berman" /> Within the church, Jeff is the "Father Christ", Shaleia the "Mother Christ", and their daughter is the "Princess of all Creation". Together, they are, "the Master Christ: Eternal Ruler of all Creation by God's Living Hand". They also run the "Mind Alignment Process", an online service that claims to treat [[PTSD]].<ref name="Hines" /> The couple has also claimed the ability to cure cancer and other medical conditions with a form of spiritual therapy.<ref name="Hines" /> Since 2020, the organization has been headquartered south of [[Suttons Bay, Michigan]].<ref name="Miller-12" /> It has been estimated that at least 80% of the people who watch the group's YouTube videos are women.<ref name="Hines" />

After the release of two television documentary series about the group in 2023, they hired Red Banyan, a [[crisis communication]]s firm, to improve their image. In 2025, the [[Michigan Attorney General]]'s office confirmed there was an open investigation into the group.<ref name="CTV" /> On July 1, 2025, Michigan Attorney General [[Dana Nessel]] announced that authorities had raided two properties linked to Twin Flames and that there was an ongoing criminal probe against Jeff and Shaleia Divine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Police descend on Twin Flames Universe headquarters months after W5 exposé |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/police-descend-on-twin-flames-universe-headquarters-months-after-w5-expose/ |website=ctvnews.ca |date=July 1, 2025 |access-date=July 4, 2025}}</ref>