The other day, I was listening to one of the so many beautiful recordings of my mentor, dr. Wayne W. Dyer, and he was talking about the last minutes before you fall asleep.
I have been writing about having an evening ritual*, but this goes beyond that ritual.
It’s about the moments after you’ve been going through the whole ritual, it’s about the moments you feel yourself dozing off, it’s about the moments when you feel yourself in that slumber state between being awake and being asleep.
That is the moment your subconscious mind is very susceptible to suggestions.
If you train yourself** to feed your mind, in those moments, nothing but positive thoughts, gratitude, and love, these thoughts will be present in your subconscious mind the whole night.
And then when you wake up in the morning, you will have a positive mindset, a welcome-the-day attitude full of love and gratitude.
And that is the whole idea, it’s about making sure you are ready to face the day with a positive attitude.
When you start your day in that mindset, you will be able to keep this positive attitude rather easily, as you always attract*** what you radiate. No matter what happens, as you’re functioning on a higher vibrational frequency, you’ll see solutions, rather than problems, you’ll see people instead of enemies, you’ll feel compassion instead of irritation. That is why it is so important to train yourself in steering your mind, and especially once more, before you doze off.
Instead of going over the day, as a last thing before you go to sleep, where you rehash all that went bad, all the stress that you felt, all the hardship that you encountered that day, …steer your mind away from all that anger and negativity.
Go to your happy place, go to where you think happy thoughts, where you feel gratitude, and where you can see all the beauty there is in your life.
People underestimate big time:
the power you have over how you feel,
the possibility of training your mental muscles**
the effect negative thinking has on your daily life.
Yes, shit happens.
Yes, other people can be very annoying.
Yes, we can have health issues.
But how you feel about it, how you react to all of this, is UP TO YOU.
As dr. Wayne W. Dyer always said:
“There will always be pain in your life,
but the amount of suffering is up to you.”
The first time I heard him say this, I thought, wow, this is harsh. But let it sink in for a moment. He’s not saying there is no pain. He’s just pointing out that we have a lot of influence on how much we let ourselves suffer in life.
The more we despair, the more we complain, the more we lament on all of our ‘bad luck’, the heavier it will all feel.
The better you train yourself in thinking in a loving way, in seeing the good stuff, in believing there is always a solution, the easier it will become to deal with all the ‘problems’ we encounter.
Dozing off with a mind full of love, full of gratitude, is how you can take a head start on how you will be feeling the next the day.
You will not only sleep better, which of course, will result in you feeling a whole lot better when you wake up, but, you will be also be all set to face all that will be coming your way during the day.
The more you train yourself to
stay positive,
stay calm,
look at things from an angle of possibilities,
the better you’ll get at coping with life.
Life isn’t always a walk in the park, I know, but facing things from a place of love, will make all the difference in the world in how you feel about it, and that is why you should train yourself to fall asleep with a mind full of positivity.
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Katrien
*”Night Time, Sweet Dreams or Waking Hours” by Katrien Degraeve
**”The Trouble is, it’s All up to You. The Good Thing is, it’s All up to You.” By Katrien Degraeve.
***”Ask and It is Given” by Esther and Jerry Hicks.