Transcend and Transform - Release

This episode is a gentle invitation to loosen our grip on the stories we’ve been carrying and return to a deeper, more spacious awareness. Instead of holding tightly to one perspective, Joy encourages us to see the many layers of experience that shape both ourselves and others. She shows us that as self-judgment begins to fall away, a new space opens for love to become the lens through which everything is seen.

Life is reframed as a divinely designed process of gathering and transforming experience. What we move through – our relationships, challenges, and moments of growth –becomes part of an ongoing evolution into higher awareness. Like a caterpillar dissolving before becoming a butterfly, we are encouraged to release old identities and trust the transformation unfolding within us.

The episode closes with a deeply personal reflection on transition and loss, reminding us that even in life’s most tender moments, there is an opening into greater love, presence, and grace.

Release episodes help you shed trauma signals and accumulated pain stemming from your family history and personal life journey.

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What You’ll Learn

• How to release attachment to personal and collective stories
• Why compassion expands your perspective and awareness
• What it means to witness life without judgment
• How experience becomes a pathway to transformation
• Why letting go of identity supports growth
• The connection between presence, love, and transcendence
• How to meet life’s transitions with openness and grace

Key Themes

Release, transformation, compassion, presence, awareness, identity, transcendence, love, acceptance

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Transcript

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This is Soul Awakenings with Joy Truscott, the show that is your safe space. Life has so many transitions, and this is where we walk through those together with more ease, grace, and flow.

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Beautiful that we're all here together. Thank you for hopping on. I'm holding you all with immense love and grace as we hold this space today. We're talking about how to transcend and transform. This is really important for us to know how to hold that frequency as we move into this next vibrational field. We're very much in the wobbly space. If you can be in the space with me now, let's welcome in our guides and angels, divine presence, and hold this space with so much love for each other. No matter where we are and no matter what is happening in our world, take a deep breath in. Long, slow out breath, and as you breathe out, drop, drop into this moment. Just feel your whole body, your mind, your being settling down. Relax and be here. Let's be present with each other. We open our hearts and we feel this love, this grace, and the graciousness of that energy field. Imagine that you can wrap yourself in it and feel like you can sit comfortably, securely within this darling space that we are creating. We connect to this feeling of stabilizing our energy when we hold our awareness of the earth and gravity supporting us. Feel that support. Just drop, drop, drop your shoulders, drop all your burdens, all the stories, drop everything into the space. And know that this is a life unfolding. And for the while that we are here, we are witnessing ourselves and all those around us in this life. And really what we have been doing right from the very beginning, we've been in our own process of transformation. But we've also been witnessing the transformation of all those around us. The privilege of living this life is that we not only get to see our own life in this beautiful way of expanding and becoming, but we see others' lives at the same time. And that gives us multiple lenses, viewpoints, and perspectives of how a life can be when it's lived in that way. It tones our belief systems, our perceptions and our understandings. If we can just let go of all that stuff, those doctrines, dogmas, and systems, we just let go of all of that. Imagine that we can clean the space and begin to see each other just where we are in the space that we are in. We see ourselves clean without any story attached to us. Wouldn't that be wonderful? If we could find a way to transcend this reality, notice ourselves in our transformation. And this, I believe, is the way that we can do us. We can find a way to be okay with who we are in the moment of our being, knowing that exactly how we are proceeding and showing up, how we are behaving, whatever we're doing, is part of this journey of deepening our understanding. But when we allow ourselves to see our own journey and the other journeys around us, we are exponentially expanding that consciousness. If we could only witness ourselves, we would only have just this perspective, just this one point of view, this frame of reference. It would be very difficult to understand and to know, wouldn't it? And yet, my lovelies, here we are with multiple views, multiple ways of being in the world. And everyone is here doing something completely different to us. There is not one person on this planet who is doing this life, who thinks, believes, understands, and maneuvers through this life exactly like us. We're all looking for that person. Well, just stop looking because it's you, my lovely. You're the one. You are the one who is doing the life, your life, exactly how you're supposed to do it. If you would drop the shaming and the blaming, the guilt, the self-loathing, the stories that have been handed on to you, if we can drop that for our own self, if never again, never ever again we make a vow and a contract with ourselves, never again will our self-loathe, self-deprecate, never again will I bring that story into me. Wouldn't that be something? If we could be so filled with integrity and sweetness, kindness and compassion for our own life, our own journey, while we witness ourselves in our transformation as we witness ourselves transcending our story. This would give us immense freedom and compassion. We would understand that everything we're seeing and feeling, no matter how it is being presented, is so that we can see, so that we can understand. And if that dear darling one is doing the life that they are doing in that particular way, could we not just beam love to them and thank them for doing what it is that we probably don't agree with or don't love very much? Because there, by the grace of God, go I. When that person is behaving and showing up in that way, incurring all kinds of karmic obligations and debt and misery, might I say, but they are doing that. And they're doing it so that I can see. Let's just see, let's see each other. But let's see each other without the lens that tells us that they are better or we are better, without the lens of separation, duality, that messy screen that makes us see things in a distorted way. Whenever we do that, and I'm speaking so to myself, whenever I do that, I feel so poorly about my being, I feel so disappointed in myself for having these other thoughts. It's not very kind, Joy, not your finest moment. But if you can, and if we can, if I can, we all settle down and we realize that it is the awareness of something different that helps us to view the very different perspectives. What we want to do is stop the blaming and the shaming, the disregarding, the hating and the loathing within it. If we could come to that point, how grown up would that be? Well, we could say it just is. It simply is. And that person and that thing and that story is unfolding, it simply is. That's it. And place no other story inside of it. Gosh, wouldn't that be refreshing? And then what would we have to talk about? We would have nothing to talk about, wouldn't we? We would. We would talk about all the things that matter. We would talk about how beautiful this earth is and nature and life. We would talk about plans and dreams and things that we wish to create and co-create. We would come into a different expression of ourselves. We would be able to express our deepest loves, our delights, what it is that we want to bring in. And then we can feed each other with this new information, excite each other, bring in that feeling of anticipation, growth, and expansion. That's the gift, my lovelies. That is how we stand in this moment of our journey now. So just feel that here. Take a deep breath into your being, being here now. And see if you can stand in this moment in your awareness without any story. Imagine that you and your life and everything that has been, everything that you're thinking should be. All of that is just swept aside. And it's just you, this beautiful being here in this space. No story, no attachments. Feel how clean that truly is. When we have no sticky connections to anything, no stickiness in us that attracts that to us, then we can start to loosen up this beautiful body, drop your shoulders, soften your tummy. Breathe deeply into your body. Smooth the skin on your beautiful face. And be present here in this time, in this moment. Wonderful you. Wonderful, wonderful you. You're a being of love and light, and you're here. How wonderful to be here. No matter what your life is doing around you, and no matter how it is functioning, no matter how your mind and body are, you, my love, are here as a one-time gift. There will never be another you. And there will never be a time and place exactly like this. This is the most unique experience that you could ever, ever dream up. And if we are dreaming up these experiences, if they are being constructed way before we arrive, there is a plan, a divine design, and we need to agree with it before we even hop into this reality. Then I wonder what we did dream up. I wonder what we said we would be part of and what we would do. Playing it safe and just managing and hoping and surviving. That it definitely is not a necessity for life. Maintaining a structure, a system that is not a life-supporting system, not an activity that brings anything new, it just keeps it exactly the same. The status quo stays the same. But if you are so unique and there's something that's within you that needs to be expressed, no matter what you look like, sound like, feel like, no matter what state you're in, what is being expressed through your beingness. What is the value of that expression of your energy into the world? How might that help uplift humanity so that we can transform and transcend this experience? There is absolutely no way we can transcend this experience until we've allowed ourselves the gift of transformation in a form to transform. Now we're in a form, and the only reason we're in a form is so that we can be informed. We get a lot of data, data coming into us because we got a form, and because we've got all these other beautiful beings that are formed around us. And so we perform with each other, we act, and we crash and collide, and all the stories go on. And all of this helps us to come into a place of informing this beautiful being. Masses and masses of data. For what use? For us just to take it home with us at the end of the journey? Well, we don't need any more information in that space. The divine library is already there, fully packed and loaded. We came here to have an experience. So, what is the information that you have received that gives you permission to have this life in your own delightful, unique way? With exact mind, body, being, and the exact time and space that you are in right now. It is so that you can leave an imprint, legacy, something. What might that be? What might that be? It's not a stuff, it's not cars and houses, that stuff will all be gone in one generation. What is your legacy, your essence? What is your imprint? So we're receiving all this information into this form for what reason? So that we can transform it. We can bring it up into another awareness. The awareness is what we're gathering, is the data, the data. That's what that part is. It's all this informing, smashing, and colliding into our form. And the moment we go, okay, so we've got a whole lot of stuff, a lot of information, and this little being in its own particular, peculiar, wonderful way, is assimilating it and understanding it in its way, nobody else's way. We can't think like each other, we're not meant to. I'm thinking about everything in my particular way. That's perfect. So that we can transform this information, we can shift it into another and a higher frequency. That's the gift of the form being here to help us transform. And we transform this, and now we can move into transcending. Because in the moment we come into that next space, we go way beyond and beyond and beyond. We start to move in this life and this world and the light and the energy field of all that is in a whole new way. There is something else, and we know it. All the clues are being planted around us, and yet we don't see it. People often speak about the butterfly, and I love that one. Of course, we all speak about it because it's the most significant, delightful, and ridiculous transformation. There is that big fat caterpillar munching a leaf, wobbling along, munch, munch, munch, belly scraping. And then the next thing it says, Oh, I'm sick of munching on these leaves. I'm gonna just send myself into this beautiful chrysalis, and it just turns within. And all of its beingness becomes goop inside of a beautiful chrysalis. It's ridiculous, isn't it? And we think, okay, well, that's the end of it now. Surely that's the end. There's no more caterpillar. Well, of course, there's no more caterpillar. It's turned to goop. But the goop is loaded with imaginal cells, the divine code, the blueprint, and so are you. The next thing that is to emerge simply becomes in the time that it is meant to. But it is the releasing and the relinquishing of the form that keeps us stuck. We transform, go beyond the informing in this form. We've got to relinquish that idea. We're not just going to become nice little green caterpillars this time and red caterpillars next time. We're not doing that. We're becoming butterflies for heaven's sakes, with long, elegant legs, a beautiful proboscis, these compound eyes, antenna, wings, and we can fly and we sip nectar. Delightful. That's what it's all about. There are so many clues. Look in nature, start observing, look what transformation is all about. You'll see it everywhere. We're being asked to pay attention. It's not just something that happens in nature. We are part of all of this. We watch it happening ebb and flow, wax and wane, season upon season. Everything is in transformation, regrowth, newness, and the releasing of that which is no longer necessary. But all the data, data, data, data that we accumulated in our being. Once we've got that information, well then we can shift. Why don't we just get that information already? Why don't we get it now instead of torturing and punishing ourselves and wishing everybody was the same? No more that, okay? You do you, you do your life, you do it beautifully, you do it with ease and grace and elegance as much as you can. And if you can't do very well some days, which we none of us can be perfect at that, just love yourself, release it, and know that. Know that aspect of you, of life, of a beautiful being that is in the journey of its greatest life to transcend the story of the human identity. May that be for all of us, my lovelies. May that be so much love, my treasures. Let's take a deep breath. Come on back to the space, deep breath in. Long, slow out breath. And then come into this moment and just be here. We thank our guys and angels for holding us so sweetly. Remember who you are, my lovelies. So important. I'm gonna say it to you every single time. You will know that my precious, precious brother, he's been struggling with like a form of ALS, and he flew home just about two hours ago. Our darling boy, my darling, darling brother. So that was my day. And so we've also been holding that space. And this is so real, this little check-in that we had today, because that is transformation. That is exactly what happens when we're in those moments of end of life. It's such a privilege to be in the end of someone's journey. It's such a privilege to be in their whole journey. So may you all just really get what this life is about. Just understand deeply what the story is. We love deeply, we cry until our eyes just about fall out because we miss them so much. I really miss them. But my sweeties, that is what it's all about. It's about letting go, releasing and letting go so that something else can come in. It's the transcending and the opening of our hearts as we move through this transformation beyond the form. Beyond the form. This is the perfect way to understand it. No mistake that it happened today. Too late for me to say I can't hop on. So we hop on and we find each other. And I love you for being here and holding the space with me. Thank you, everybody, for your kindness. Thank you very much. I'm gonna say goodbye now, and you know that we're on an excellent journey. Remember who you are. Thank you for. Being with me.

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