HOW TO PUT YOURSELF TO SLEEP - part 1

Articles In This Section:

· Peaceful Sleep - part 1

· Peaceful Sleep - part 2

· Peaceful Sleep - part 3

· Peaceful Sleep - part 4

· Peaceful Sleep - part 5

· HOW TO PUT YOURSELF TO SLEEP - part 1

· HOW TO PUT YOURSELF TO SLEEP - part 2

The idea I am about to pass on to you is original with me as far as I know. It is as interesting as it is effective.

Have you ever noticed that in a dark room, with your eyes closed, the field within your vision is not entirely black? Usually it is gray; somewhat the color of a blackboard which has been often used without having the chalk too thoroughly erased.

If you relax fully and fix your attention on that gray-black field, you will discover many changes taking place. Sometimes you will notice whirling masses of changing color. Other times you may notice geometrical designs: squares, circles, triangles, etc. These designs will appear in pale white outline against the dark background.

After you have experimented with this "mental screen," let's call it, for several nights, you will get so you can see faces and often entire people.

Doing this little exercise will help you get your mind off whatever has been responsible for your sleeplessness. But this is not the whole formula for putting yourself to sleep.

What I am about to tell you is "jumping the gun" and giving you a bit of the material which will begin in the next chapter, but it will help you to understand better my discovery of a most effective way to put yourself to sleep.

When you wish to drop off to sleep, whether immediately upon retiring, or after awakening during the night, follow these simple steps:

1. Make certain you are fully relaxed and comfortable. See that your pajamas or nightgown are not binding in any place and that the bedclothes are smooth.

2. Give your subconscious mind the proper instruction. (In the next chapter you will learn about the intelligence of the subconscious mind and how it takes instructions from the conscious mind and carries them out whether they are for your good or not.)