The Science of Sleep
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September 7, 2010
I will define sleep.
Your very nature, the innate nature, you, your Consciousness, resides in a pure space: the timeless, formless, and nameless space. But because of engraved memories, you see name and form and go through Time. The inner, innate, intelligent Consciousness wants to get back to its original state. But engrams, engraved memories, by their very nature, create name, form, and time. The very nature of Consciousness is timeless, nameless, and formless. When the engrams are active, they create this world (the waking state) and dreams (the dream state). But when the Consciousness overtakes them, it just rewinds everything and gets back to its pure original state. That state is sleep.
When the Consciousness flows in your body, in your nervous system, it just packs up all the engrams, almost like packing your tent into a small size, and retires. However, the engrams do not die. They only get back to a seed level, till you wake up again.
If the effect of Consciousness and engrams on your nervous system is 50-50, you will have the right experience of the world, dream, and sleep. If the Consciousness becomes less and the effect of engrams is more, then naturally you will have sleep disorders or insomnia. If the effect of Consciousness becomes
more than the effect of engrams on your nervous system, it leads you to the meditative state and Superconsciousness. It will naturally lead to awareness, first during the dream state, then during the deep sleep state, and then during all three states. Awareness during all three states is what I call the fourth state of turiya (pure consciousness).
Understand the whole truth about sleep. By nature, engrams pull you out of Consciousness and shows you time, name, and form. By nature, Consciousness takes you back to the timeless, nameless, and formless state. The fight between these two is your life. When the engrams have more power over your nervous system, you see the world and see dreams. When the Consciousness has more power over your system, it reminds you and puts you in rest.
Technique: Darkness Meditation
You need a special dedicated moment for this technique; just before going to sleep is good. Close your eyelids. Close your inner eyes too; your inner TV is always playing scenes even inside your closed eyes!
Switch off the inside movement, and you will start to see the darkness from which you were born. This darkness is the sky or ether energy from which everything is born, that came to you from the mother's womb. Be with this intense darkness for at least half an hour. If your mind wanders, bring it back. Next, bring that same darkness outside you. See the same darkness outside intensely with open eyes. This may take a month to happen. But if you can see the same darkness both inside and outside, it means you can then switch off your mind whenever you need. This technique liberates you from all problems and disorders related to mind, including sleep issues.
