Stoic Sleep Meditation With The Female Stoic

This sleep meditation track was inspired by Stoic quotes from Female Literary Masters. Take the time to immerse yourself in the words of classic authors and their counterparts, read by the soothing voice of Stephanie Poppins.

Transcript

Your life is a reflection of what you consistently build,

What you consistently think about,

Believe in and expect.

The moment you realise that is the moment you take the steering wheel of your destiny.

When it comes to the shape of your results,

Success is not something that stumbles upon the few,

Nor is failure cast from above.

They're just manifestations of focus,

What you focus on.

They are the manifestations of the dominant thoughts in your mind.

It's not the fleeting impulses that build the structure of your life,

And it's not enough to want success.

You must saturate your consciousness with it,

Build a temple to it in your daily thoughts,

And only then will the world begin to echo it back to you.

It's not enough to say you want wealth.

If your dominant thoughts are of lack and scarcity,

Your actions will repel prosperity.

Your mind is the gateway through which you program the universe.

It's not a passive receiver,

It's an active transmitter.

We are looking at the frequency we emit through our actions and our words.

Our attention determines what flows into our life.

We're not just living in the universe,

We are creating with it,

Moment by moment through our focused intent.

Whatever we choose to focus our attention on in private will show up in public.

We may not see the results instantly,

But they are coming.

That is the law of the universe,

And the law of the universe does not have any favorites.

It does not judge our focus,

It just amplifies it.

If we think defeat,

We shall be defeated.

If we think success,

We shall be successful.

If we speak as one who has already won,

And expect success with unwavering belief,

Then no circumstances,

No delay,

No opposition can keep it from us.

We must avoid being casual with our attention.

We must avoid allowing the noise of the world to decide our focus.

We must shut the news,

The gossip,

The fears of others out.

Otherwise,

It is dictating what lives in our mind.

The one who masters her focus becomes a master of her future.

And when she understands that attention is energy,

She treats it with reverence.

Just as we wouldn't spill our savings into a hole in the ground,

We must not waste our focus on that which does not serve our growth.

Every time we give our energy to a fear,

A complaint or a distraction,

We are feeding the opposite of what we want.

The answer is to become deliberate.

Train our minds to lock onto our vision like an eagle locks onto its prey.

We must not let our circumstances decide our attitude.

Let our attitude dictate our circumstances.

We are creators,

Not victims.

But how can we focus on success when all we see is lack,

You may ask?

The answer is not to focus on what is,

But on what can be.

The painter does not despair at the blank canvas.

He researches his vision and he begins to paint.

The dressmaker does not despair when she looks at the length of cloth.

She takes out the pattern and she begins to cut.

We are creating our outcome with focus before the world catches up with us.

The universe is not waiting for us to prove our worth before it delivers.

It is waiting for us to prove our focus.

And that is what we must do.

When we are clear,

Our actions become aligned.

We do not dilute our energy across a thousand different aims.

We are laser focused on the one thing that matters.

And that is the version of ourself that already lives within us.

The original person we were before life moulded us into what it wanted us to be.

This is the person we were born to become.

This is our true self,

Our true potential.

And the only way to bring that person out is to give it attention.

To feed it with thought.

To nurture it with belief.

To walk with it.

To look towards it every single day,

No matter what storm rages around us.

To block out external forces and remain focused on what we protect in our inner citadel.

It is our job as Stoics to connect with the original version of ourself.

The authentic version of ourself.

We must speak like that person,

Think like that person and move like that person.

We do not need permission to be our original true self.

This focus is free.

It is not for the lucky or the gifted.

It is a skill forged in the fires of discipline and commitment.

This is our decision.

I will no longer let the world mould me.

It is my time to be the captain of my destiny.

I will think on purpose.

I will act with intent.

And I will build my life through deliberate,

Focused energy.

The moment you wake up,

Decide what will dominate your thoughts that day.

What will you build?

What will you believe?

And what will you ignore?

Let us say to ourselves,

Today,

I choose to focus only on what moves me forward.

I choose to starve all distractions and eliminate doubt from my mind.

I will no longer feed what I do not want.

I will no longer allow external forces to mould me.

I choose to monitor my emotions,

My reactions,

And be aware of how I respond to the external forces of my mind.

I will no longer allow the world to surround me.

This is survival.

This is the discipline that leads to miracles.

This is direct focus on where I am placing my attention.

If you dream of greatness,

But cast your attention on comparing yourself to others,

Throwing away your creative power,

But this is not how you were born.

You were not born to be concerned with external forces.

You were born to focus on your own inner power.

Think back to when you were a child.

Think back to before you allowed life to mould you.

And this focus takes time,

Not a day,

Not a week,

It's small repetitive motion,

Not bursts of enthusiasm,

A sustained intention,

A consistency.

Think of your focus like a magnifying glass.

If it's held steady,

It will create fire.

But if it's moved around constantly,

It will accomplish nothing.

The fire you seek in your life shall only be created when you focus your energy on building that fire.

Monitor your mental habits.

Be aware of what it is doing.

Don't let it jump from gratitude to envy,

Action to hesitation.

Do not divide your focus.

When a focus is divided,

You cannot manifest power.

You cannot manifest the fire you need to succeed.

Train your mind to hold one dominant idea at a time,

That idea that aligns with your highest goals.

You can do this by repeating an exercise every day.

Start your day at the same time.

Focus on your task for a specific amount of time,

At the same time every day.

Small action taken repeatedly creates momentum,

Which creates power.

Let that dominant thought sing out when you arise,

When you eat,

When you walk,

When you lay your head to sleep.

Let it infuse your conversations and guide your choices.

It is the lens through which you see the world.

And if you retain this focus,

You will begin to notice the more you focus on the idea,

The more life begins to rearrange around it.

Resources,

People,

Opportunities will begin to align.

Not because they were never there to start with,

But because your focus is finely tuned to receive them.

What you were blind to before,

You shall now see.

What you doubted before,

You will now believe.

And what once seemed impossible,

You will begin to expect.

And when you expect something with conviction,

Backed by daily focus,

The universe has no choice but to deliver.

Because that is the law,

The law of focus.

And the law of focus is the foundation of all achievement.

Your mental focus,

Unwavering and powerful,

Must sooner or later take place in your physical reality.

This is the law of the universe.

What it is important to remember is this form does not appear overnight.

There is a delay between thought and results.

But this is not punishment,

It is preparation.

Preparation to ensure you are ready to receive what you truly want.

And what you do during the delay determines whether the universe gives you what you asked for.

Or passes you by.

For the universe is your mirror.

It does not respond to what you want or what you need.

It reflects back what you are consistently being.

So it is now your job to become focused,

Deliberate,

Resilient and disciplined.

And then the results will come.

We must avoid becoming scattered,

Doubtful and easily discouraged.

Because then we are pushing away the very things we desire.

This law will not reward occasional effort.

It only responds to dominating thoughts backed by continuous action.

Look at your environment.

Not just where you live or you work.

But what surrounds your attention.

What voices are you listening to?

What books do you read?

What conversations are you having?

When we listen to the literary masters,

We are surrounding ourselves with words from those wiser than us.

Lessons we can learn that will benefit our well-being and our development.

It is our job to ruthlessly eliminate that which dilutes our focus.

If it drains our energy or weakens our spirit,

If it distracts us from our chief aim,

Then it has no place in our life.

Your destiny is too important.

Your vision is too sacred.

The price of mediocrity is far higher than the discomfort of discipline.

Do you want success?

Then why spend hours entertaining doubts,

Comparing yourself to others?

That is stealing your power.

It is stealing your time and your future.

Do not let the world rob you of your focus.

It is time to be vigilant and guard your inner citadel like a soldier guards his post.

Every thought and every emotion must be weighed against this question.

Does this move me closer to the life I'm building or further away?

And if it moves you forward,

Embrace it,

Multiply it,

Immerse yourself in it.

But if it moves you backward,

Eliminate it without apology.

Success does not belong to the lucky.

It belongs to the focused.

Those who live each day with purpose etched into their very soul cannot be denied.

The world will resist at first.

Obstacles will come.

But they will be crushed under the weight of sustained focus.

And therein lies the test.

We must become success.

We must embody it.

We must let it saturate every thought and action.

And when we do this,

We won't need to change anything.

It will come to us.

That is the law of the universe.

Do not divide your energy.

You cannot build anything with one eye on your goal and the other on your fears.

It is not possible to move forward with one foot on the gas and one on the brake.

It is time to decide once and for all what you are committed to.

And let everything else fall away.

Ignore the distractions.

Ignore the critics.

Push through the moments of doubt because the universe is listening to you.

It is watching you.

It is testing your focus.

It is looking for your persistence.

When you persist,

Even in the absence of results,

You send a message to life itself.

I am serious.

And when life knows you're serious,

It opens doors.

Not always when you want,

But always when you are ready.

And focus makes you ready.

The ability to hold a vision even when reality mocks you.

The ability to remain focused even when fear is scratching at your very skin.

The willingness to stand alone,

Misunderstood and still press forwards regardless.

This is what separates those who wish from those who achieve.

Those who dream from those who succeed.

What do you focus on when no one is watching?

What lives in your mind when the lights go out and the noise dies down?

Because that is the real you at this moment.

Your true focus.

And that is what the universe is responding to.

If you are focused on regret,

Resentment,

It is time to let it go.

It is stealing your true focus It is anchoring you to the past and draining your energy from the present.

It is time to clear your mental space.

It is time for your focus to become razor-sharp.

Release yesterday's failures.

You are no longer bound by them.

Release all patterns and remember the mind is malleable.

Your spirit is resilient and your power to focus can be forged anew each day.

Through choice.

Through repetition.

Through faith.

Now speak to yourself with authority.

Declare who you are and where you are going.

Let your inner voice become the strongest voice in your life.

It is time to build your own beliefs and feed them daily.

Guard them fiercely and keep them close in your inner citadel.

External forces may rage.

They may feel like a storm.

But if you are rooted in clarity you will not be shaken.

Every day ask yourself what am I building?

Who am I becoming?

These answers will determine your focus and this focus determines your life.

Do not focus on how long it will take.

Time is irrelevant to the focused mind.

It may take months or even years.

But to the one who never wavers time becomes an ally.

Because each day of focus is a brick in the wall of your dreams.

And one day that wall will stand complete because of your consistency.

Without it your energy is wasted.

But with it even the most ordinary daily actions become extraordinary over time.

And that is why as Stoics we must do what is right every day.

What is true to our focus whether we like it or not.

Discipline your focus and the universe will give you results.

You will attract the right people and stumble across the right ideas.

To feel guided not by chance but by design.

Your design.

So stop hoping.

Start focusing.

Stop wishing.

And start building.

You have nothing to lose.