As I Lay Me Down To Sleep
What do you do before you go to sleep all night?
I don't mean brush your teeth and change into your nice blue
pyjamas with the little white sheep on.
I mean what do you do in your head?
Do you think about anything specific? The next day? The day
you've just got through?
Or do you tap into an incredibly powerful part of you and set it
to work, so that it gets the whole night to work on things for
you so when you wake up you have answers to questions you asked?
I bet you'd like to know how to do that wouldn't you?
Well, the good news is, it's simple, so easy, even I can do it!
Ok, I'll tell you ... here's the secret.
When you go to sleep at night, it is only your conscious mind
that sleeps. Your sub-conscious mind keeps on working. If it
went to sleep, you'd have a few problems as it controls
important things like your breathing and heart! So naturally, it
keeps working and is "awake" all night long.
Now your sub-conscious mind just happens to be rather good at
processing information and connecting random dots to make works
of art.
So when you go to sleep, focus your mind on the things that are
bothering you and ask your sub-conscious mind to help.
Naturally, I decided I was going to experiment with this on
myself and see what it would do. For a number of weeks I used to
say this to myself every single night when I put my head on the
pillow, before I went to sleep.
"I ask my sub-conscious mind to work on all of my issues and
challenges in life and replace them with positive, empowering
programs."
I did this for a couple of days and to be honest, I didn't
really feel much.
I decided to keep it up because I was curious what would happen
if I did and if it really would be effective.
Anyway, about day 3 or 4 I started to feel a bit perkier than
normal. I found myself feeling a bit more positive, more bouncy
and I started to do things that I had been putting off for ages
(and by ages, I mean months!).
I didn't really think anything of it, but kept my experiment up.
About a week after I started I was feeling really good and very
bouncy and full of life.
Again, I thought nothing of it, not connecting my pre-bedtime
intention with this change.
Then one day a friend happened to ask me if I'd been taking
happy pills because I was annoyingly positive and then it hit me.
Every night for the last ten days or so I had been setting this
intention and gradually I had been feeling better and better. It
wasn't a massive change all of a sudden, just a series of small
changes.
I smiled at my friend and jumped around very excitedly sharing
with her what I had been doing and the results it was having for
me.
Of course, she was really excited and has been doing exactly the
same every night since and is still shocked by how such a little
thing is having such a big difference.
So, when you go to sleep at night as you set your alarm clock,
set your intention too, and wake up and feel the difference!