Sleep, Thoughts, Worries, And Fears

Do you fall asleep immediately after entering bed or do thoughts and worries begin to flow into your mind, keeping your sleep away? Do you find it hard to stop them?

When you are in bed at night, there are fewer outside distractions, it is quiet and dark, and therefore you are more aware of the movements of your mind You feel that thoughts are attacking you, not giving you a moment’s rest, especially if you are experiencing some problems in your life

If you are not healthy you will probably think about your health If you have problems at work, then thoughts about these problems will probably flood your mind A child will have thoughts about his parents, teachers or examinations, and a businessman about his work Thoughts, worries and fears that are usually repressed during the day surface up and swarm the mind

What would be willing to do to free yourself from these nibbling, restless thoughts that prevent you from falling asleep? Won’t you be happy to be able to silence all the thoughts that pop up when you are in bed?

If you fight these thoughts and try to stop them forcefully they will grow stronger, because you will be giving them more attention If you want to get rid of a tree growing in your garden and cut it down, it will grow again quite fast, but if you stop watering it, it will gradually wither You need to treat your thoughts in the same manner In order to calm them down you have to ignore them, which is equivalent to not watering the tree

How to ignore these nagging thoughts that escort you to bed? Here are a few tips that might help you:

1 Go to bed at a reasonable hour, not too early and not too late

2 Lie down on your bed and relax your body

3 For 2-3 minutes pay attention to every muscle in your body from head to toe If you find any tense muscle, relax it

4 For about one minute, let thoughts come freely into your mind

5 Watch these thoughts as they come and grow

6 Tell your mind that if it has any important thoughts that require attention, you are willing to discuss them tomorrow

7 If one of the thoughts is too persistent, write it down so that you can remember to think about it the next day

8 Now try to look at the thoughts with lack of interest Lack of interest is the magic word when it comes to controlling and silencing thoughts Do not let your feelings to be aroused and manipulated by your thoughts

If thoughts still come, and they probably will, it is all right Don’t fight them, but just try to ignore them by losing any interest in them An ignored thought ultimately goes away Don’t worry if you fail at first Keep on trying and the situation will improve

9 Watch the thoughts that enter your mind as if watching a boring movie and they will lose their power

10 There is another thing that can be done, and that is to practice meditation every day

After practicing meditation for some time it will affect your sleep As a by-product of meditation your mind will get accustomed to being relaxed and at peace, and when you go to sleep it will be much easier to ignore persistent and disturbing thoughts In fact, you might fall asleep immediately upon switching off the light

Remez Sasson writes and teaches about self-improvement, positive thinking, creative visualization, success, mind power, spiritual growth and meditation He is the author of several books, and the publisher of the biweekly ezine, “Consciousness and Success”

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