Why is sleep important?

Sleep is a common activity in every person's life which is characterized by altered consciousness, reduced mind activity and reduced muscular activity. On an average, a person spends around 8 hours of sleep everyday. During sleep, the brain waves move towards Theta and Delta waves. Theta state is the sleep state when the person would start seeing some dreams whereas Delta state is a more deep sleep dreamless state. Sleep is essential for every human being due to various benefits. Let us look into the benefits of sleep.

The quantity of sleep varies from individual to individual. Some of the factors that decide the amount of sleep required for an individual are :

- The nature of work of that individual. 

- Level of physical and mental activities done during the day.

- The type of food consumed during the day.

Let us look at some of these points. If the type of work done by a person during the day is very hectic, then the amount of sleep required would be slightly more than normal. You may have observed that after playing some outdoor game or after a long drive, you may feel exhausted and would feel like hitting the bed early. You would observe the amount of sleep required would be more in this case. Similarly after a long meeting or a discussion you would feel very tired, drained and would look to hit the bed early.

Food Pattern

Another point is the food pattern. If the food you are consuming is junk or too oily, then the amount of sleep required would be slightly high. On the other hand, if your food is more natural and raw, then the amount of sleep required would be less. This is because there is layer of energy field outside our body. This is called as Prana Shakti. This energy field focuses on the rebuilding process of the body. If the food you consumed during the night is very heavy, then most if the Prana Shakti would be focusing on the digestion task rather than the repair work of the body during your night sleep. The repair work means the regeneration of the cells and tissues of the body. 

This is the reason why Rishis and Saints require less amount of sleep everyday. They eat very minimal and the type of food they eat is mostly simple and raw. As a result the body takes less time to digest the food during sleep. Also the remaining time would be fruitfully used to repair the cells of the body. Even during Meditation there is an internal healing happening in the body as the person stays relaxed, idle and thoughtless. 

This could be another reason why it is said that a person should keep a gap of 2 hours after the dinner before going to sleep. The gap of few hours would help in the digestion of the food before going to sleep. As far as possible, we should try to reduce the digestion activity to be taken up during sleep. The repair work should be given more importance during sleep. This would ensure ourselves to be rejuvenated and healthy always. 

For Manifestation

The Theta waves during sleep, helps in the Manifestation process. During this state the Subconscious Mind takes over from the Conscious Mind. All the events and memories stored previously in the Subconscious Mind comes to play here. The Subconscious Mind is a very powerful tool and helps in the Manifestation process because it cannot distinguish between a true and a false statement. Whatever the Conscious Mind feeds to it with full belief and intent, the Subconscious considers that as true and starts working upon that belief to make that thought into a reality. A person who succeeds in using this Theta state for providing positive thoughts to the Subconscious would find it easy to Manifest their goals and desires to their lives. The period of time when you just wake up in the morning and during the time before you just fall asleep are the state close to the Theta state. This is an ideal time to send positive thoughts to the Subconscious for Manifestation. 

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