Reclaim Your Heart

The corridor of your heart is filled with rooms occupied by memories, people, and creatures. Some live there in harmony with you and others do not. In this meditation, Sam guides you through a practice of investigating these tenants of your heart and perhaps enforcing some housekeeping.

Transcript

Hello and welcome,

My name is Sam.

Just a quick warning before we go into this journey today.

We will be revisiting some of our darker memories and experiences in our past in the hopes of transmuting and releasing it.

So if you do have a history of abuse or serious mental illness,

Please proceed with caution.

But I hope you guys enjoy.

As always,

We'll start with just a nice deep breath to get present.

So take a deep breath in and exhale.

That's it.

Notice the position of your body.

Make sure that you are comfortable.

It's also important to make sure that you're feeling safe in your physical space right now.

So if you need to close a door or grab a blanket or change the posture,

Seated perhaps rather,

Or find something to lean against,

This is a good opportunity to do that so that you feel as comfortable and safe as you can.

If you haven't yet,

You can close your eyes.

And imagine you're standing outside.

It's a cool winter's night and you're standing in front of a building you adore.

Three steps lead you up to the front door.

Three,

Two,

One.

You place your hand on the cool doorknob,

Turn it and enter.

Inside,

You take off your coat and breathe your warm breath into your cupped hands before rubbing them together for some heat.

And as the warmth begins to settle in your bones,

You find yourself in a long corridor.

This is the corridor of your heart,

Your soul's home and the place where all of you resides.

On both sides,

You see several doors,

All with different colors,

Shapes and textures.

And you arrive at the first door on your right.

Place your hand on the doorknob.

It's warm.

This has been used recently and frequently.

And you decide to enter.

This room belongs to the person that hurt you.

They live here.

It's somewhat neat inside,

In the way a room that sweeps the dust under the mat is neat.

You see some clothing hanging over a chair and a curtain that dances in front of an open window.

Feeling somewhat unwelcome here,

You realize that you're faced with a choice.

This room is in your heart and you can decide who occupies it.

So what will you do?

Will you burn the room to the ground?

Will you clean it up?

Will you perhaps renovate and give it new purpose?

See whatever you choose take place now.

And once that is done,

You leave the room thanking this person for fulfilling their soul contract with you.

Therefore,

They graciously agree to share this experience with you in order for you to grow in this way.

And now finally you can close this door behind you.

You're back in the corridor.

Notice the color of the carpet or flooring underneath you.

Perhaps there's chandeliers hanging from the ceiling,

Wallpaper on the walls.

As you carry along the corridor,

You reach the next door.

You place your hand on the doorknob and this one is freezing cold.

You try to enter and lean against the door,

But something is blocking it from inside.

Using your full body weight,

You force your way in and finally squeeze through the gap in the door.

This room is where your memories live and it is packed.

Shelves with books cover every inch of walls,

Stacks of movies and songs lay around everywhere between the tables that are covered with framed pictures.

There's a mixture of feelings in this room.

Almost bittersweet with some beautiful and some filled with sorrow.

You look around,

Not knowing where to begin,

But you know you have a choice to make.

Burn it,

Clean it,

Move things around,

Change it into something else,

A library,

Study,

Laundry room,

A nursery perhaps?

Any choice is good and right,

But a choice is necessary.

You see whatever you choose take place with the utmost ease and feel your shoulders get lighter and your mind get clearer.

Ready to leave this room,

You have a big sigh of relief and step back out into the corridor,

Closing the door behind you.

Immediately you notice the next door.

It stands out from the stylish corridor with its chipped paint and flickering lights that you can see shining through the bottom of the door.

Hesitantly you place your hand on the doorknob and perhaps unsurprisingly you discover that it's covered in the most disgusting slime.

Immediately frustrated with this room you barge in to see what's going on.

This is where your shame lives.

That monster that speeds you down and holds you back.

A slippery creature that changes shape from this moment to the next.

And the room is an absolute mess.

Pipes are leaking through rotting holes in the ceiling,

Unfinished paintings and projects are hanging from the walls and in the corner,

Almost like an eerie shrine.

There is a pile of missed opportunities and failure surrounded by undead candles.

Once again you're faced with a choice.

Burn,

Clean or renovate.

This is your opportunity to banish this creature from your heart in order to make room for something else.

See whatever you choose take place and close this door behind you for good.

As you step back into the corridor you see other doors on both sides,

Wide open with light falling into the corridor.

As you gently step closer you hear the sound of laughter and joy spilling out.

Rooms for as far as you can see are filled with people that love you and memories of your happiest past.

You smile as you silently walk past each of them as to not disturb them,

Taking it all in and feeling your heart get lighter and warmer.

Up ahead at the end of the corridor you see a grand glass door.

This door is where your future and sacred self lives.

It has a holographic quality to it as it's clearly unused but it beckons you forward.

Bravely you approach with key in hand,

Take a deep breath in and as you exhale you open the door and eagerly step through.

This door is where your future and sacred self lives.

You smile as you gently step closer you hear the sound of laughter and joy spilling out.

The door is where your future and sacred self lives.

The door is where your future and sacred self lives.

The door is where your future and sacred self lives.

The door is where your future and sacred self lives.

The door is where your future and sacred self lives.

The door is where your future and sacred self lives.

Reviews

Such a helpful visualisation meditation. Helped me see my heart in a whole new way. I have a choice in what I keep in there and what to do about it! Time for some good housekeeping! Thank you Sam, from one fellow South African to another. 🙏🕉️

🙏absolutely beautiful, thank you Sam!

Wow. That was an be if the most powerful meditations I have every had the fortune to experience. Thank you.

Absolutely beautiful! Such a gentle approach to going deep to get to the heart of & releasing suffering. Thank you for this gift!

Amazing meditation. Exactly what i needed. So magical. You have a great gift.

That was one of the most amazing meditations and brought out much needed emotion. Thank you for sharing this and I know I will continue to listen. This one really hit the depths of my soul. Namaste ✨

Thank Sam, I super moment of reflection to which I will return and journal

Different and interesting 💜

Dear Sam your awesome meditation moved me deeply
My mother passed away some months ago and we declutter renovate and clean her rooms and flats
It is such an opportunity
You can't expect to find something new in your life holding on to old habits and things
Your magic heart house is so heartfelt touching
Thank you for your gift

Exactly what I needed! Thank you!

Very moving experience. I will need to return to this many times to find peace about renovation.

I’m so grateful for this visualization. I needed this at this exact moment in my life to clear out and move forward! Thank you!

Thank you for sharing this wisdom. Just what I needed to hear in this moment.

The visualization and your guidance in this meditation has been the best thing that’s happened for me on my healing journey. I finally cried. Thank you.

Your use of music with your voice is beautiful - very effective and powerful! Thank you so much!

Wow!!! Deeply moving & healing. Thank you!!!

This was an amazing experience! I could go into a space of peace. Thanks for this meditation Sam!