First: let's talk about resistance, and its "power" over our wish to work through some limitation. Then we'll look at something that should help you with the insomnia.

It's helpful to know that before any negative state can stake a claim on one's attention, that dark wave always begins with one unseen movement within us: resistance. It is the dark father of psychological fear, and all other unwanted emotional states. Briefly, it works like this: an event, an impression, even a habitual thought will be registered within us (unconsciously) and the conditioned mind immediately decides for us what that event means... all by a process of comparison. In the same instant, having now concluded what's happened to us, the same divided mind then projects what will happen next as a result of this unwanted event, and then it resists its own findings.

You have to see this dynamic in action to start separating from the fearful reactions that attend its actions. But, remember: no fear can exist without some form of negative imagination being involved. If you can just work to see this truth, and then act accordingly when confronted by the machinations, then you'll have something to help you drop the dark states.

Here's something to help get through the interior assault of fear (over being unable to sleep) as it taunts you with the idea that your night will be another living hell.

I'll assume you know the Lord's Prayer, but if not then the "Thou Art..." exercise will work just as well. You must take one line of the prayer -- a few words at a time are enough -- and recite them consciously. This means, for instance, "Our Father, who art in Heaven..." that you make every single word as conscious to yourself as you can. All true and positive associations with each word... fully present in yourself to the feeling of the individual words, and their meaning as they're further associated. Don't let anything creep into this work... if it does, start over. FEEL what you're thinking -- not in a sentimental way, but with all that you can sense about the word, it's meaning, and the broader context of which each and all are a part. Such prayer, real prayer because you are doing the deliberate inner work of aligning all your parts with the intention of communion, never fails to quiet the mind. Once this intervention takes place, rest comes... of a deeper order. Don't expect "success"... make these actions a request, and you will receive what you need.

You are created for this "battle", which means you can't lose... providing you remain in its midst. I know this to be true, and so will you.