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- Sue: One of the concepts I talk about exercising in my life all the time is filling my brain with the fun stuff. And in my case, it's an interest in science and nerdy stuff and of course music, because that's my main focus. And when you occupy the brain when you are awake and engage in the stuff that gives you joy and you have a passion for, and it's filling your brain with fun stuff, then when you sleep, And this is my experience, maybe you have similar, but when you sleep, your subconscious, I think, is sort of reflecting on the events that you were thinking about while you were awake. To me, that is a really helpful state to be in, in terms of my mind, body, and spirit, for the sake that I've built this protection, if you will, this boundary of all the good things give me joy and created a state of calm and peace and joy. And that when I go to sleep, a lot of those vibes are experienced when I sleep. And that's important because when we're asleep, I believe is also a very vulnerable time because our senses are resting. And that's sort of our level of awareness that we rely on on a day-to-day basis to help guide us through. You see something before it happens. All of those senses that are sort of sleeping and resting as well can make for the potential of those who wish to project negative energies to penetrate your realm, your thoughts, your dream state in a negative way. Absolutely, positive stuff can come in as well. But my point is, is that your boundaries are relaxed. When you're asleep and there's, I'm sure there's probably some mental exercises you could do to strengthen that. I don't do that. I just understand the simplest path is just to do things during the course of your day that give you passion and joy. in every aspect of the time that you're awake. When you're awake, you process those negative energies because you've got all your senses working for you, your six senses, of course, and you trust your intuition and use your discernment of how to purge that negative energy, maybe transmuted into something good like I do with music or send it in a way that is no longer negative out back into the universe with your beautiful thoughts and your creations. When you're asleep, Other factors come into play, and that's not to strike paranoia, other than to say the importance for me is to make certain that my days are filled with passion and joy. When you involve yourself with the stuff that you have to do, you figure out a way to make it as positive an experience as you possibly can. Smooth down the edges of it little bit, so it's not so painful, spiritually speaking. And then you do that with just looking at it with perspective and... trying to tweak it in the most positive way that you can. I don't think anybody enjoys cleaning a toilet, but it is sure satisfied once you get it clean, right? I mean, there's something in it that might not come to the end of the task, but it will be there waiting for you. I'm going to need to share this because of late, I've had some very vivid dreams. And I understand it's because of the richness of what I involve myself with in my waking state. I don't often speak about The most important benefit of doing the stuff that gives you joy is something that you can't immediately control unless you, in your waking state, make joy. And that is what happens when you're asleep. I've always been a person to make certain that when I lay my head down to sleep that I have given thanks for the day and think about the things that I've accomplished during this day and grateful for that and never go to sleep with any negative energies, angst or anger or rage, any of that. Sometimes you have to work that stuff out before you go to sleep in some way that allows you to go to sleep peacefully. Because in the end, your sleep is also super, super important to keep on a regular schedule and just as you're keeping your nutrition good. All of this work that we have to do just to keep ourselves happy. That's why when you see others unhappy, you recognize that there's a lot of work that has to be done there and you don't pity them. You just help with your presence for them to reflect a presence of it. Your personal journey to achieving genuine happiness and joy in your life will not match mine. And I'm not recommending that you follow my path because frankly, that's probably not working for anybody else but myself, but it might be related to what you do and. When you understand that everything is sort of interconnected on a level that interacts with your physical world and your emotional, intellectual world, you start to understand the mutual benefits of loving yourself. Your sleep is improved and your dream state is relatively pleasant and you remember your dreams easily and all of that. If you want to journal it and if you want to tag them and whatever you want to do with your dreams, go for it. Obviously, I don't. As I say, don't follow me. I'm just telling you what I don't do or do. But when you get to a place when all of your dreams are relatively pleasant, then you recognize that when you have a negative intrusion, that's not yours. You'll wake up. Trust yourself on that one. You will wake up. You will wake up in time to defend yourself. I've had sleep paralysis. And the moment when you're going through something like that, it can be highly stressful and triggering. And yet I'm here. Point is, when you find yourself in your happy, joyous state in your waking hours, Your sleep hours will reflect that so that if you should experience a negative energy coming into you, you will be fortified in your ability to defend yourself should you need to. All the more reason. Practice positivity in your life. However you figure out how to do that, whatever gives you joy, that's your thing. And that if you find yourself in a situation where you fended off some negative energy, that's the opportunity. So grab onto that negative energy and turn it into something positive with creation energy. Right? Treat yourself to a good meal that you made for yourself. Read a book, write a book, plant some seeds, whatever. Just understand that if you're experiencing some mental ups and downs, there are lot of reasons for that. This is not what this is about. This is simply an understanding of how I get through what are swings in energies in a way. that I can still maintain peace and calm and balance in my life so that I recognize who's kicking up the dirt to make some drama and get away from them. My dream state and my waking state. I hope you find some inspiration or some guidance or just enjoyed listening to this for the sake of my mundane utterances on a daily basis at this blog. I appreciate you and I'm thanking you for your listening.