Message #46447

[mccoy]

You are not the only one who suffers from sleep deprivation. Today science has re-evaluated sleep. Traditionally, people sleeping little have been viewed as the real workers and achievers, but that has been shown to be the wrong sphere of thought.

The right sphere of thought is that we must achieve a balance between sleep and wakefulness, according to our own individual daily needs. At times we can sleep less, but chronic lack of adequate sleep is dangerous and sometimes may be deadly (for example, when driving).
The only way to sleep little without damage to health is to be able to plunge in very deep meditation, where evidently the whole body, brain included, enjoys a restorative state similar to sleep.