Key Points - "Did I Ever Wake Up?" - Mod Sun

Here is the book summary I promised of “Did I Ever Wake Up?” by Mod Sun. I have highlighted what I feel are the most important parts of Mod’s book. Although I have highlighted key points here I still urge you to read the book as it is very inspiring and he does a great job of explaining how to use these principles.

You must know what you want and you must believe without a doubt you will obtain it

• The sooner you figure it out the better
• This includes relationships, occupation, happiness, health, financial well-being
• Consider what you enjoy most in life and focus on those
• Thoughts must be paired with affirmation  “I want to be happy” –> “I am happy”
• Takes imagination and self-control to truly believe you will obtain what you want

The power of new environment

• We have no past to those we haven’t met
•  When people don’t have a pre-conceived idea of who we are, we can let go of what we don’t want to be and become whomever we intend on being
• May become necessary to leave behind people or things that are holding us back from the destiny we are creating
• We are here to be happy
• Being happy will spread happiness to others

Everything that happens in your life was born first within your mind

• Every thought that enters your head also leaves it
• Your solely responsible for everything that happens to you, good or bad
• The universe is completely unbiased
• Doesn’t differentiate between want or don’t want, just focuses on your words and thoughts
• The universe believes we want everything we think about, so think about what you want

You must prove that when faced with rain you can still shine bright

• Universe tests you with bad days, you have to pass these challenges and continue to think positively and the universe will begin to hand you nothing but good fortune
• Bad days are propelling you towards a series of never ending good ones; that is, if you deal with them correctly

We need the opposite and it needs us

• If the opposite of what you believe in didn’t exist, you’d have nothing to believe in
• Always be accepting – take what people say as insight
• You decide whether or not to look up or down at every situation that occurs
• Let unexpected incidents roll off you like raindrops dancing down your bedroom window
• Within one second you can completely erase any negative thoughts by simply thinking about things that make you happy 
• Mod uses an analogy of a dresser, as thoughts enter your mind either put them in the top drawer with all your happiest thoughts and experiences and all your negative thoughts in the bottom drawer, slam it shut and never open it again.

“selfish” – has been abused and misused since its origin

• Negative connotation attached, we should put ourselves first, be selfish
• Until you’ve helped yourself, you’re not helping anyone else

Everything is easy – some things just take longer than others

• Anytime someone tells you to “be realistic” reply back: “enjoy your flight”
• The innovation and technology advancement that make flight and air travel possible wasn’t realistic in the beginning, this proves every is possible, things just take time
• You can do anything, especially if someone else has already done it

Your worst mistake is your best advice

• Knowing something someone else doesn’t know will not make you more intelligent than the next person
• Only means you’ve experienced something the other person hasn’t yet encountered
• No one is superior to anyone else, but we can all learn from each other
• There is a reason we have two ears and one mouth – listen more than talk
• The people that surround you are either working for you or against you, and how you interact with these individuals will be the deciding factor 
• You can essentially build up an entire team of people helping to make your life great by simply being kind to them

Always Remember…

• You are in control of your body, emotions, thoughts and manifestations – take responsibility and use this to your advantage
• The more time you spend thinking about what you want, the faster you will get it
• Stop hoping for things to happen and make them happen
• Figure out what you love to do and dedicate yourself to it entirely

Mod Sun - Did I Ever Wake Up?

Hello my friends!

If you have never heard of Mod Sun I want to introduce you to him and what he is all about. First of all, Mod Sun stands for "Movement on dreams, stand under none". MOD SUN’s mission statement is very clear, choose to be happy. Mod is a hip-hop artist (or as he describes it, "hippy hop") from Bloomington, Minnesota who has a “no fans, just friends,” motto. Mod drastically turned heads in 2011 when he was chosen by Rolling Stone magazine as 1 of the top 16 unsigned artists in the world. He began touring nationally at 17 and by age 21 he had already toured the world playing drums for two successful rock bands, Scary Kids Scaring Kids and Four Letter Lie. In the peak of these bands success, Mod decided to pursue a career as a full time emcee. In a span of 3 years MOD SUN has released over 100 songs and all but 10 of them for free.  As expressed in his book "Did I Ever Wake Up?", MOD SUN is a walking talking affirmation to the power of positive thinking. Right now he is somewhere smiling and he wants the same for you.


As mentioned before I urge you to read and re-read this book. It is only 80 pages and will change your perspective on everything you know. An in-depth summary of the book and more about Mod Sun to come, stay real!

Intro to Law of Attraction

Much of what I believe in and what has helped alter my perception of the world is the books "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne (which is now a documentary film) as well as "Did I Ever Wake Up?" by Mod Sun. Both these novels are based on the law of attraction and I urge you with every ounce of my being to read and re-read and share them with as many people as possible. The law of attraction is based on the idea that what you think about, positive or negative, will bring about positive or negative results. Mentality to reality. The idea of this has been around forever but only the most aware and powerful minded individuals have put it to use and have been extremely successful with it. I have attached a video below that I urge you to watch of Bob Proctor a very successful philosopher outlining the basis of the law of attraction.

Welcome my hippies!

I want to give you a very warm welcome to my blog The Enlightened Hippy and let you know who I am and what my blog is all about. I by no means am perfectly happy. In fact, I am struggling to find ultimate happiness in my life right now as many people all over the world are. Many people go through life doing what they have to in order to survive and support their families but never find true inner happiness. Sure, we all have happy times and bad times but being ultimately happy with your life and being excited to get up every day is a whole other level of happiness many never reach. My desire is to change the way people perceive life and help them to find true inner happiness that will last. 

Why am I writing this blog?

I am currently in my fourth year of University in Business Administration. As many of you know, University is a huge commitment of time, a lot of money, and extreme dedication and perseverance. If your like me you come from a hard working family that values money and just as they were I am expected to pay my own expenses and tuition with little help. This is a huge burden and stress for a student who spends over 30 hours a week doing school work. On top of working part time who has time for fun!? This got me thinking... Is life really about just doing what I HAVE to do? I HAVE to go to school to get a good job just to work for the rest of my life to keep up this lifestyle and image I am "supposed" to have. This is what the societal norms are, it is what is expected of you and you are told from a very young age. I keep wondering when life is  going to get better or easier. Well my friends, from what I've heard and my own experiences so far it doesn't get any easier, in fact it gets more complicated with more bills as you start to acquire more assets and especially children. So this life of perpetual bills and stress is inevitable? I find that extremely disconcerting and depressing. Once I realized this around 18 years old, I sat on it awhile and just kept going through life's motions and doing what was expected of me and although I had many great times and experiences, I wasn't overall happy with where my life was headed and I realized around age 20 I didn't want to conform to society anymore and there must be more to life then working, paying and dying. This started my search for a better more simple life; one where I was doing what I want and not what I HAVE to. 

Since then I have begun to perceive life in a new way. I am by no means an expert at the things I advise nor do I have everything figured out but I have taken the first step which is awareness. If you are perfectly happy living your life according to societal norms where you go to University, maybe get a masters, work very hard for your money, get married have children and a big house and lots of toys and you will die happy in your $10,000 casket then this blog probably isn't for you. If that's what makes you happy that is wonderful and I am very happy for you but this blog is for people looking for more out of life and fighting societal norms that just don't make sense anymore for our generation. If any of this has hit home for you or you are feeling the same way I am about society I urge you to stick around and keep checking out my blog for ways to find inner happiness and the life you want to live. This is ultimately a learning environment and I always love to hear your comments about what you do for happiness and your perceptions on life. Be peaceful, respectful, and always listen, if you aren't learning you aren't living. Peace for now my hippies :)