HOW TO AVOID ASLEEP
DURING MEDITATION
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WHEN I DO SADHANA, I AM FINDING MYSELF DOZING OFF. I THOUGHT THIS WAS DUE TO TIREDNESS, BUT WHENEVER I CLOSE MY EYES AND MEDITATE. I FALL ASLEEP. HOW CAN I STAY AWAKE?
ANS : FIRST, LET US UNDERSTAND WHAT SLEEP IS ABOUT. IF SLEEP IS INVADING YOUR LIFE ANYTIME OF THE DAY, YOU MUST FIRST CHECK YOUR BASIC HEALTH AND SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR SYSTEM. WHEN YOU ARE PHYSICALLY UNWELL, YOU WILL TEND TO SLEEP MUCH MORE THAN NORMAL- THE BODY WANTS TO REST.
THE SECOND THING IS THE FOOD THAT YOU EAT. CONSUMING AT LEAST A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF VEGETARIAN MATERIAL, PARTICULARLY IN UNCOOKED CONDITION, IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR GENERAL WELLBEING. WHEN YOU COOK FOOD, A LARGE VOLUME OF PRANA IS DESTROYED. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LETHARGY SETTLES INTO THE BODY. IF YOU JUST EAT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LIVE FOOD, APART FROM MANY OTHER BENEFITS, ONE THING THAT WILL IMMEDIATELY HAPPEN IS YOUR SLEEP QUOTA WILL GO DOWN DRAMATICALLY.
ESSENTIALLY, YOUR ALERTNESS DEPENDS ON HOW KEENLY YOU MANAGE YOUR ENEGIES, IF YOU WANT TO MEDITATE, YOUR ALERTNESS MUST BE NOT OF THE MIND ALONE, BUT OF YOUR VERY ENERGY. TO ASSIT THIS, GENERALLY, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE YOGIC PATH, IT IS SAID THAT YOU SHOULD EAT ONLY TWENTY-FOUR MOUTHFULS, AND YOU MUST CHEW EVERY MOUTHFUL AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR TIMES. NOW YOU FOOD WILL BE PRE-DIGESTED IN YOUR MOUTH BEFORE IT GOES IN, AND IT WILL NOT CAUSE DULLNESS.
IF YOU DO THIS DURING YOUR EVENING MEAL AND THEN SLEEP IN THEN NIGHT, YOU WILL EASILY WAKE UP AT THREE-THIRTY IN THE MORNING, AND YOU CAN MEDITATE. IN THE YOGIC SYSTEMS, THIS TIME IS CALLED THE BRAHMA MUHURTAM. IT IS AN IDEAL TIME TO WAKE UP, BECAUSE AT THAT TIME, THERE IS AN EXTRA SUPPORT FROM NATURE ITSELF FOR YOUR SADHANA. IF YOU TAKE A BATH AND KEEP YOUR HAIR WET, YOU WILL EASILY STAY AWAKE AND ALERT THROUGH YOUR SADHANA UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOK. IF YOU EAT JUST TWENTY-FOUR MORSELS IN YOUR MORNING MEAL, YOU WILL DEFINITELY NOT FEEL SLEEPY UNTIL DENNERTIME. AFTER ONE-AND-A-DAY TO TWO HOURS, YOU WILL BE HUNGRY, AND THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO BE. JUST BECAUSE THE STOMACH IS EMPTY, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PUT FOOD. JUST DRINK WATER AND YOU WILL STAY ALERT AND ENERGETIC THROUGHOUT THE DAY. YOUR SYSTEM WILL LEARN TO USE THE FOOD YOU HAVE EATEN WELL, RATHER THAN SIMPLY WASTING IT. ECONOMICALLY AND ECOLOGICALLY IT IS GOOD FOR THE WORLD, AND GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH - YOU MAY NEVER FALL SICK IF YOU EAT LIKE THIS.
WHICH IS GOOD FOR HEALTH ,
WHETHER VEGETARIAN OR NON-VEGETARIAN
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WHAT KIND OF FOOD YOU EAT SHOULD DEPEND NOT ON WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT, OR ON YOUR VALUES AND ETHICS, BUT ON WHAT THE BODY WANTS. FOOD IS ABOUT THE BODY. WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD, DON'T ASK YOUR DOCTORS OR YOUR NUTRITION EXPERTS, THEY KEEP CHANGING THEIR OPINION EVERY FIVE YEARS. DO EXPERIMENTS, WITH DIFFERENT FOODS AND SEE HOW YOUR BODY FEELS AFTER EATING. IF YOUR BODY FEELS VERY AGILE, ENERGETIC AND NICE, THAT MEANS THE BODY IS, "HAPPY". IF THE BODY FEELS LETHARGIC AND NEEDS TO BE PUMPED UP WITH CAFFERINE OR NICOTINE TO STAY AWAKE, THE BODY IS NOT HAPPY.
IF YOU LISTEN TO YOUR BODY, IT WILL CLEARLY TELL YOU WHAT KIND OF FOOD IT IS HAPPY WITH. BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE LISTENING TO YOUR MIND, WHICH KEEPS LYING TO YOU ALL THE TIME. HASN'T IT LIED TO YOU BEFORE? TODAY IT TELLS YOU THIS IS IT. TOMORROW IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE A FOOL FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVED YESTERDAY. SO DON'T GO BY YOUR MIND. YOU JUST HAVE TO LEARN TO LISTEN TO YOUR BODY.
