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Aptavani-1
Sleep
Sleep is a necessity for every living creature. But the
proportion of sleep is never maintained. What has become of
people nowadays? A peculiar generation has evolved today,
otherwise how can sleep be so abnormal? Do birds and animals
ever sleep like the humans do? Sleep should be so well balanced
that one does not fall asleep during the day. These wretched
beings sleep ten long hours lying in bed till the sun rises. Is life
meant for sleeping away? On the other hand there are some
that cannot fall asleep at all. A high percent of people in America
use sleeping pills to fall asleep. It is poison that may kill you.
This is a terrible affliction. They have succeeded in putting a
man on the moon and yet they have not been able to reduce
their dependency on the sleeping pills. The real need is for the
latter. People suffer terribly because of their insomnia, why not
do something to help them? Sleep is a natural gift and that too
has been lost. Of what good are other comforts and wealth?
People lack in natural sleep because their proportion of labor
is not equivalent to the proportion of their intake of food. The
food intake should be such that one’s tiredness will induce sleep.
Proper adjustment of food with labour would induce normal
sleep. Everywhere insomnia runs rampant, especially in foreign
countries. I have the prescription for a natural cure. I will teach
everyone how to live a normal life : normal food, normal sleep
and normal enjoyment.
How much sleep does a person require? God has conceded
to three hours for sleeping. This life is not meant to be wasted
away through sleep. After Gnan, it is better if you are not able
to sleep long. You will have more time to remain alert as the
Knower and Seer. For the past twenty years, I have not slept
more than an hour and a half each night. I have spent all those
nights in the awareness of the Gnan. One needs enough sleep to
freshen up after a grueling day. This is all the sleep you need.