Sleepy Hollow!
“Life a dream in Death's eternal sleep.”
― James Thomson
Sleep and Death still remains not fully understood yet both seem interrelated.
To some extent we "die" every night when we sleep only to become "alive" again upon waking.
So in that case does insomnia mean immortality?
Sleep is a temporary death while death is the eternal sleep so said Ar -Raghib Al -Asfahani.
So lets see what we can learn today!
Sanskrit has words to describe the various stages of awareness till we fall asleep.
जाग्रत् (jAgrat)..Awake
स्वप्न (svapna)..Dream State(REM Sleep state where there is Rapid Eye Movement and dreaming during sleep)
सुषुप्ति (suSupti)...Deep Sleep (Non REM sleep where there is No rapid eye movement and dreaming and its said to be Deep Sleep)
Well beyond this there is a another state called Turiya but it wont be touched upon today.
Now what about Death?
Well, TOMORROW NEVER DIES so dream on!
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