Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories - Dreams of Ozymandias

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Starting point is 00:01:34 end of your busy days. Whatever is going on in the world. We hope all the love and effort we pour into making each and every episode of Get Sleepy. We'll help all of you, our wonderful listeners, maintain a sense of peace and tranquility. Tonight we'll join a traveller named Rico on a dreamy Egyptian adventure. Somewhere in the sands are the remains of a long-lost kingdom and a forgotten king. It was written by Alexandra and will be read by Marcellus. Before we begin our story, take a moment to relax, so you're ready for a good night's sleep as you lie in bed.

Starting point is 00:02:39 Feel the mattress supporting your body and your head, resting comfortably on your pillow. Close your eyes. and take a deep breath in. As you draw the air in, imagine that you're collecting all your thoughts and worries. Then breathe back out and let it all go. Again, breathing in slowly,

Starting point is 00:03:28 collecting the thoughts and worries. Then exhaling softly and sensing the release. And sensing the release. of all that mind noise, you are safe and sound in your cosy bed, where you can rest in stillness and tranquility, untroubled by the concerns of daily life, as you continue to take slow, deep breaths. Let an image form in your mind the golden sand of the adjacent. desert beneath the clear blue sky.

Starting point is 00:04:26 Breathe in, then exhale once more and let all your worries vanish. In the vastness of the desert, we will return to this beautiful landscape a little later, but for now, imagine the vibrant city of Cairo. Egypt's capital. This is where our story begins. Rico sat by the window and watched the sun set over. The sun's radiance poured through the glass, the bustling capital of Egypt. Through the window of his top floor watched as day and another side of the city.

Starting point is 00:06:23 The shining headlights of the vehicles or the city's night. Desert Safari. Rico was a travel writer. He got to share those experience. He felt especially grateful. As Rico dressed up for thee, he felt a thrill. Whenever Rico arrived and he liked to go for it, the trees were all the same and equal distances,

Starting point is 00:08:53 creating a sin. Niro sometimes felt chaos. But all you had to do was Rico wanted to see the Nile River, which he had glimpsed from his apartment. His first instinct was to look at a map on his phone, but he decided to resist the earth. And there was satisfaction only the noises of the city. A few ferry boats.

Starting point is 00:11:15 He listened to the sound. This was a special stretching from West Egypt and neighboring land. Rico had read about the night, become a source of life. Egypt's civilization to flage. In ancient time, the river was even believed to have healing property. Considered a divine as Rico gave Eve and visited. Rico went back as he showered. He changed into his pajamas.

Starting point is 00:15:50 He moved slowly. He savored the first. feel so much to see, but it was something else. Not the stat, something that most other visitors overlook, vividly detailed paint, so realistic. It almost looked like a photo. The traveler stood in the same. Rico moved toward, he wanted to know, but it was too blurry. Even after Rico had, he couldn't stop thinking of it. He pictured himself. Rico decided it seemed unlikely that he would find using his hand to shield his eyes from the sun. Rico continued along the road.

Starting point is 00:21:18 Rico caught, it looked like a group of it. It was difficult, but he could see smoke, right? There was smoke. There was probably some kind of, he hesitated. Perhaps it was just a mirage. So Rico walked on, structures in the cloud of smoke, he chewing something. It turned its head, its huge brown.

Starting point is 00:23:30 Rico carried lectures. It was a ruin. Temperature dropped significant, then returned to the kentua surprise. Byte of the fire, Rico could see the t-shirt. Rico guessed at the same spot. As Rico came closer, invited Rico, he was hungry to, peacefully accepted a generous portion of food. He stew, enjoying the warmth of the, the man asked Rico what he was.

Starting point is 00:26:52 Rico wasn't sure how to all of a sudden. He found himself here. When he tried to explain this, then introduced himself as he was a traveler. Looking for a long-lost kingdom, they were sitting just outside the ancient kingdom and asked Elric to tell him about it, as it was still early in the other thing else to do. The traveler began his shoes. Roads were lined in certain lights. The sculptures seemed to watch over that Elric's mother hung the sheets out to dry.

Starting point is 00:28:47 They dangled over the arch looked like ruins were like living things, even as a child. He spent hours in libraries, reading about old kingdoms and studying one of those books. He saw a name. This was the Greek name who ruled over Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. Some reason, Elric was captivated by it. There was something magical about it. It conjured up images of vast desert. Distant Oasis and majestic kings, Elric Red, he would make it his mission.

Starting point is 00:30:38 One day, it seemed that life had other years that Patty never forgot his dreams. And once he was in his 70s, he decided that it was now he bid his family goodbye. While he had traveled as the young Mazurts, it was like nothing he'd ever experienced. of the singing sand dune as he wandered the desert. Here he was at last, fulfilling his life's ambition. After many days of searching, under the scorching desert sun, Elric Paul, near the legs, he came across the brook.

Starting point is 00:34:11 How expressive then, Mandius almost looked up! He must have known that his passions to capture him so perfectly and created a sculpture that endured. Asimandius himself was long gone. among the lifeless stone. He couldn't help but how was Elric so sure it was the statue of Osimandius? Elric explained that there was a pedestal nearby, though it was cracked. The inscription was still for his.

Starting point is 00:35:50 Elriced red. He couldn't help, but Osimandias had once been a proud. He too wanted. He would show him tomorrow. He would show Rico a very young. Elric suggested when Rico was also thing, but as Rico opened it, the ceiling fan. He realized in his bed. He could see

Starting point is 00:39:40 the sun rising. He remembered the feel of... He remembered El. Seems surreal. He needed to pass. He was even more excited to explore. Perhaps he would be able to put on his shoes. He saw that they were covered in sand. Rounded

Starting point is 00:41:32 the low.

Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories - Dreams of Ozymandias

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