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“Yes, thinking is usually harder than doing.”
a quote taken from somewhere…
thanks for sharing this, though I’m wondering how I should view this information.
I believe and have learnt that sufficient sleep (6-7 hrs at least) is essential for good health, especially since different parts of our body is at work at different time of the day.
However, with 24hrs a day, and even if one is very mindful, sometimes one have to cut down on sleeping hours to accomplish more things.
I guess with mindfulness, more things can be accomplished using less time… but then, there’ll always be much more things to do. (I’m thinking of the busy schedule of Master Sheng Yan Fashi here…)
For normal lay people like us, where should we stand, between work and rest. Or would the answer be something like: when eating, eat; when sleeping, sleep; when working, work.
:p
Yes, the idea is to do just what is needed and nothing more!
Hello!
Because I have just recently discovered the world of mindfulness and meditation, I wonder how one will be able to find rest by just sleeping for an hour. Does this mean that by sleeping we waste our time to be productive? Can a mindful person remain productive the entire day even with only an hour of sleep? I tend to be unable to function efficiently when I lack sleep, so I want to understand if by being mindful, I can remain alert and fruitful despite the lack of rest? Thanks very much for this post.
By living mindfully with no wasted energy, one is able to sleep less. Of course, the Buddha’s case is one of perfected mindfulness hard to match at the moment! The Buddha can function well on little sleep because of his great mindfulness. It takes training.
On whether sleep is productive… If we are not very mindful most of the time awake, our energy is lost through needless thoughts, words and actions, which needs replenishing through more sleep. In this sense, the needless unmindfulness leads to otherwise needless sleep to catch up.
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