Seeing Through The Heart’s Eyes

In this powerful and deeply transformative episode of the Enheartened Living podcast, we explore the journey of spiritual awakening as a profound shift—from operating through the mind’s limited, past-informed logic to trusting your heart’s wisdom and higher guidance. We discuss how true awakening requires learning to look beneath the surface, tuning into the feeling sense, and surrendering the need for immediate logic or external validation. In this episode, you’ll also receive a guided energetic clearing release to support the embodiment of this shift into intuitive, heart-centered living. Come explore what it means to see with the heart’s eyes, and awaken beyond the illusions of conditioned perception.

Transcript

Hello beautiful souls.

Welcome to the Enheartened Living Podcast.

A gathering place for heart-centered souls seeking personal empowerment,

Consciousness growth,

And transformative healing.

I'm energy intuitive and metaphysical healing teacher Marie Blythe,

And in each episode we dive into topics that help you remember how powerful you are,

How wise your heart is,

And how magical your soul is.

So enter this sacred space with me friends and let's enhearten your day.

Hello everyone,

I am so happy to have you here with me today.

In this episode of Enheartened Living,

We're going to talk about the spiritual awakening process and the fundamental dynamics that are happening in this process that creates such drastic transformative change in our lives.

And what I really want to get into is what is actually happening so that you can make a conscious shift within yourself and work with the process of awakening rather than being swept away by it or overwhelmed by it.

When we understand what's happening within us and within our reality,

We can work with it.

And so that's what I want to offer you today as well as a little bit of a healing exercise at the end to help you with some of the hang-ups and the blocks that a lot of people experience when they're going through this process of shift in awareness and awakening.

So when we begin having a spiritual awakening initially,

There are all kinds of different phases to this process.

And everyone's awakening experience looks different,

Happens in different timing,

And it's a very unique process for each individual.

But there's an underlying shift that is happening for everyone.

And what this shift is,

Is a shift in perception and perspective.

So when we first begin a spiritual awakening process,

There's this initial opening in our awareness and our perception.

We start to see the world in a different way and we start to perceive the oneness and interconnectedness of all things.

And what this really is,

Is a lifting of the veil where we start to realize that there is more to our experience than the mundane and than the physical.

And this initial opening is what we often think of as the awakening.

And so when people refer to,

Oh,

I had my spiritual awakening in this year or whatever timing they might give to it,

Often what they're referring to is this initial spark of awakening,

Of when their perceptions started to shift away from their physical 3D reality to the idea that there's something beyond or something greater.

And this initial shift can happen for many different reasons and can be sparked by many different things.

And each of those things are encoded into each person's being.

There's certain timing and certain events that are unique to each individual that are meant to spark that initial awakening in perception.

But the spiritual awakening is not a single event.

It's an ongoing process.

So what happens here is once we have this initial awakening to perception,

That initial lifting of the veil in our reality to where we realize there is something behind the curtain,

There's more to this reality than what I've been told or from what I had previously thought.

And that awakening to awareness is fundamental because it shows us that there's a different reality and a different way of being and living and doing than what we thought.

And this awareness is necessary in order to move forward.

But what often happens next,

After a number of months or even years,

Is that we're called to reconcile all of the aspects of our inner world and our outer world that are out of alignment with this new awakened perception.

So we have to reconcile all of the things from our past,

All of the things in our inner world,

With this new awakening in perception.

And this is what often throws us into what many call the dark night of the soul.

And we can actually have multiple dark nights of the soul.

Some of us actually have a dark night of the soul that leads us into the initial spiritual awakening or that initial perception shift.

But often once we have the initial awakening,

Then we have to use our ability to perceive things in a different way,

To start to go through all of the aspects of our physical life,

All of our relationships,

All of our inner perspectives and perceptions,

And the way that we make choices and view life with this new awakened perception that we have.

So while the initial awakening is often very uplifting and our mind is blown and we're like,

Wow,

The world is so much more beautiful and connected and awe-inspiring than what I thought.

And there's this harmony to everything that I've never seen before.

And there's this beautiful opening inside of us.

Once we have that opening,

Then it becomes more challenging because we can't continue to maintain anything in our life that isn't aligned with that authentic,

Higher perception or perspective that we've now awakened to.

And this is where the inner work comes in.

And this is where challenge comes in because we have to start digging things up,

Doing some shadow work and inner healing and making some physical changes that can be quite difficult.

So one of the things that I learned in my own process and that my guide showed me that was a huge lesson for me was that physical reality,

Our 3D world,

Is kind of unique in that because there's this veil for us and we have this physical structure and these physical objects built around us that are built upon these collective agreements of forgetting,

Of not being able to see that awakened perspective.

We have this reality where two physical things,

Two physical objects or whatever it might be,

Can look physically identical.

But those two identical physical objects could have manifested into our physical world through completely different intentions and energies.

And the way I learned about this and had this really get anchored into my consciousness was I was going through this phase years ago where I had been guided,

My guides had told me,

You need to go through the physical objects that you have,

That you own,

That are in your space here and get rid of things because you have a lot of physical things here that are not serving you,

That are not helping you,

That are taking from you in certain ways,

That are not in alignment with who you are in certain ways,

That are violating your boundaries in certain ways.

And this was something I really didn't understand in the moment.

But I did follow that guidance and as I started to go through the different objects that I had and feel into each of them and use my intuition to say,

Should I keep this or should I not keep this?

As I started to clear those things out that I got to know you shouldn't keep this on,

I started to feel better and my space started to feel better.

And so I sat down and I tuned into my guides and I asked them,

What is going on?

Why is clearing these physical objects out of my space and getting rid of them helping to uplift me and raise the vibration of my space as well?

And I'll also throw in there that at the time I was working as an energy healer in my private practice,

So I regularly did energy work to clear my space,

To clear my objects,

Clear my crystals,

All these different things.

So I was under the impression that I was balancing my space and my energy through doing those practices.

So I went into meditation and I asked my guides about this and what they showed me was two identical vases in my mind's eye.

And they asked me,

Which one of these would you choose?

And I said,

Well,

They look the same.

I don't think it really matters.

Either one is fine.

And they said to me,

Now look at the energy that manifested each of these vases.

So as I intended to do that,

The first one,

I could see the stream of energy behind it that was red and black and kind of crackly and chaotic looking.

It wasn't coherent.

And I could see that the intention and the energy that formed this vase was not really serving.

It wasn't necessarily aligned or helpful.

Then I looked intuitively at the second vase and I could see this energy stream of iridescent rainbow colors of light that were manifesting the second vase into form.

And then at that point,

It made it clear to me that,

Well,

Obviously I would pick the second vase.

It looks a heck of a lot better than the first one in terms of the energy that brought it into form and manifestation.

So after that lesson that I got from my guides,

I really started to shift my perspective on life in general,

That our entire physical reality is shaped through energy,

Frequency,

And intention.

And there's this really fundamental part of our awakening process that's the inner work and that dark night of the soul,

Or even just the challenges that we go through as part of an awakening,

When we start to have the truth revealed to us,

Is that we have to filter through every single thing in our lives that we've created up to that point and perceive the energy that manifested it or the intention that created that thing in our life,

Whether it be an object or a relationship or the place that we're living or our own perceptions of ourself,

Our own limiting beliefs,

And all of these different things.

We have to filter all of that through our new awakened perceptions in order to bring our physical life into alignment with that awakening or that higher perception.

So this is why it's so important while you're in an awakening process to begin to consciously choose to perceive your reality,

Your choices,

Your decisions,

Your actions,

And everything that currently exists for you through the lens of your heart's wisdom,

Your body's wisdom,

And your intuitive knowing,

And to start to look under the surface of everything beyond your lower mind and your physical perceptions.

Our human lower mind is very limited,

And it's informed only by the past,

By past programming.

It's very literal.

So we can never really see the truth of our physical experience through the lens of our lower mind.

That's not actually our mind's role.

When we sense our reality through our lower mind,

That's the old way of being.

That is our old programming from before the awakening that we're perceiving things through.

And so when we're perceiving in that way,

Everything in our physical reality is a reflection of the past because our lower mind can only apply the programming of what it has already known in the past to what it sees in front of it.

And it projects that physical memory onto everything.

But if we're not looking at it from the energy and from what the intention behind the physical creation is,

Then we're not seeing the truth of it.

And that's why it's so important to shift our perspectives and our perceptions and the different choices we take and actions that we take into that heart's knowing and to start to use our intuition and our higher mind,

Which exists beyond our physical reality,

To look at the true intentions and energies that create our world and our reality around us.

When we're presented with something and we're looking at that through our lower mind,

Usually what it does is it perceives that thing,

Whether it be a relationship,

An opportunity,

A physical object,

Whatever it is,

And it takes what it's seeing and then measures it against its database of memory and then says,

Well,

In the past,

This thing harmed me or this thing made me feel good or whatever else that perception might be based on the past and says,

Well,

I like what it did in the past,

So I want that thing because I think it will give me that.

And that's how we make our decisions.

But the vast majority of the time when we're perceiving through that lens,

We aren't getting what we think.

Or an opportunity comes to us that is a blank slate and there are infinite possibilities for that opportunity.

But if we project our past onto it and have this expectation that it's going to take shape in a certain way based on our past programming,

Then we start to shape that opportunity through the lens of our past with our lower mind.

But when we shift our viewpoint and our perceptions through our heart's wisdom and our intuition,

Then we can look at that opportunity and say,

Well,

This is a new opportunity.

I may know what happened in the past,

But I'm going to feel into this and feel if this feels good to me or if it doesn't feel good to me.

I'm going to listen to my higher knowing and decide,

I feel like this is the right thing for me,

Or it seems like I'm being guided into this for one reason or another.

And so I'm going to agree to this,

Knowing that there will be infinite possibilities for how this is going to unfold and that that's going to unfold for my highest good and that I'm being led into this for a reason by my heart's knowing and my intuition.

Those are two completely different ways of navigating our reality.

And it certainly is difficult and takes a lot of time to make this shift in perspective and perception from the mind to the heart's wisdom and our intuitive knowing,

Because there is so much past programming,

Much of which isn't our fault.

It's actually just applied to all of humanity,

And it's ancestral in nature as well,

That we have to start to unwind and undo in order to start perceiving all of our world and making all of our choices and decisions through this higher lens.

And that's where the challenge comes in,

Because there's a lot of chaos,

A lot of unraveling and undoing of things in our reality as we start to make this shift in perception within ourselves.

And it's very difficult when we start to see the truth of certain things,

Maybe what people's true intentions are when they're connecting with us in certain ways,

Rather than what we were thinking that they were doing or thinking their intention was this certain thing based on the words that they said.

But we might now start to realize,

Well,

Those words are not really aligned with their intention.

And maybe they were saying something that they thought I wanted to hear,

Because they could get what they wanted from me by saying that.

And now I can see their true intention,

And that's painful.

It's hard to start to reveal the challenging lower intentions that have manifested our relationships and our experiences,

And to have to work through that process of revealing and undoing.

So if you're in the midst of this process,

I want you to know that you're not alone.

This is a fundamental part of spiritual awakening.

And there are many,

Many,

Many other people who have gone before you that have gone through this exact experience and know what it's like and have also moved to the other side of it.

And there are people that are going through this with you at the same time as you are.

And there are others that haven't quite had their awakening yet,

That are about to step into the same thing.

So you're not alone in this.

And it is something that you can move through.

But what's important to know is that the more you start to activate and integrate your hearts knowing and your intuition as your guiding force,

The more you'll break down what's false in your reality or what's shaped through the lower mind and false perceptions.

Until eventually,

There's nothing left in your reality that's manifested through that lens of the past.

And you can move forward into the rebirth process or what comes after the dark night of the soul process of stepping into a reality that you have created through that heart's perception or higher perception to where there is no more room for imbalance,

For untruths,

For lower intentions,

For the shadow and all of those different things.

And it does take a lot of work to get there.

But there's a lot of support in this process from spirit and from your guides and your higher self.

There is a plan for this for you that has been pre-encoded into your energy body to allow this process to unfold for you in the exact right timing.

And there is a plan to get you through and to the other side of it.

So as you work through this process of perception shifting,

What I want to offer you are a few healing statements or tools that are going to help you overcome some of that programming from your past and from human programming,

Ancestral programming,

Etc.

,

That make it difficult to make this perception shift.

So there are three separate things here that I want to address and help you with so that you can make this internal shift more easily and more quickly so that it might not be quite so much of a struggle for you.

Because it's difficult enough to have to go through having this new perception and filter our whole reality through it and clean up the mess that was created through our lower perspective and perceptions.

So we don't want to have to battle the conflict between these two ways of perceiving that we all still have within us,

That lower mind perceiving and then the higher mind and heart wisdom perceiving.

We'll flip-flop back and forth between those two and there's nothing wrong with that.

But getting into that inner battle between our lower mind and our higher knowing can create more suffering for us.

So these are some tools that I want to offer you to help bring that conflict between your lower mind and your higher knowing into more balance,

So that you can use your lower mind as a tool to see what's out of alignment and react to that in an unbalanced way maybe,

So that you can bring in that higher awareness and recognize when that's happening and then use that lower mind perception that you're now witnessing from your higher perspective to consciously choose to make a shift.

So the first thing that we often struggle with is making those really knee-jerk reactionary decisions based on our lower mind perceptions.

So when we're offered something,

When somebody asks us to do something with them or connect with them in a certain way,

It's very easy for our lower mind to make a decision based on past programming.

And so often we'll make decisions very quickly with the lower mind because we know what the past pattern is and we tend to just repeat that past pattern.

So we'll say yes or no to something based on what we've always done in the past.

So when we do that,

We're not giving ourselves space to tune in because that's a skill to cultivate and it takes time to do that,

To tune into our intuition and our heart's guidance.

So one of the most critical things you can do in making this perspective shift as you work through your awakening process is to allow yourself the space and the time that you need in order to tune in and make a heart-guided decision or an intuition-guided decision rather than just making a decision based on immediate reactions that the lower mind is creating based on that past pattern or past programming.

What often happens is as we awaken and we have these two perspectives that we can see through is that we might make a knee-jerk reaction based on our lower mind and then we get into the space where we're thinking,

Oh man,

I regret saying that,

I regret doing that,

I regret agreeing to that,

And now I'm stuck in this situation where I've agreed to something that I know that isn't good for me.

And so there's a couple things that can happen here.

If we have programming that says that we have to honor our commitments to other people or that we've said yes to and that we don't have the leeway to make a different decision or to change our mind,

This can create a lot of suffering for us because now not only are we perceiving that we've made this decision that is based on past programming that isn't right for us,

But now we also have this programming that tells us that we have to suffer through that decision that we made with our lower mind because we can't change our mind or we have to honor this commitment that we made.

And that's simply not true.

We are beings that have free will and we can make free will choices at any time.

That's human ancestral collective programming that is limiting for us that tells us that we can't change our mind.

And if you can shift this within yourself,

This limiting belief that says you can't change your mind and that you can't back out of something that you've agreed to,

That you are now aware isn't in your highest good,

Then you can really release a lot of suffering that you could experience down the road as you work through this process of shifting your inner perspectives and perceptions or that flip-flop between the lower and the higher mind.

So I want to offer you a clearing statement here to help you to make these shifts in your inner world and in your limiting beliefs and different programming that you have that will one,

Help to give you the space that you need to make heart-guided decisions and choices and two,

Will break down that programming that tells you that you can't change your mind especially when that change is aligned with your highest good and what's best for you.

So I'm going to read an affirmation statement that's going to create a frequency or a vibration that is meant to clear out that old programming and bring in new aligned programming for you that is in your highest good.

And so as I read this statement,

You can just say out loud or in your mind,

I agree and your guides and your higher self will start to help you break down and clear these different energies in your energy body that make it difficult for you to make this shift.

So I'm going to make this first statement now.

I allow myself the space and time I need to make heart-guided decisions and choices.

I am always allowed to make different choices and break any agreements that are not in alignment with my highest good.

Guides,

Higher self,

And higher power please clear any anchoring energies and secondary energies that are not in alignment with this statement and bring in aligned templates and energies that support my highest good and the highest good of all.

So if you agree,

You can just say I agree and your guides will help you work through this process in timing that's right for you.

If you're still and you're listening in a where it's quiet,

You might feel energy already start to clear.

But if you're driving a car or you're doing something else right now,

This clearing will start to happen if you agree to it in timing that's right for you or to where it's safe for you to begin clearing these different energies,

Maybe in your sleep or something like that.

So as you approach new decisions and you're given choices and opportunities and you're not sure,

You're maybe faltering between the lower mind and the higher mind.

You're aware that oh I used to say this but now I'm not sure.

You can always say something like hey I'll have to check my schedule and I'll get back to you or give me a few minutes to think about it or I'll call you later and let you know.

Whatever it is,

Start to implement your voice as a tool to give you that space that you need,

However much space and time that is,

To make that decision.

Now once we start breaking this down and start to create that space,

Now we get into something that leads us to a little bit more challenge to where we're battling between our lower mind and higher mind and how do we make that decision.

We can often feel this battle as we're faced with different choices and different challenges in our life.

We're aware of the old program and it can feel very difficult and even bring up a lot of fear and a sense of lack of safety because our mind is trying to tell us oh if you don't do this thing that's based on the past and how we've always done it,

You're going to be unsafe.

But then we also have our higher knowing telling us this new choice that we are going to make is going to lead us in a better direction and help us release a lot of things that aren't helping us and so as we move forward we can have this really deep conflict between the lower mind and our heart's wisdom and our inner knowing.

So once we can suss out the difference between the two,

The decision that's coming from fear and past programming and then the decision or choice that's coming from love,

From our intuition,

From our heart's wisdom and our body's wisdom,

Then we can make a commitment to ourselves that we will always follow what's in our highest good and what's guided by that higher wisdom regardless of what the lower mind is telling us.

And when we make that commitment then we're supported in making that leap or making that shift in thinking each and every time we're confronted with that and it allows us to come into alignment with clearing the past programming and releasing that by stepping into the higher knowing and higher wisdom choices.

One of the reasons that this is such a challenging shift to make is because we have been programmed and trained through many lifetimes to prioritize the mind,

That the mind is superior,

That the mind is better than everything and it is the way forward.

And so overcoming that programming is very,

Very difficult.

So what I want to offer you here is another clearing statement that helps to restore your lower mind to its rightful place.

The lower mind or the ego mind is not a bad thing.

It's a way that we filter our reality and filter our perceptions so that we can understand them and act.

But when it's allowed to lead and control everything in our reality,

That's when we get into trouble.

So this is a statement to help begin a process to restore your lower mind to its aligned role,

To its proper role,

And to bring your heart's wisdom and your higher guidance into that place of authority within you,

To allow that to be your leader rather than the lower mind.

So if you'd like to work through this shift statement,

I'm going to make another statement and you can agree to it out loud or in your mind.

I agree when I'm finished with the statement and again,

It will begin to unravel this programming within you and unfold a clearing process that will be supported by your higher self and your guides.

So here's the statement.

I allow my body,

My heart's wisdom,

And my higher guidance to guide my choices,

Actions,

And decisions fully.

I restore my lower mind to its rightful and aligned role and allow my heart and higher mind to inform my lower mind.

Guides,

Higher self,

And higher power,

Please clear any anchoring energies and secondary energies that are not in alignment with this statement and bring in templates and energies that are aligned with my highest good and the highest good of all.

If you agree to this,

You may go ahead and give your permission and again,

This clearing will start to unfold for you.

So the third thing here is that our ego often wants to know why we're being guided into certain things.

So once we start to shift into or lean more into our heart's guidance,

Our ego will still be present.

That lower mind will still be present and will start to question or assign a reason to why we're supposed to do something or why this is the right choice because that helps our lower mind feel safe.

If it can understand the reason behind something and think that it knows what's going to unfold if we make this higher choice,

Then it helps our ego to feel safe and secure.

But what I will tell you through my personal experience is that 95% of the time,

What my ego and my lower mind tell me is the reason that I'm doing something or being guided into it is wrong,

Is not correct or accurate.

For a long time,

I really struggled with this myself because I would have this suffering that came from that,

This shock of like,

The only reason I made this decision or allowed myself to make this higher choice was because I thought I was going to get this thing out of it or it was going to lead to this specific positive outcome that I was wanting,

And it didn't.

That doesn't mean that it wasn't your best choice or that it wasn't in your highest good.

It just means that your ego,

Or my ego in this case,

Was attached to a certain outcome.

That's an important thing to start to shift when we finally start to lean on our inner knowing more is to start to allow our why to be open and to start to be comfortable with the unknown because we cannot create something new or a better reality unless we step into the unknown because the unknown is where something new,

Better,

And more uplifting lies.

That's where unlimited potential is.

And if we are guiding ourselves through our ego and lower mind,

The only thing we can do is recreate what is known,

To recreate what we have already experienced in the past,

Which is actually what most of us are trying to overcome is those imbalances and limitations and traumas that have been created in our past.

So in order to overcome that,

We have to start to become comfortable with stepping into the unknown and not knowing the why,

But coming into this space of deep trust of our heart and our higher wisdom,

And that they're going to lead us to where we will be most uplifted,

Most safe,

Most sovereign,

And free.

So the third clearing statement or healing release that I'd like to offer you here is to help get your why in alignment with your heart's truth because when we're in alignment and we're seeing and perceiving through that heart's guidance,

The higher guidance,

Our why is always the same,

And that why is because this is my highest path and because my heart tells me to and because this path that I'm choosing is in the highest good of all.

It's in the highest good of myself and all others,

And that is why I'm making this choice,

Even if I don't know what the path looks like or what the outcome is.

So if this is something that you're feeling ready for,

And again,

This will unfold in a way that's in your highest good,

That's in right timing for you,

So you won't be given too much at once,

But if you're ready to shift your why and get a little bit more comfortable with the unknown and allowing that heart's guidance to guide you and to really trust that,

We're going to do another statement to help you come into this alignment.

So here we go.

I allow my why to always be because I choose the path of acting for the highest good of all,

And this choice is aligned with my heart's wisdom and my soul's guidance.

I feel safe in my body and mind always when this is my why.

Guides,

Please clear any anchoring energies and secondary energies that are not in alignment with this statement and bring in templates and energies that are in my highest good that allow my why to always be in the highest good of all.

Okay,

So if you agree to this,

You can say in your mind or out loud,

I agree,

And again,

This clearing will unfold.

So I hope that these concepts and this understanding helps you as you continue through your awakening process.

This is a very difficult part of the journey,

That shift in perception between our heart's wisdom and our lower mind,

And there's going to be challenge there.

There's going to be conflict there because we're unlearning something that we've been programmed to do from day zero,

And from even before this lifetime.

There's a lot of programming that we inherit through our collective understanding,

Through our ancestral lineage,

And from our own past lives that conflict with this alignment with our higher knowing.

And in making this shift though,

We are freeing ourselves from the past and from repeating limiting patterns.

This shift in perception is what awakening is all about,

But we have to destroy,

We have to employ this idea of sacred destruction and sacred chaos to stir up the energy and destroy the creations that have been made through lack,

Through limitation,

And through false perceptions.

We can't just push those things aside and pretend they didn't happen or that they don't exist and move forward.

We have to employ this energy of sacred destruction so that something new can be crafted from the wisdom of our higher knowing that is in alignment.

And that's when we start to move more and more into flow with the energy of creation.

We're no longer limited or held in lack or held in a space of control and domination when we break down these old programs that were shaped through fear and through our past programming.

Thank you so much for being here with me today.

Make sure to take good care of yourself if you worked through these healing statements.

Drink plenty of water,

Take a salt bath or shower,

And intend to release these energies into the water.

That can really help to clear a lot of energy.

You may have energy clearing symptoms,

So just know that that's part of the process and those will balance out once this clearing is complete.

If you need help grounding,

You can put your bare feet outside on the ground or eat something,

Take a walk in nature.

And thank you again so much for being here with me.

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All those beautiful things.

And until next time,

I'm sending you so much love and peace,

And I'm wishing you a very enheartened day.