{"id":7427,"date":"2018-10-16T16:07:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T16:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guruquote.net\/?p=7427"},"modified":"2018-10-16T16:07:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T16:07:32","slug":"when-i-try-to-be-without-all-thoughts-i-pass-into-sleep-what-should-i-do-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guruquote.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/16\/when-i-try-to-be-without-all-thoughts-i-pass-into-sleep-what-should-i-do-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"When I try to be without all thoughts, I pass into sleep. What should I do about it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"a\">Question : When I try to be without all thoughts, I pass into sleep. What should I do about it?<span style=\"color: #ff9966;\"><br \/>\nRamana Maharshi :<\/span> Once you go to sleep you can do nothing in that state. But while you are awake, try to keep away all thoughts. Why think about sleep? Even that is a thought, is it not? If you are able to be without any thought while you are awake, that is enough. When you pass into sleep the state which you were in before falling asleep will continue when you wake up. You will continue from where you left off when you fell into slumber. So long as there are thoughts of activity there will also be sleep. Thought and sleep are counterparts of one and the same thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a\">We should not sleep too much or go without it altogether, but sleep only moderately. To prevent too much sleep, we must try and have no thoughts or <i>chalana <\/i>[movement of the mind], we must eat only <i>sattvic <\/i>food and that only in moderate measure, and not indulge in too much physical activity. The more we control thought, activity and food the more we shall be able to control sleep. But moderation ought to be the rule, as explained in the <i>Gita, <\/i>for the seeker on the path.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a\">Sleep is the first obstacle, as explained in the books, for all <i>sadhaks. <\/i>The second obstacle is said to be <i>vikshepa <\/i>or the sense objects of the world which divert one&#8217;s attention. The third is said to be <i>kashaya <\/i>or thoughts in the mind about previous experiences with sense objects. The fourth, <i>ananda <\/i>[bliss], is also called an obstacle, because in that state a feeling of separation from the source of <i>ananda, <\/i>enabling the enjoyer to say `I am enjoying <i>ananda&#8217;, is <\/i>present. Even this has to be surmounted. The final stage of <i>samadhi <\/i>has to be reached in which one becomes <i>ananda <\/i>or one with reality. 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