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What Occurs Five Minutes Before Sleep?
What Happens Just Before We Sleep?
If you are anything like me you struggle with sleep excessively. This was inspired by insomnia! wow. Hope you enjoy the read. It goes deep.
Five Minutes of Absolute Truth
A controlled mind can't run freely
observing life from the outside is not easy
meditation, prayers, chanting has been done for centuries
allowing people to step out of thinking
like King David who heard his own soul speaking
Most find this moment of truth just five minutes before sleeping
a heart yearns for a safe harbor to spend the night
and just when all conscious thinking is done and exhausted
we pull in our oars and the mind drifts and takes flight
to slumber in peace we must release and let go of control
inner monologues are turned off
our self comforting,
our reasoning, analysis,
our rehearsals shut down
this place is when we know our mind is free to go anywhere
without restrictions
it has no destination, nothing in particular
no questions or problems to solve
we enter a trust zone we must
as we say farewell to conscious mastery
we become vulnerable
in those five minutes of truth
we release the clutch
we trust will be able to see, & walk when we get up
what is it that we trust?
The unvarnished stories of our lives emerge
with character, conflicts and plots with twists
unlike the stories we share to the world
the powers we run to when something threatens our livelihood
sources of meaning are in full view
indescribable and true
these five minutes of truth
just before sleep & yet not awake
we trust in something unidentified
unspoken and it feels so safe
buried in the silence of the night
it feels as if our thoughts are drifting away
yet they linger down this corridor into a pathway
seeking that place to ease worry, unbearable complexity
lost time, altered reality, missing treasures
& the safe harbor
We arrive at God's alter, inside
where a little flame burns
whether we are religious or not
we all assign worth to something in the end
everyone's heart goes somewhere
to worship.
amen.