The Hearts Portal - Processing

In this episode, Joy invites us to reconnect with the wisdom and power of the heart, as we are guided into a calm, sacred space where breath, presence, and intention help us remember who we are beyond the distractions of everyday life.

We explore the heart as a powerful point of connection, and we’re encouraged to see it as a place where energy can be received, amplified, and shared. Joy also reminds us that, even when life feels uncertain or tangled, there is always a pathway back to light, clarity, and inner knowing.

Lastly, we are reminded that our greatest source of steadiness does not come from external circumstances, but from the connection we cultivate within. And as we anchor into our heart, we become a source of kindness, compassion, and support for both ourselves and those around us.

Processing episodes help release our burdens and points of suffering, enabling us to break free from their hold.

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What You’ll Learn

• How the heart can serve as a gateway to deeper awareness
• Why seeking is part of the process of creating a new reality
• How breath and presence help you reconnect with yourself
• The importance of finding safety and stability within
• How to use challenging moments as opportunities for growth
• Why kindness and compassion create powerful energetic ripples
• How to become a steady source of light in everyday life

Key Themes

Processing, heart-centred awareness, inner guidance, compassion, presence, energy, remembrance, connection, light

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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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As we are settling down now, let's come into the space so that we can connect, use our time beautifully, and hold a new thought. Perhaps it's a new thought, maybe it's just consolidating an idea that you already have. Whatever weird is, just know that all of us are connecting. There's a divine design in it. So that we can hear something that will either remind us or amplify that memory or just give us a nudge in that direction. Wherever we are, it doesn't really matter. But what is important that we continue on this journey of seeking, holding, connecting, aligning, because that really is the journey that is going to give us the new picture. For us, it's not really a new picture. It's just the longing for the picture that we want so dearly to manifest in this time-space reality. The more of us who hold that energy, the better it's going to get, the better likelihood we have of that actually transpiring and happening in our world. Today we're going to talk about the heart as a portal, an access point through which we can draw energy and place it into a space, anchor it, or we can amplify through our heart energy towards something. So it's a giving and a receiving energy, energy of flow and energy of the breath, in and out, back and forth, open and closed. It's that kind of energy. If you think about a portal, what comes to mind for you, my lovelies? What is the energy that you hold in that? How do you imagine a portal to be? When I've been working with some DFO, if they've not liked the word portal at all, I think they think maybe it's a little bit too woo-woo or out of space or something like that. So if the word portal offends you, don't close off your awareness just because of a word or meaning that it might have for you. Just stay open and put in something else. Put a stream or put something else that makes you feel like you are more connected. A space that you go into with more thoughtfulness, more awareness, and that you can connect mind, body, and being. That you could also receive immense light. So lovely that feeling. The idea that I have with this is I imagine I was walking in this dark and tangly forest, and we're tripping and falling over everything, crashing and colliding, and we just can't see our way. It's just absolutely exhausting. And that pretty much is how we've been doing our human journey, isn't it? And then we just stop and we take a breath. Whew, we just can't do this anymore. Just exhausting, pushing, trying, endeavoring, not being able to find our way, and not even certain if this is the way. We imagine that feeling what it must be like. When we come to the point where we just say, No, I can't do this anymore, takes a lot of courage to come to that point where we just say to ourselves, this is not working for me. And wonder how many of you are there. Then if we stop pushing and the endeavoring, the pursuing, and we stop right there in this dark, tangly forest, and we lift our head and we look around us into the darkness and the shadows. We can barely see anything, but we just know that there's not enough that we can see. That's giving us a lot of insecurity. Because we're just hoping for the best, managing, doing the best we can, coping. You know, those are my least favorite words, hoping, managing, and coping. They sound just desperate, don't they? Then, as we're standing there, taking a breath, getting our breath back, we look up and we see way over there in the distance, it looks like there is a light coming down between the trees. Because we see something else, we focus on that and we start to move ourselves towards that. If you can imagine yourself focusing on something else and taking yourself towards the other thing, what a wonderful feeling that would be for you to be able to maneuver in the space that you are, this dark and tangly forest. But now you could move with more purpose, more awareness, vision. There is something that you can see and that you know, and something that is beckoning you to move towards it. And so you do. And perhaps you do it with a little bit more care, or perhaps you do it with great haste because you feel like I can't do the dark anymore. However, you see yourself maneuvering through this forest, moving yourself towards that light that is streaming down between the trees. Just feel like how that would be for you. Then imagine that you go into that space and you see this beautiful column of warm sunlight that you haven't seen for such a long time. But you just know it and it feels beautiful. So you take yourself into it and you stand there and you allow your whole self to be bathed in this beautiful light, to be warmed by the sunlight. A feeling like, oh, this is great, worth all the great struggles, the tangles, and the falls, so that I can find myself here in this beautiful place of peace and warmth, kindness, to feel encapsulated in the light beam that is holding me. Yet it's not really holding you, is it? If you were to move yourself out of it, you would notice the change in temperature from this warmth of the sunlight into the space that's a little bit shadowy, and if you went a little further, it would become cooler. It's like, hmm, I don't think I want to go there. And you take yourself back into this beautiful beam of light, and you stand there because it feels right. It feels like that is what you know, and that's what you belong to. Imagine that we could be like that. We have found this beautiful light energy, this beautiful corridor of light, this portal that is pouring down upon the earth. And all we have to do is to take ourselves into it. However, we do that doesn't matter. But that our focus stays towards that light that is beaming down into the space. The space is not the same as any other of the spaces around it, and yet it's the same space. Just there was a little easement between the branches, and the sunlight could penetrate through and come down into this little spot. If you stood there and you just stretched out your arm, you would feel the change in temperature as the beam of light would be so strong right here where you stand in the center. But if you stretch out or reach a part of you outside of it, or God forbid, you've got something to do, and you just go quickly, oh no, I just better go and do a few things, and then you walk yourself out of the stream, and you go and do your busy must-should have to, and you do whatever that is, and you've taken yourself out of that beam, then imagine that you bring yourself back into it because you can feel the difference. There's something that registers in you that this is the place to be, to hold my awareness and my consciousness here. How lovely is it for us to imagine this as the light space that is available to us, that's already here, shining in the space that is everywhere. If we bothered to look and raised our heads and spent a little less time focusing down and trying to map out every single step that we're taking, we start to move with more ease and grace. Imagine that. Wouldn't it be beautiful? Imagine if it could be just like that, and we choose to take ourselves towards it. May that be. So just feel that little picture in your mind as we go in now. And we hold the space with so much love and grace, kindness and compassion. So where you are right now, imagine yourself in the quiet space that allows you simply to be there. Take a deep breath, then, my treasures. Then a long, slow out breath. And as you relax into the space, soften your tummy, smooth the skin on your beautiful face, drop your shoulders, and feel connected to where you are right now. There is this precious earth, and no doubt we are here having a journey on this precious earth. Notice yourself in the moment of pause, and feel your precious heart. Perhaps you'll even put your hand upon your heart. Feel the steadiness of the beat. Thank you, God. Become aware of the steady, reliable breath that moves in and through. So grateful. And become aware of the arms of gravity that are holding you just perfectly. How wonderful is that. Here we are in a space that we claim as sacred. We call in our guides and angels, divine presence, come in, be close, be with me now. Whatever it is that I can connect to, whatever it is that will support me. May I turn on that part of me that has access to so much more. You feel your precious heart beating steadily for you. It's this gentle rhythm that is reminding you that you are here and you are alive and you're in a body. For as long as we meant to be in this world, to be taking this meander, this heart will beat, these eyes will see, and these ears will hear. We will smell, taste, perceive, and understand, connect and collide, integrate with all of life around us. And all of this is happening in moments and every moment that we experience. The mind and the body, the sensory being is interpreting us in the time, space, reality that we find ourselves in. If we were to be lifted right now from the place and space that we're in, and we were to be sped along towards a new space that we didn't know anything about, we hadn't planned or prepared, and we would simply walk out of the capsule and step into the place that is brand new. What would be the consistent thing there? It would be you. There would be nothing that's the same, nothing at all. Nothing that you could say, oh, this is familiar, now I feel at ease. And we would go into this unknown terrain, this new space. But we are there and we know ourselves, know thyself. And we know this one, we know our heart's desire. We know what we are seeking, longing for. We are the ones who are present here right now in this space-time reality, no matter where we are, no matter what it looks like around us, no matter what the people are like, and the story that's playing out there at this point of history, we are known. We are known to divine, and we are known while we're in this vehicle to our own beautiful self. That beautiful self is just a little facet of the diamond of all that is. A tiny little particle of all that is. So if we come from all that is, and we are the spark of life of all that is, then surely that spark of life is held within us. We know it and we can feel it in the moments when we feel the yearning and the longing. We want the space around us to inform us that we're safe and held, supported, seen, valued, honored, respected. We want that, the people in the space, to do that for us. But that's a lot to ask, isn't it? Because we don't know the space that we're in. We're in the space right now, it might look and feel a certain way, and we might have got a little bit of a handle on how to manage here, how to be in the space. But we can't rely on that outside feedback for the one who is inside this vehicle, this mind-body being, to be happy. We can't rely on the performance and the stories of anything that's outside of us to know who we are. Here we might be in this whole new place that we've never been before. And I think we're going to experience that. So, what are we going to do? Run around and scream and scream and say, Oh, I don't know anything here. I don't know, I don't know. But you do, you do know. You know exactly who you are. You are the very breath of the divine. You are this beautiful being that has the integrity, the heart, and the soul of all that is. We seek to be more part of that. Why do we do that? So ridiculous, isn't it? We do all these things to make ourselves more tuned and more attentive and more everything else, and we do courses that give people a lot of money to teach us how to do it. It seems quite ludicrous, doesn't it? Because we're that already. We just have to remember that this is who we are. That's my job. I only have one job, and that is to remind you so that you can remember who you are. No matter where you are, no matter what space you're in, and no matter what it looks like, your precious heart and soul is connected. When we find ourselves moving through that dark, tangly forest and we stand in that column of light, we feel like we've reconnected our umbilical cord, our spiritual connection to all that is. We feel it in the glowing warmth, the generosity of the sunlight. But the sunlight will only be there during the day. So, what are we going to do with ourselves when the sun has gone to sleep for the night? What will we do with ourselves? Will we forget who we are? Or will we hold that space of us, that sweetness of us? Know that there is cycle, there is rhythm, there is perfection in the divine design, and we are part of it. And so there may not be some sunlight pouring down for a while, for a few hours. But you still can breathe, you can still be held in the arms of gravity, you still have all your senses and perceptions, and you still have your precious heart that knows. So we feel the connection to the heart. When we know this part of us is not reliant or dependent upon something here in the human structure, we set ourselves free. When we are untangled from all of this, and we step into that place of absolute, the place of knowing and trusting. We remember who we are and we hold the space graciously, knowing that everything is an ebb and flow, the cycles, the wax and the wane. It is all in the divine design. Then could I rest in the time and just wait? Waiting seems so very difficult for us, doesn't it? We get so agitated, we're stuck in a traffic jam, or we're waiting in a line, we got some form or some ridiculous thing to fill in, and we're just not being served quick enough. Waiting is very difficult for us because we have this agenda of movement and activation and doing and showing up. And I'm a busy person for heaven's sakes, can't waste my time with this. But maybe, my lovely, you're sitting right there in that place with a long, long cue. And maybe you're sitting next to someone who needs to hear something from you, or perhaps they just need to feel the energy that you're holding. In all those dark and tangly spaces we find ourselves in as humanity, where we've knotted ourselves up into the tangles of our stories. If we were to sit quietly and imagine that this beautiful heart that you have, connected in that spiritual umbilical cord to all that is, and you begin to open that up and beam the light around you, you become that light portal. You become the one that can hold that space, no matter what it looks like and feels like to everybody else around there, no matter how they are interpreting it or understanding it, no matter what their expectations are, if you could just stay in that space and hold this light, the integrity, the kindness, the compassion, the caring, and you continue to hold it, stabilize it in all the great and tangly, awful places that we are finding ourselves in. Enough of us stop and create these incredible light beams, these connecting beams of light. We see these as anchoring energies connected to all that is. Surely the light will come on that so many will be able to see and find their way. The magnetic field of that draws those towards it. There's a lovely feeling like, oh, let's just go stand. There it's warm, it's kind, it's gentle, it's consistent, it's generous. Hold it. Not doing, don't get yourself out of your beam and miss that beautiful energy that's being poured down through it. Think about those times when you do stop, that this is like light codes, light energy. And the light codes are being transmitted in and through your being, through your cellular being, into your auric field, into your crystalline nature, that you are being replenished as you stand in those places wherever you are holding yourself in prayer, in meditation, in quietness, stillness, that you are anchoring in, you're allowing, you're trusting, you're letting the glow of light, of divine light flow into you. Then you, my love, become the heart portal. That your heart that is connected to all and everything begins to activate, not just beat and pump. Well, we say it's a pump, it's not, it's actually a vortex, an energy vortex. You start to create an upward spiral in this vortex that connects to all that is, and you anchor it down into the earth and hold it here. It's an activating, ever-increasing, opening, beautiful light energy stream through your heart. I wonder how you might do this and play with this in the future. When you find yourself in all those places where we are feeling the crush of humanity, where we're being asked to wait, to stand in line. We feel like we're giving up so many of our rights. I have a right to get this done. I have a right to be served. I have busy life. We have all these things that we say are our right to do. Yes, to do and be the life in the life we want to be busy and doing would we love it. It's very, very encouraging for us to do all that stuff. But there are moments when there is nothing else to do because we're kind of stuck in the space that we are in. But we're never truly stuck when we connect up and out and through, and we open up a beam of light. Everyone who is holding that space with us, because they also locked in to gridlock, stuck in the space, and then we just pour this light into it. What a wonderful gift that would be that people will suddenly just feel like, oh my gosh, it's okay. Take a breath, relax, breathe. Looks like we're all stuck, looks like we're all here for a little while. But just breathe and remember that you hold a light. And the moment you hold a light, others see and feel it and move towards it. So many come in that we begin to create this energy vortex through the heart portal that is just waiting to be activated. So we can play with it in the small ways of our day-to-day lives. See how that goes for you. Can't wait to hear how it is. Those of you who can connect with me in all the other ways to send messages, I can't wait to hear. May this hold you so beautifully, my treasures. May you hold yourself with such kindness, with the heightened consciousness of a one who is here on time, a being of light, a being of love. May your heart portal open, expand in the most incredible and phenomenal way, so that you can start to be in this world fully on purpose. Part of the divine design. So much love to you, my treasures. Thank you for you and being here and holding the space and holding each other. I just love it.

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