Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Mediation - of sleep
There are many reasons why religion appeals to people during
the history. I believe they range from practical to fictional and each has its
own use.
But one thing is true for all of them is – they are
systematical.
(If you have little children, this text might not apply in
its practicality)
No religion lets you roam free between your thought or
physical actions. All of them have rituals and structure.
To me, structure is not a bad thing. This is the exact thing
that we are missing in our lives.
I observe the deeply religious and I see a lot of benefits
to their being. The disadvantages are obvious but they do not come from
structure on its own but from the original intent of those who settle it.
The deeply religious show the following advantages:
1.
They are sure about their
day
2.
They perform well in areas
of family and reaction to day to day things
3.
They are usually calmer
than the secular counterparts
4.
They lack chaotic search
for truth and self determination
There are of course many other benefits but digging
dip is not the idea of this text
the idea is to get the structure applied to the secular
western culture person.
The lack of ritual structure makes our lives harder.
We feel tired because we sleep less. Our calculation of
sleep hours comes from cross benefit analysis of our tiredness, this is why sacrificing
some sleep hours here and there are optional.
This is also a reason for using the snooze button, we cross benefit
the 5 minute sleep with our sense of urgency or will to sacrifice a bit of work
or family time and, sometimes breakfast.
Imagine yourself how
the monks approach the sleep. Do they feel tired every morning, do they need to
convince themselves to get up? This would contradict the whole idea of
spiritual life.
Internal monk in us must follow the same logic. Not for
worshipping but for a better use of our daytime.
Take out the decision making out of your sleep. Make a goal
to wake up in a specific hour, estimate your optimal sleep time and set the alarm
clock for going to bed.
Plan your day around it.
Achieve piece in your rest time, that’s already something.
I wish you calm thoughts
A.
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