Dear Alicia: I'm one of those people who normally drop off immediately as soon as I hit the pillow. But what I have found helpful when there is some issue that's going around and around in my mind hindering sleep is to pray over and over the Jesus Prayer - "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner." (some leave out the last two words) - from the Orthodox tradition. It is about recalling yourself before Jesus, bringing yourself back, stopping the wandering thoughts. It is described beautifully in "The Way of a Pilgrim: Candid Tales of a Wanderer to His Spiritual Father", an anonymous 19th century Russian novel first translated to English in the 1930's and brought to America.
Dear Alicia: I'm one of those people who normally drop off immediately as soon as I hit the pillow. But what I have found helpful when there is some issue that's going around and around in my mind hindering sleep is to pray over and over the Jesus Prayer - "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner." (some leave out the last two words) - from the Orthodox tradition. It is about recalling yourself before Jesus, bringing yourself back, stopping the wandering thoughts. It is described beautifully in "The Way of a Pilgrim: Candid Tales of a Wanderer to His Spiritual Father", an anonymous 19th century Russian novel first translated to English in the 1930's and brought to America.
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