Sleep first cousin of Death.

[Still_Waters]

To comment further on Michael K's title for this thread, "Sleep first cousin of Death", it has been said by Sufis, Yogis, and Tibetan Buddhists alike that the conscious sleep prpcess is a "dying before death" practice.

[Unseeking Seeker]

All looks easy when God does enable
Until then, an Aesop fable

[Michael K.]

Originally Posted by Still_Waters

To comment further on Michael K's title for this thread, "Sleep first cousin of Death", it has been said by Sufis, Yogis, and Tibetan Buddhists alike that the conscious sleep prpcess is a "dying before death" practice.

Thanks still waters indeed sleep is the dying before death, nature lets us get used to the process of letting go of consciousness each night and embracing the unknown.

regards michael.

[Still_Waters]

Originally Posted by Michael K.

Thanks still waters indeed sleep is the dying before death, nature lets us get used to the process of letting go of consciousness each night and embracing the unknown.

regards michael.

Exactly.... and, if one can remain conscious through the whole process including the transitions ... one is amazingly calm when "embracing the unknown" that is no longer an "unknown".