Topic: Sleep and Waking Up

[Anne]

Meditation linkey

[Schatzdog]

Brilliant link. Tolle and Sakyamuni Buddha are my two primary sources in my meditation.

[Paulski]

Wow, that article was amazing. After I get ready for bed tonight, I'm definately trying this all out. It just sounds amazing to have the raised awareness and internal quietness that meditation gives you.

[Sync]

Well the thing is, the human body is really upposed to go through the sleep wake cycle like this:

Go to bed at midnight
Wake up at 8:00am

Stay awake for 16 hours.

Repeat.

But due to the way the world works now, we have to f#ck with the internal clock in order to meet the requirements of our daily lives.

[Chris Salvato]

Well the thing is, the human body is really upposed to go through the sleep wake cycle like this:

Go to bed at midnight
Wake up at 8:00am

Stay awake for 16 hours.

Repeat.

But due to the way the world works now, we have to f#ck with the internal clock in order to meet the requirements of our daily lives.

This is bullshit.

[Muse_of_Fire]

Glad the article was helpful. I hope it works for you!

Chris, for some reason the last two posts reminded me of this comic. 

http://xkcd.com/699/

[wlf]

Wow, that article was amazing. After I get ready for bed tonight, I'm definately trying this all out. It just sounds amazing to have the raised awareness and internal quietness that meditation gives you.

im sorry but that was a super long article can you shorten it so i can get the jist of it in like five min?

[Muse_of_Fire]

im sorry but that was a super long article can you shorten it so i can get the jist of it in like five min?

No.

Your best bet is to skim for meaning and to get the gist of it in "like five min," and then to re-read it more fully for meaning when you have more time.

[Chris Salvato]

im sorry but that was a super long article can you shorten it so i can get the jist of it in like five min?

*facepalm*

Chris, for some reason the last two posts reminded me of this comic. 

http://xkcd.com/699/

epic

[wlf]

i dont get it

[Chris Salvato]

i dont get it

You can't learn if you don't read.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.  ~Mark Twain

[wlf]

i love books, im short on time i have to go in like ten min max so i was wondering if someone could sum it up

[Chris Salvato]

just read it later.  It's not going anywhere bro.

[Phil Howe]

This is bullshit.

Agreed, the fact that specific times are used is not applicable when it comes to the human sleep cycle.  I think a closer generalization would be along the lines of: Sun sets, activity slows, fall asleep, sun begins to rise, wake up.

Our abstraction of the day into hours/minutes/seconds contributes to sleep problems, we sleep better with the cycle of day/night, because we evolved through time that way.  "Hard" wake up times are no good when compared to letting the rising sun wake you. 

But to be honest, as much as I'd like to, I'll be the last to go to bed early, consequences be damned.

[Steven Low]

+1 on the cold, dry, pitchblack room

Also, I've found that having ambient, quiet background sound/noise can really help contribute to a good night's sleep. (Sorry to contradict you here Steve) Dead silence is always kind of uncomfortable for me to get to sleep to.

Cause you're not used to it.