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Articles: My Thoughts | Art of sleeping
- Dr. anjaneyulu goli
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Our Telugu traditional view, as part of Indian sanatana culture, life and style of living are unique and distinctive. Even that passes for the routine of daily secular activity is suffused with the ideal of spiritual realization. Life accordingly, was to be lived to the full and the years must be spent in activity directed towards fulfillment and liberation. Our Isavasya Upanisad says ‘By doing karma or action, indeed, should one wish to live for hundred years. There is no other way’. Our rishis and wise guides have laid down tried and tested ways of satisfying our longing for happiness, pleasure and contentment. In course of time they have become part of our ethos, our culture and inheritance.
Sleep is an important part of life. We spend one third of our life in sleep. Good sleep is a gift. Healthy sleep is considered to be a great attainment. It is a sign of physical as well as psycological health. If your personality is highly integrated, one can control sleep and sleep at will. Hence we pray YAA DEVI SARVABHUTESHU NIDRA RUPENA SAMSTITA NAMASTASYAI NAMASTASYAI
Good sleep is necessary so that the physical body can rest and recharge itself at the end of each day. During sleep, special physiological and chemical changes occur in the body. Your tired body heals itself faster during sleep because your mind and ego do not interface at that time. Sleep is a great aid in securing health, in promoting physical and mental balance, and in curing disease. In every way, it is a marvelous divine medicine, given as a gift by nature - Divine Sleep.
ART OF SLEEPING - SOME TIPS :
Before going to sleep, tryto elevate your mind by reading some elevating passages from an inspiring book - - Bhagavad Gita - Bhagavatam - Ramayanam. Pray with a sincere heart or repeat any mantra, a divine name or mystic formula with feeling and devotion. Give positive suggestions to your mind before sleeping which continue to operate during the night. Even if you read or pray for only ten minutes, that effort educates your unconscious profoundly. Live righteously so that you are not pinched by a guilty conscience which will rob you of your pleasant sleep.
Our capacity to take control of the entire process of sleeping and waking by our healthy will results in meeting the demands of life with success and skill. Therefore let us learn the art of promoting sound and healthy sleep for God-realization. My pranams to Swami Jyotirmayananda.
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