The Art of Waking Up at 3:33am

It all looks so familiar and yet I don’t quite know where I am, but everything is beautiful. The people that I am conversing with are strangers but I feel comfortable around them, we talk about the ocean, we talk about nothing and everything. I smell the sea. We move to another place and then, just like magic, I am right awake. I know where I am, I’m in my bedroom. It’s 3:33am :)

I get up and go to the bathroom.The reality of that dream, the people, the sea, the streets, the air, all vanishes by the time I flush the toilet. I look out the window and I see the smiley moon and the trees.
I go back to bed.
I grab my quartz crystal Mala and I chant the Gayatri mantra, but Mind is active, I put the beads down and I listen.

Right, Wrong, Up, Down, Sacred, Sin, Bills, Nature, Less sugar, More exercises, Ego, Global warming, Perfect body, New diet, Viruses, Vaccines, It shouldn’t, It has to, It needs to, Enlightenment, Conciousness, Chocolate Cake, Chemtrails,This and That.

And just like magic, there’s Silence. I feel the smoothness of the crystals against my right hand and fingers. I place the mala around my neck. The bed is warm and cozy. I’m peaceful. It’s 4:00am and I close my eyes.

Alexa wakes me up at 6:30am.The sun is out. I see the trees, the squirrels and the birds through my window and I offer them blessings. I sit in meditation, I co- create with awareness and I do the best I can. Love breathes me, in and out and I am open to this day, all of it.

By Art Temar© 2021