Unwinding the Mind Before You Sleep

Unwinding the Mind Before You Sleep


Here’s a way to unload your mind off the day’s events and associations, and relax before you sleep

When you are ready to sleep at night, go backwards through the memories of your day. Don’t start from the morning, start from where you are now, just on the bed. Start with the last thing, and then go back, step by step – right back to the first experience of the morning. Go back and remember continuously, that you are not getting involved.

For example, if someone offended you, see yourself being insulted but remain just a witness. Don’t get involved, don’t get angry. If you do then you are identified, you have missed the point of meditation. That person is not insulting you but the form that was in the incident – and that form has gone. You are just like the river flowing: the forms are flowing. In childhood you had one form, you don’t have that form anymore – that form has gone. You are continuously changing, like the river.

When you get back to the morning as you were just waking up on your bed, you will again have the same fresh mind that you had in the morning. And then you can fall asleep like a small child.

Quotes

Every breath of the Enlightened One upon this earth spreads the glory of the pure Self.
Sanyas is declaring love for the Divine over the material world.
Peace is not the absence of trouble. It is the presence of a grateful heart.
The moment you honestly realise ‘This is only my projection’ on others, you have begun to move in the right direction—away from appearances and towards the truth.
A devotee turns adversity into intimacy with the Divine, finding His divine presence where others see only problems.
The true test of meditation is not how long you can sit, but how you think, process and respond to the situations of life.
Let the fragrance of Satsang linger long after it ends, let its wisdom seep into your belief system and transform your outlook, your attitude & your way of living.
Once you fall in love with the Divine, worldly pleasures quietly lose their taste. Like tea after something sweet, the world itself begins to feel bland.
The Guru teaches, touches and turns your focus within — to the pure Self. Make the most of every blessed moment in His divine presence.
When Dharma is embraced by conviction, not compulsion; by choice, not chance; and practiced with reverence, not as a routine, it becomes a joyful journey of inner transformation.
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