The Joy of having 'Inner Sight' (Third Eye & Mind Chakra)

Summary

Podcast Summary: The JOY Broadcast with Ali Mortimer

Episode: The Joy of having 'Inner Sight' (Third Eye & Mind Chakra)
Date: April 22, 2025
Host: Ali Mortimer, Life Consultant & Joy Coach

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Brief Overview

In this episode, Ali Mortimer delves into the theme of “Inner Sight,” focusing specifically on the third eye (Ajna) or mind chakra. She explores how tuning into this center of wisdom can foster enlightenment, clarity, and joy. Ali shares practical guidance on balancing this chakra, offers insights from her own life and coaching, and guides listeners through a cleansing meditation designed to restore clarity of mind and intuition.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

Introduction to the Third Eye/Mind Chakra

• Ali introduces the concept of the third eye chakra, explaining its various names: third eye, Ajna, or the mind chakra.

  "It's basically the chakra that is located in the middle of your brow... Some people call it third eye, some people refer to it as the Ajna. I like to think of it as the mind." [01:09]

• This center represents inner wisdom, intuition, insight, and the rational mind. Healthy energy here supports concentration, mindfulness, and “mind mastery.”

  "When your Ajna, your mind, your third eye energy center is a healthy, flowing, energetic Catherine wheel... you have the ability to concentrate... mindfulness... the ability for you to practice mind mastery." [02:23]

Signs of Balanced and Blocked Third Eye Energy

• A well-balanced third eye chakra results in attention, enlightenment, and intuitive living.
• Imbalance may manifest as headaches, overwhelm, self-righteousness, arrogance, and being overly rational and closed to imagination.

  "If you're really overwhelmed in your head... some of the other issues... are these slightly more unpleasant, uncomfortable energies, the self-righteousness, the arrogancy..." [05:27]

Physical, Elemental, and Symbolic Connections

• Physically, this chakra is associated with the pituitary gland.
• The color is deep indigo or purple; amethyst crystals are recommended for enhancing this chakra’s energy.

  "The color... is purple. It's this deep, deep indigo purple... the crystals that I love to use... are amethysts." [06:26]

• Ali prefers associating water with the mind chakra for its cleansing, flowing qualities.

  "I love to use water for the mind... it's the ebbs and the flows of water that can really help us cleanse and clear..." [06:50]

The Power of Thoughts and Mind-Body Connection

• Ali references Buddha, relating thoughts to feelings, emotions, behaviors, and ultimately reality.

  "Our thoughts influence or dictate our feelings. Our feelings create the emotions in our body... our thoughts become things." [07:21]

• She underscores why nurturing the mind chakra is key to our overall energy flow and well-being.

  "The mind is often one of the most sticky of chakras, but one of the most important to regulate..." [08:42]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Mind Mastery

  “It's the fact that you’re choosing to be a master of your mind and your thoughts and to witness your thoughts rather than letting them control you.” [02:58]

• On Imagination and Realism

  "...in difficult times, we can slip into being realistic, rather than allowing our incredible minds to imagine and believe and to see and to create and visualize something better than where we are right now..." [05:48]

• On The Cleansing Power of Water

  "Bring that feeling and that energy up into your third eye. Bring that feeling of water washing through and washing away the pollution, washing away the negativity." [12:47]

• On Self-Compassion and Letting Go

  “As you wash away the judgments of others, you can see that you can bring in some compassion—not only for them, but also for yourself.” [15:31]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Intro & Purpose of the Podcast – 00:01 to 01:01
• Exploring the Third Eye Chakra – 01:08 to 02:40
• Characteristics & Importance of Third Eye Balance – 02:41 to 05:20
• Imbalance, Physical Connections, Colors & Crystals – 05:21 to 07:13
• Thoughts Influence Reality (Buddha Reference) – 07:14 to 07:41
• Energy Flow Through Chakras – 07:42 to 09:04
• Guided Meditation Begins – 09:05 to 19:45
• Affirmations/Mantras for the Third Eye – 16:47 to 18:45

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Guided Meditation & Affirmations

Ali leads listeners through a soothing, restorative meditation to cleanse and activate the third eye chakra:

• Visualization of standing by water and letting thoughts wash away.
• Breathing exercises paired with an invitation to release mental clutter and negativity.
• Imagery of a glowing indigo wheel spinning freely at the brow, radiating clarity and inner wisdom.
• Listeners are encouraged to let go of external judgments and rediscover authentic self-guidance and intuition.
• Suggested affirmations include:
  • “I am intuitive.”
  • “I trust my inner wisdom.”
  • “My mind is clear.”
  • “I am the master of my mind.”
  • “I see clearly within and without.”
    [16:55-18:20]

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Closing Thoughts

• Ali offers a compassionate reminder of the accessible joy and peace available through tuning into the third eye.

  “Take this peace. Take this level of calm, of clarity, of confidence. Allow your focus and your mastery of your mind to live consciously aware and with an enlightenment that will guide you forward.” [18:45]

• She previews the next episode focusing on the throat chakra and self-expression.
• Listeners are encouraged to share the podcast and “spread the ripple of joy.”

  “The ripple of joy starts with you and within you.” [20:12]

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For anyone seeking a sense of clarity, inner wisdom, and conscious joy, this episode provides reflection, practical guidance, and a gentle invitation to embrace the power of the mind chakra.

Transcript

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Welcome to the Joy Broadcast with me, Ali Mortimer. I was once upon a time an.

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IT consultant, recoding systems in the retail.

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Industry to function better. And now I'm turned a life consultant and joy coach where I'd like to.

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Think I reprogram and recode hearts, minds.

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Souls and lives to feel better. This podcast, the Joy Broadcast, is a way to bring joy to your life, whatever the weather, whatever you're doing. So you feel a pocket of, of positivity in every single day. If, like me, you've once upon a time found yourself wondering whether you will ever be happy again or if you're just staring at the kitchen sink wondering how you'll get through the next 10 minutes, this podcast is for you.

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Get you a glimmer of hope, a.

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Dose of happiness or an infusion of joy right here, right now. Welcome to the Joy Broadcast. Welcome back to the Joy Broadcast and.

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Also welcome back if you are joining me for the energy quest. Today's energies that we're going to be really focusing on and the chakra and the energy center that I really want to draw to your attention is the one that goes by many names, so.

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It might be confusing for you if.

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You'Ve not heard of it before, but it's basically the chakra that is located in the middle of your, your brow, almost just between your eyebrows and the middle of your forehead. And some people call it third eye, some people refer to it as the Ajna. I like to think of it as the mind. It's that mind third eye connection. When I think about the Ajna and the energies of the Ajna, the third eye, the mind, this is what comes into my mind when I think about it. It's this deeper connection to your inner wisdom, it's insights, it's that internal knowing in your mind. And it's your thoughts, it's your opinions, it's your thoughts and your opinions that shape your personality. It's your judgments is whether you're open minded or not. It's your intelligence. To me, this is the incredible computer that is our brain and the energy that really surrounds that energy center. It's how you're able to rationalize or bring rationale to what you're thinking. So when your Ajna, your mind, your third eye energy center is a healthy, flowing, energetic Catherine wheel. This is when you have the ability to concentrate. It's all the shuns, it's concentration, it's attention, your ability to focus, it's meditation, it's the ability for you to practice mindfulness. The, the Fact that your mind is not full and the fact that you are mindful of your thoughts, of your opinions, of your beliefs, that you are aware of them. It is the ability to practice mind mastery, the ability for you to master your mind that. I don't like to use the word control, but I suppose that is what I really mean. It's the fact that you're choosing to be a master of your mind and your thoughts and to witness your thoughts rather than letting them control you. It's what I practice and what I share. In my program called the Calm Mind is the big five calm concepts. Where the calm concepts share how you can live with a consciously aware and loving mind. It's enlightenment. So a good, healthy, flowing, energetic Ajna third eye and mind is the ability to have concentration, attention, meditation, mind mastery, being consciously aware and having that enlightenment. It's this seeing with your third eye. It's the insights, it's intuition, it's your inner wisdom that you gain from reflecting on the past. It's your ability to gain the wisdom from seeing into the future, the possibility of the future. I love to call this in my private coaching, it's called La vie en Rose because you have the ability to see things through these rose tinted glasses. And I don't mean that to ignore what's happening that's painful, that might not be so good in your life, but it's the ability to see it through this third eye that is bringing a sense of positivity from the wisdom that you gain from the reflection and the possibility of positivity in your future. When it comes to the mind body connection, when we're talking about healing and bringing good healthy energy into this chakra, the part of your body that it relates to is that pituitary gland, which actually is in that part of your brain. And this pituitary gland is the one that creates the hormones for your growth and your metabolism. When you're unhealthy here, it can often mean that you might have headaches or overwhelm or depression, possibly feeling very stressed or burned out. If you're really overwhelmed in your head. That pressure, some of the other issues you might see in the personalities, when this is not necessarily functioning at its optimal energy are these slightly more unpleasant, uncomfortable energies, the self righteousness, the arrogancy, the preachiness may be too rigid and controlling in your mind. Having too much rationale and not enough magic, no imagination, no visualization, no dreaming. I know my husband can sometimes slip into that. And especially in difficult times, we can slip into Being realistic, rather than allowing our incredible minds to imagine and believe and to see and to create and visualize something better than where we are right now, to enable us to move and to grow and to evolve. So the third eye, as I've said, is almost like in your brow, in the middle of your brow. And if we're going to think about elements and colors, the elements and the colors that I love to use for the mind, the color I'll start there is purple. It's this deep, deep indigo purple. And the. The crystals that I love to use and I have surrounding me all the time and I have in my hands and what I'm holding in the moment to really help purify, amplify and cleanse and enhance these energies are amethysts. I think, you know, there are books that can tell you to use other ones, but the ones that I love to use are the amethyst, and it's one I've intuitively always used. It was one of the very, very first crystals that I bought was this beautiful amethyst heart. I love to use water for the mind. Some people feel it could be the breath, because obviously we practice breathing in meditation and using the breath, but actually I love to use water because it's this. This ability to see, like the breath, the ins and the outs, it's the ebbs and the flows of water that can really help us cleanse and clear and purify this incredible, energetic spinning wheel. The other thing that I think is.

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So important when it comes to the.

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Mind, I always think, I think it was Buddha who made thee. The connection between the fact that, you.

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Know, our thoughts influence or dictate our feelings.

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Our feelings create the emotions in our body, and the emotions of the energies in our body and the energies that we feel inside our body influence our behaviors and our actions, and therefore our reality. So our thoughts become things.

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I'm sure that was Buddha.

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I can't remember.

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I'll have to tell you another time.

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But when we can understand this from an energetic standpoint, it's recognizing that we want to have good energy in our mind, good energy in our ajna, in.

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Our third eye chakra, because this is.

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Going to influence the flow of energy coming down from our crown through our mind. And then it's going to start to go down through our throats, our throat chakra, our speaking, and then it's going to flow all the way down into all of the other energy centers through our G center, which is all about our direction and our sense and self. And if we have that connection back into our mind, it's what do we think about ourselves and our sense of self and where we're going, what are our thoughts about that that can influence the energies in that chakra. Same with, you know, what our thoughts and what we're thinking is going to influence how we express ourselves through our throat chakra and then all the way down through our hearts, our solar plexus and our spleens, which are all of our emotions and our fears and then ultimately to the root, which is all about our motivation and our drive. So the, the mind is often one of the most sticky of chakras, but one of the most important to regulate in order to allow this beautiful flow of energy to flow all the way through our body so that we can create this beautiful harmony within our body. So I'm going to take you through.

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Now a little bit of a meditation.

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And a guided meditation to help you clear to purify and then really prime and magnetize and create the most beautiful aura that is going to magnetize and bring you into that highest frequency of.

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Spinning energy within your mind.

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So as long as it is safe.

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For you to do so, please do take a moment to get yourself comfortable.

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And close your eyes. If it's not yet safe for you.

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To do so, please pause and come back to this at a future time. So if you're sitting comfortably and you've closed your eyes, I would love to invite you to take some really deep breaths here. Take a deep breath in through your nose and let it out through your mouth or your nose, whatever feels the most comfortable for you. And as you take those deep breaths in, I'd love for you to lift up your shoulders, lift them up to your ears, lift them up to the sky. And then as you breathe out, you can head out and let your shoulders drop, let your belly relax and start to let those thoughts go. As you breathe in, allow that breath to catch those thoughts. And as you breathe out, let them go. With each breath in and every exhale, let those worries, those doubts, the lists and the thoughts in your mind, the negativity, the stress, the pressure, start to just let each thought go. I always like to say to myself, if it's important, I'll remember and it will come back. Just let them go. With every exhale that you take and start to feel that stillness, the stillness of your mind, the peace in your mind. With every breath, allow yourself to relax a little deeper. Allow yourself to feel that element of peace. Don't fight the tension. Let it go bring some awareness now to your brow, your third eye, the window to your mind and your soul in the middle of your forehead.

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And what it might be feeling or.

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What you might be sensing right now is that your third eye chakra is.

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Quite hard.

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It'S quite negative, it's dark, it's tight. That's how I feel mine. Tight, tightly coiled and stuck. And perhaps you can't see, perhaps you can't see the way forward, perhaps you can't see yourself within. It's polluted, perhaps with the thoughts, the opinions, the judgments of everyone around you that you're absorbing from the news, from the papers, from social media, from conversations. And you've lost sight of your own wisdom and your own opinion and your own thoughts. Keep breathing. And as you breathe in, I'd love for you to imagine that you're standing on the edge of a lake or a body of water, perhaps it's even the sea. As you're breathing in, the waves are lapping over your toes. And as you breathe out, the water flows away. I would love for you to bring that feeling of the water and the feeling of the breath, the ins and outs, the outs and the ebbs and the flows, bring that feeling and that energy up into your third eye. Bring that feeling of water washing through and washing away the pollution, washing away the negativity. Every time you breathe in and the water flows in as you breathe out is washing away and taking with it everything that's heavy, that's hard, that's negative. And as this water washes through your third eye, it's loosening the stickiness and the flow. And every time the water flows in and every time it flows away, the beautiful color of your third eye chakra is being revealed. A beautiful purple light, a deep indigo, the color of amethysts. Every time you breathe in and every time you breathe out, your third eye chakra is absorbing the energy of that water. It's purifying your thoughts to one of positivity, of beauty, of calm, of peace, of gentleness, of lightness. Every time you breathe in and every time you breathe out, it's getting a little looser. The debris is washing away. The color of a beautiful deep ocean is being revealed. The more and more the pollution is being swept away. And as you keep breathing and as you keep feeling the washing of the chakra, your chakra is going to start to glow. This beautiful purple light is now glowing and it's pulsating. And it's pulsating out beyond you and beyond your Mind and beyond your third eye, it's going outside of you and deep within you. The color is washing through every part of your body and you're feeling yourself so connected to your wisdom, to your truth. This water is washing away so much.

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That you are revealing the truth of.

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You, of who you are, the truth and your authenticity, the truth of your mind, the truth of your deep, deep intuition and knowing. And this is bringing such harmony and so much peace. As you wash away the judgments of others, you can see that you can bring in some compassion not only for them, but also for yourself. The compassion that you knew no different and that you took on and you absorbed all of their thoughts and opinions, their negativity. And now you can let it all go. And you can let it go with love and you can bring love back to that third eye chakra. And the more you do this, the more you can start to feel that glowing purple bright chakra start to spin slowly like a water wheel. As the water wheel is washing through, it's spinning. And as this, as you're beautiful, as your spinning chakra of your third eye starts to spin more and more freely, you're beginning to feel more and more confident through the clarity that you now see through your third eye, that you feel within your body. And this beautiful energy is vibrating and pulsating and spinning freely. And you're opening up, you're opening up to more positivity, opening up to more compassion and more love and more ideas and, and more dreams and more desires and more vision. These beautiful thoughts that you're now allowing into your mind are going to help you create a beautiful power within this energetic center because you can see clearly the truth. This is witnessing yourself and your thoughts and your mind. The mantras I like to use in order to help my third eye, Ajna. My mind chakra and energies spinning in its purest energy. The ones that bring that focus and that concentration to the power of my mind and my third eye are some of these. And you can repeat these after me. You can repeat these at any point in your life, at any point in your time of day where you feel like you're being closed minded or overwhelmed. I am intuitive. I trust my inner wisdom. My mind is clear. I see clearly without doubting. I see clearly within and I see clearly without. I believe in my inner wisdom, my inner guidance. My thoughts are purely mine. I believe in the power of my mind and I have the power over my mind. And I am the master of my mind. As I leave you with these thoughts and as you can imagine your beautiful wheel spinning, your third eye spinning in the beautiful glow of the indigo ocean. Take this peace. Take this level of calm, of clarity, of confidence. Allow your focus and your mastery of your mind to live consciously aware and with an enlightenment that will guide you forward. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow when we start to speak about your throat and your self expression and the essence of your truth and how you can speak it into being. I'll see you tomorrow.

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My mission is to spread love, joy, peace and abundance to as much of.

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The world as I possibly can so that every person knows that they don't have to walk alone in in their darkness. So if you've enjoyed today's podcast and this episode, I would be so honored and happy if you would support my mission and share this with your network, your friends and your family.

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Please feel free to leave me an.

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Honest review on Apple or Spotify. And until next time, remember, the ripple of joy starts with you and within you.