Tap Into Imagination and Create Your Day
With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season upon us, I’ve been feeling so much pressure to get up and “get it all done”! Most evenings, I’ve been going to bed feeling that I didn’t get enough done and that the things I did accomplish weren’t done as well as I would have liked. That kind of thought process can take it’s toll and I’ve started to feel as if nothing I do is really good enough while at the same time, feeling pressure to do more.
But I discovered something this morning…
There is a time, in the early morning, before you’re really completely awake when you can let your mind imagine. There’s a certain magic during this in-between time when you’re still connected to the mystery of the Universe. I did a little digging and turns out there is a name for this state we’re in during that time between sleeping and being completely awake. That state is called the hypnagogic state (or hypnagogia).
“The hypnagogic state is the transitional phase between wakefulness and sleep. It’s when your conscious mind starts to relax but hasn’t fully let go. During this time, the brain can produce vivid imagery, flashes of insight, or even creative connections that feel “magical” or profound.”
The hypnagogic state is so powerful because the analytical mind is quieted, so intuition and imagination dominate. and you may access creative or subconscious ideas that aren’t as easy to reach when fully awake.
And…did you know that many artists, writers, and scientists (like Salvador Dalí and Thomas Edison) have deliberately used this state to spark inspiration.
Between dreams and daylight lies the magic of becoming…
This morning, while I was blissfully unaware of being in my hypnagogic state, I decided that I wanted to have a different kind of day! I remember thinking as I was still groggy…”I want to have a different kind of day” and I remember thinking…”It starts with how I want to feel”. So…in my mind, I went through the ways I want to feel throughout my day…happy, joyful, abundant, confident, peaceful, accomplished. Then, because I know that everything flows from feelings, I thought of the ways I am already happy, joyful, abundant, confident, peaceful and accomplished.
I am a normally happy person…not melancholic at all. I look for the bright side most of the time so I decided I would be conscious of the bright side throughout my day. Kind of a glass half full outlook!
As for joy…my home brings me joy (and stress sometimes), but I’m focusing on the joy to reduce the stress. My pups bring me so much joy! My first sip of hot coffee brings me joy, getting up before the sun and seeing the light behind the trees as the sun starts to come up brings me joy. There are literally hundreds of little things all day long that bring me joy. When you begin to consciously look for reasons to feel joy, more reasons find you!
I feel abundant as I look around at this beautiful world…the trees in our yard and the birds chirping, the beautiful home we live in, the abundance of food that we have to eat, the abundance of time to sit in bed and type this post, the abundance of beautiful clothing in my closet. I have friends and family who love me in abundant ways and the list goes on!
Confidence seems like a separate subject because the struggle with social media is reel (I’m positive I’m not alone in this), but as I was slowly waking, I thought about how I show up every day, even on the days that I feel a little “less than”. That makes me feel more confident. I feel confident in knowing that I am a unique expression of Source…there is no one else quite like me! I feel confident in what I have accomplished up to now. It takes courage to build confidence and I certainly feel courageous, so it seems that I’ve got this one covered - at least for today!
I find peace in knowing that I am right where I’m supposed to be…that the sun will come up again tomorrow and that I can always come right back to my breath when that peace starts to leave me and stress begins to take over. I feel peace in knowing that I am part of something so big and powerful and also that that same power is within me! I am profoundly loved in supported in ways that I don’t even know!
I feel proud of my accomplishments up to now and that gives me the courage to keep showing up in bigger ways every day…even on the days when the doubt creeps in. Showing up makes me feel accomplished and inspires me to learn new ways to be better at what I do.
Every day is a gift and an opportunity to make a difference.
Using this divine time in the morning, while we’re still partly in a sleep state to envision our day can be a powerful tool in creating the day and life we want because our days and lives are made up of the small moments all linked together!
Because of these thoughts and the time I spent imagining this morning, I was able to write this post and hopefully inspire you to do the same and it’s only 7:30 am! I would say that I’m off to a great start!
It’s quite a gift to be able to tap into intuition each morning and I’m so happy to know that I can use that time to imagine my day and life as I want it to be! Who knows what I’ll imagine tomorrow!
Have a great Monday!
Thanks so much for reading today!
~XOXO Suzanne