Grace in Motion - Balance

In this episode, Joy helps us discover the power of the "still point”, a state of deep stillness, pure potential, and inner receptivity. She also shows us how we can settle into the centre of our awareness and reconnect with the quiet space that exists beneath the noise of everyday life.

We also explore why stillness can sometimes feel uncomfortable, especially in a world that rewards constant doing and productivity. But Joy reminds us that stillness is not the absence of life, it is the place from which new life emerges. 

She also shows us that rather than interpreting this space as emptiness or overwhelm, we can see it as a doorway to clarity, creativity, and conscious choice. By pausing, noticing old patterns, and asking ourselves what we truly want, we can begin to shift out of survival mode and into possibility.

Balance episodes are a pathway to harnessing the healing power within, releasing the signals of trauma and accumulated pain from your family history and personal journey. 

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What You’ll Learn

• What the "still point" is and why it matters
• Why stillness can feel uncomfortable or overwhelming at first
• How survival patterns keep us stuck in cycles of doing and distraction
• The importance of noticing and interrupting old thought loops
• How to use stillness as a tool for clarity and self-discovery
• Why imagination and intention shape your future experiences
• How to reconnect with creativity, guidance, and possibility

Key Themes

Balance, stillness, awareness, creativity, intention, self-discovery, grounding, possibility, transformation

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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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Alright, gorgeous ones. Should we hop into the space? I really want to talk to you about a little thing that I've been noticing in the energy field for a while now. And it was so interesting when this frequency came in because I'd never seen it before. 2017 was the first time I saw it. And it was like, I think I'm broken. I can't read energy because there is this energy that I now call still point because it comes in as such a deep stillness. Best I let you know what that is because for certain it is knocking upon your door of consciousness as well. That's a big, big energy, my sweetie. How do we hold it? How do we be in the space with it? This is gonna help a lot. Take a deep breath in, my treasures. A long slow outbreak. Drop, drop, drop into the moment. We know that every time we connect, we just move through this. Smooth the skin on your beautiful face. Relax your jaw. Drop all the tension you're holding in your tummy. Drop your shoulders. Feel the balance of your body. Be aware of your left and your right. And be aware of the space in front of you, behind you, above and below. In all the conceivable directions that we can hold in our awareness. The left or the right side, above or below. Whatever you beaming your attention into, notice that it's you here in the point that is in the center of all the possibilities around you that's noticing you. There's no one else telling you how you must feel and understand and be. It is simply you in a space, time, reality who is holding an energy here and noticing yourself in it. In all the moments when we can stop and just slow down and bring ourselves right into that center, notice ourselves in this moment of life. Notice how much life and how different every aspect that we come into is. When we perceive that which is in front of us, we might open our eyes and see what it is. And then without turning around, you can perceive that which is behind you. Perhaps you can lean back into the back of a chair or the couch, the city. Or perhaps there's an empty space behind you. Whatever it is, you can perceive it without even looking at it. The energy spaces in every possible direction are very different. If we were to perceive what was down here on the ground, we would feel the solidness of whatever is holding us wherever we are, anchoring us, connecting us, and feel that. Feel the certainty of it. And then feel the space above your head, the wide open expanse of space, and how far up you could go relative to how far down you could go until you hit a solid mass, the floor, the grass, the chair, whatever it is. And so you also understanding relative time, space, distance, not just the energy and the feeling, but you actually sensing all the possibilities that are around you. This is so important for us to do as many times in a day as we can. Because when we know that we are in the center of all our perceiving, imagining, and creating, then we can start to move ourselves from the center point into the place and the space, the possibilities that attract us the most. If we could not go into the places where we are fearful and hesitant and go and lock and shut down all the stuff, if we could stay here and feel safe without any activation, activity that makes you lock up and shut down. If you could just stand here and then ask this being, what is the space that I could move into that is my most exciting, most fulfilling, most fabulous potential space. When you feel that, you bring it into you like you're standing in a column of light. I love to describe this as if we're walking in a forest and we've just been tumbling and falling around everything. And then we stop, we just look at all the space around us where we've come from. Dark and tangly, knotted, difficult. And way over there is this beautiful open-looking space with the sunlight peeping down between these tall, tall trees, just moving itself down between the branches, creating a portal, a light column, and we take ourselves into it and we stand in it. That is the feeling of still point. When we choose to place ourselves inside of the space of ourself, in the awareness of ourself in this moment without any story, drama, or karma, just here I am, I am, and then you hold that the still point. This is pure potential. When I'm reading the energy and I see still point in the frequencies, and I read all the way through the body, all the way from the feet up to the crown and above, and watch the signals. For some coming in now, there is still point from head to toe. So let me tell you what this feels like because it's not possible for me to read all your energies, although that would be fabulous. But if you can know thyself, know yourself, know thyself, you can start to reflect on how you've been holding yourself lately, what you've been thinking, and how you've been interpreting yourself in that space. The way our human tends to understand and relate to still point is with immense overwhelm. We can understand this because when we are doing, suing, activating, and showing up, bossing this around in ourselves, we are in the management of our life. We are in the place of activation. That is very comforting for a human system that is wired for the default setting of stay alive, survive at any and every cost. When we are noticing absolutely everything around us and we're distracted out of our minds with it, it's like a smashing upon your energy. That's really what it's like. There's just so much information coming in. So then this being stands there like a deer in the headlights, goes, Oh my gosh, so much information. And the information that comes in is programmed through the system that's in the game of survival. And what does it say? Oh, I'm overwhelmed, I'm depressed, I'm miserable, I don't know where to go, I don't know what to do, my life is challenging, I've only got this and I've only got that, and I've got to know this and got no that. And we create all the panics, panic, panic about your life signals so that you can start to get yourself out of still point and doing and pursuing and activating. Because then the human body in survival says, okay, at least we're doing something. We're organizing, we're doing something, we're showing up. But really, that showing up is not our helpful energy. It's a very distracting, disruptive, disturbing energy to us because it's very fragmented. You will notice that when you're playing in that fragmented energy, that your thoughts are exactly that. They jump from here to there to there to there to there. You can't keep a single thread, you can't hold it. You're all over the place because you've taken yourself out of the still point. The reason why we go out of it is so that we can feel how awful that is. But then this darling human does something ridiculous. It says, Well, it's because I'm awful, because I don't know how to succeed, it's because I'm broken. We attach and we identify with all the shattered, scattered energy around us, and we feel discombubulated, overwhelmed, irritated, angry, disconnected all the time. But when that happens, we shame and blame and judge ourselves and dump all of this energy upon us so much so that we can almost not stand up and get out of it. It's exhausting, and all of that is happening so that you can stop doing it, stop falling in the tangly weeds, stop getting lost in the dark, just stop and then take a breath and look up and see the journey that has brought you to this point, see all the pieces that have caused this agitation in your energy system. Look at all the stories, the stuff, the people, the connections, the collisions, just look at it all and then ask your being is this what I want? Is this the best I can do? Is this my truth? Is this part of my divine and sacred journey? Or could there be more? Could there possibly be more? So we can play this two ways. We can play in the damage, the pain, the despair, the hardship, and there is benefit to that only if we get what it is that's 180 degrees away from that. Otherwise, there is no benefit. We don't benefit ourselves, our family, our friends, our community, and the collective field because that energy is disruptive and discombobulating, contorted. It's a very aggressive, angry, hateful, agitating energy. It serves nobody. It has one purpose alone, and that is to remind us what we don't want. But we have forgotten to ask ourselves, what do we want? What is it that we seek? Because we know how awful this is, surely we also know what it is that is our potential. We know what it is we'll never do again. But have you ever said that to yourself? I'm never doing that again. I'm not going to allow that to be part of my story ever again. Being there, done that, got the badges, and got the clue, and I've got the message. Thank you to all the people who played in the clutter. Thank you for all the drama and all the karma that brought me to this point. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Close the door, done sefinity, done. Now you stand here in this beautiful column of light. It is overwhelming, it is so bright. The point of that is that we've got to re-re illuminate and reactivate this human system. We've got to recharge ourselves. You know how we love to go and sit in the sun with the sun on our back if we've had many days of cold and rain and wet, just like a little lizard, we want to go sit in a rock and absorb the sunlight. Really, that is a reset. We are designed to reset ourselves. But we don't do it because we have this idea that pursuing and doing is all we need to ever do. Accomplishing, showing up, pushing ourselves to the point where we are absolutely exhausted and fed up. And that idea, the pressure that that gives the system is causing immense pressure in our system. Stop, take a breath, feel your still point, the yearning for you to be still. Ask your being, can I give this to me now? Then see what your answer is. Notice how quickly your hand pops out to pull in your phone closer to you just to check a little message quickly. That you just have to check if those doors and windows are closed. Agitations calling your attention, little signals, ding-ling-ling-ling, trying to pull you out of your center. Breathe into it, notice them. The minute you notice them, you've caught them out, and you find yourself back in that place that you are now choosing. Because, my lovelies, only you can choose this for you. Nobody else can. You choose this, you choose this space for you, still quiet, not reliant or dependent on anybody or anything around me for making me feel great. I'm just holding the space and allowing myself to be here. I'm not putting any label or judgment upon how I'm feeling. I can feel any way I like. I've got a full spectrum of possibilities. It doesn't matter. As long as I don't activate them, as long as I don't start playing in them and then shaming myself in the story. Just notice, notice everything, everything. And there you are, you're in still point. Your mind is going, oh my gosh, this is not good for us. We're not going to survive. If you stand still, we're going to be the ones that get eaten. Don't stand still. Your legs and your body are going to agitate you to get up and go and do. Don't let it happen. You're the boss of you. You be still. What is it going to take for you to be still? We as a species are being pulled into still point energy. If we don't agree to come into it, watch how your body is going to help you to get the message. Little ache and pain here, little disconnect there, little something wrong there, and then we go down that river with all the drama, the karma, and all the stuff that happens in that river. Could you just stand here and agree that it's okay? There are many pathways I can go, many ways for me to know and interpret myself. But is it possible? Is it at all possible that we do not need any more data, data, any more information that's telling us this is the story, this is the thing, this is the feeling, this is how we react, this is how we defend. Do we really need one more drop, one more dot of information to inform our form? Just think about that. Or do you want to play the loop again? Because if you want to play it again, you can. If you haven't had enough of all the misery and the agitation and the hardship, then by all means, off you go and play it again. And you might say, I'm a victim to my life and the circumstances you are, if you believe that. Please stop, my lovelies. The power is in you. You're the holder and the creator from this point of view for every single potential that is around you in every single ability, connection, circumstance. You hold the center point. Humanity is being pulled into it so strongly right now that I'm absolutely amazed how many people are coming into this. Not just one in two of the energy centers, but throughout their whole center. And these are the darlings are going, oh, I just don't know what to do anymore. Great. Because when you don't know what to do, you found yourself in the place of not doing that which no longer serves you. You've got that point in you that says, I don't even want to do it anymore. I haven't got the energy or the strength to even pick that up and play with that anymore. Wonderful. You've arrived. And now we've got to recode. From the still point, all the vibrations, the light, the love, the information, the guidance is all streaming into us. And all we have to do is wait and receive it. Let the warmth and sunlight come into our being, warm us, encourage us, and reactivate us. This is a vehicle, it's an energy system, and it is listening to every word you speak, every thought you think, and every activity you create. It is responding to everything that you are inputting. It is outputting something. So now we have to become a little grown up. We have to start watching what we're doing. And that's why I always say to you, please notice. Just notice. Because that is a step for us becoming these amazing beings that are so much more clear, so much more aware and awakened. Still point is an incredible energy gift. It's a surge and a frequency that is helping us to tune into something else. In the stillness, we can recreate. From this point, whatever it is that you wish to move and motivate your life towards, that is already there. We must focus on it and see at that point of what it is that we want to motivate and steer our entire energy system towards. The way to do it is to imagine it like a pathway, like a link, a synaptic chord, and see, feel, and connect as strongly as you can to the point that you're moving yourself towards. You will know that you have moved across towards this because the feeling that you can already imagine what it will feel like to be in the place of prosperity and abundance, laughter, companionship, beautiful relationships that are deeply honoring, ethical, and sincere. We see it in a world that loves and supports us with humanity that loves and supports the earth. It's not something that's not possible, it's completely possible, but we must dream it in. And now when we stand in still point, we have the ability to reach our imagination, to grow our imaginal selves and to create in the movement forward to what it is that our hearts are pulling us towards. Heart's desire, thy will be done, heart's desire, thy will be done. Just remember that thyself, the part of you, your highest expression of who you are. That's who you are, my lovelies. You are already encoded, you have the blueprint, and you have the potential coming in from the energy streams now to support you. It is the most relevant time for us to be here. All you have to be is be here and remember who you are. It's amazing what is going to happen as more and more of us get this. I wish for you to honestly, truthfully, deeply, and sincerely get this message. Imprint it, encode it, listen to it 300 times if you have to, and allow yourself to really deeply, sincerely come back to you. So much love, my treasures. Thank you for you. Let's take a deep breath in, my lovelies. And then a long slow out breath. Anchor this energy. Stand in your absolute. Well done. Take care of your hearts and souls. Thank you for you.

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