Hi Muttley,

It's not unusual that as we unfold our rhythms may change.

The morning is often a serene time of day with a very different energy to the hustle and bustle of day to day life. I find that my body prefer to attune to daylight. I often find myself drawn to meditate in the early hours.

One possibility might be that you are being invited to use this time for peaceful self reflection, meditation or some sort of creativity. Perhaps in that sense it is a calling.

With Love
Trinity

Hi Mutley

I often hear from people who do some of the Openhand courses - that they then can't sleep - as if this is a big problem!

We're trying to wake people up! As we become increasingly enlightened, sleep becomes less and less necessary until we reach a state where we're continually awake - even when we're sleeping!

So my advice would be to enjoy the wakefulness!

Chris

Hi Chris/Trinity

Thanks for the advice.

The suddenness of this has surprised me and i'm trying to make sense of it - and your posts do resonate with my feelings. The only thing is the initial getting over the change of my, I guess, routine and sleep patterns of old.

Once again thanks for your help.

To one and all, without exception,
Muttley.

My spriritual journey is a recent one (being aware of it at least). This web site is a great help, being able to relate what many people are also experiencing, and to have knowledgeable feedback from people who have travelled far.
Chris, what you and Lesley said about changes that are common with people who are becoming spiritually aware, fitted in with my experience.
I found that I needed less sleep and was waking up earlier than I had before. At first I was confused, but then I accepted it. Now, unless I have to ensure I wake up at a certain time, I do not set my alarm clock and go with what feels natural. I notice a big difference in how I feel when I 'force it', compared to doing what comes naturally.
For me the early part of the day has a special feel. Even now as the mornings are dark, I hear the birds singing and there is a gentle vibration in the air. Typically I will drive to work in silence, concentrating on my breathing and when I get to work I go to the gym. I have the room to my self (about 6am) and find great pleasure in moving as I feel it. Some days I will be gentle and do yoga type movements, or the Openhand movements (highly recommended), and other times it will be a vigorous leap around to music. This is also a time I will often do a meditation. I am then ready to go to my 'pod' and start work. For me it is both a great way to begin my working day, but also it is allowing me to be more instinctive and not follow a mechanical routine.

Mark

You are welcome Muttley and thank you for sharing your experiences Mark.

The alarm clock scenario is interesting - the body really does attune naturally when we allow it too.

I've always enjoyed you being on Openhand retreats Mark, seeing you dive out the door for an early morning jog at 6am whilst I was in the kitchen prepararing food.

x

Then I have an inverse question

About a year ago I also began to wake up early, between 5 and 6.30. It was pretty miraculous since most of my life it was a true torment for me to wake up in the morning.

I fell in love with early mornings, I really enjoyed them.

Lately it came back - I find it very hard to get up. When I wake up, I feel as if I was hit by a baseball bat on a head before I went to sleep.

In the meantime I watch it..

But now after I read your discussion, I think, maybe it's a hint, that I'm 'asleep'? That I'm stuck and begin to stagnate?

Because lately I have the feeling that I don't see any signs anymore. Well, maybe this is a sign?

Hi Yulia,

Ah yes, I recognise it well

We're flowing really nicely, everything seems great, we'll feel light and the synchronicities are abound. Then it all switches off!

The first time this happened to me, just like you, I wondered "what am I doing wrong?" Very soon after the answer came in the lyrics of a song... "be deeper still".

As we go deep, increasingly we touch new layers of consciousness like layers of sediment at the bottom of the river. As we delve in for those new 'nuggets of gold' buried at the bottom, we're drawing in light into those darkened areas. In so doing, we stir up the bed and the water becomes cloudy again.

So it is with our internal layers of consciousness. We progress well but then come to a stop. We stir up the internal density and suddenly feel heavy, slow, disconnected, even asleep! The signs switch off and we feel like we've gone backwards.

Don't worry. That's just the path! And sometimes the guidance will switch off just to see how awake we are. How much does it matter? How much am I prepared to do? Can I go deeper into the silence? Yes of course you can!!!

So my advice is to go deeper still. Work with the new energy even if it is tiring. It will clear and when it does, you'll feel uplifted, bright and breezy once more.

You'll feel as "right as rain"

Chris

I must say, that I'm wrong when I think sometimes:
"Why should I know or give name to what's happening to me?
The important thing that I know it's happening."

I admit my mistake.

This is a great example.

Instead of wasting my time on worrying and looking for solutions to problems that don't exist and asking questions about something that is not there...

why not tell Chris, he'll know what's going on ;D
..tell me... and I will be able to work in peace without so much confusion adn worries.

Thanks, man
I mean really!!!