A post
Ok, yes yes I’ve been a little out of the blogging loop the last few days! I’ve started several entries and just can’t seem to manage the undisturbed, conscious brain-power to put anything more than a small unfinished paragraph together! *siiigh* So what’s a blogger to do? Well, this blogger has decided to post something that at least indicates that the blog is not forgotten, that the Path is not forgotten, but that “life” is just getting the better of me lately… including strained concentration and an ability to meditate that is handicapped by a lack of sleep. So yes, I need to get some sleep. But that is easier said than done sometimes (this being one of “those” times for me).
So why do we need sleep anyway? Well, there are a number of philosophies about this. There’s what most folks think of as traditional psychological approach; Sleep provides your subconscious a way to work out the problems and stresses of your daily life. Then there’s the physical aspect that sleep provides a level of muscular and mental relaxation difficult to achieve in our waking lives, and provides an opportunity for our hormones to balance themselves. There is also the metaphysical perspective: Sleep allows your spiritual self to replenish by reconnecting with the higher planes of existence while in the dream state, and that your dreams bring you messages for spiritual evolution.
And most people don’t get enough sleep. What happens then? It would seem that the assorted aspects of ourselves are adversely affected by not enough sleep. Physically, clarity of thought is harder, physical reactions are slower, patience is limited, emotions tend to be a bit more extreme and frequent, as well as a host of other symptoms which amount to a lower quality of waking, conscious hours. There’s also the spiritual implication that with limited sleep, we are not getting the messages from Spirit to evolve as quickly as we may otherwise. So if our sleep is limited, are we therefor limiting our own evolution and ascension? It seems that we may be doing just that. Perhaps the amount of violence in the world can be attributed to global sleep deprivation? Interesting thought.
And on that note, it’s nap time! Sweet dreams!! Zzzzzz……
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