04/09/2025
Sleep is a portal
A portal for our brain,
our body,
our soul
With mini portals on either side…
As we enter and exit sleep,
we open to depths
untouched by waking life
It’s the precipice between conscious and subconscious,
the inner twilight,
where everything softens…
until we surrender
into life’s embrace
Cradled in our vulnerable unconscious,
released from the mental vice,
the emotional coasters,
the incessant pressures.
Inside the stillness of sleep ~
we are renewed.
Our brain is cleansed
as it processes, consolidates, integrates…
so we can awaken with clarity and space for more
Our cells repair
without interference…
our body restores equilibrium
And our soul ~
our soul can fly free,
merged with the life force
that has always sustained us
Sleep is a small death
And inside that death, we are renewed
again
and again
How much we acknowledge and value this
how freely we surrender to it each night ~
depends on many things..
But the most crucial is
the willingness
to relinquish
control
And welcome the dark..
our gentle ally
inviting us into the great mystery,
shepherding us across the threshold
where the all-loving life force
is waiting
to hold you
every night
of your life
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