Why is day sleep not good?
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why is day sleep not good? can you please explain the side effects? well, it is not an absolute principle that day sleep is not good Bhagavad Gita says don’t sleep too much, don’t sleep too little so broadly speaking our body is made of matter which is a product of nature and to the extent we live in harmony with nature to that extent our body functions optimally so when nature sleeps, we sleep when nature wakes up, we wake up to the extent we function like that we will be in harmony with nature and we will be able to function optimally so in that sense nature is inactive at night so we sleep at night, wake up early in the morning that’s how we are in harmony with nature and as far as day sleep is concerned, it depends on time to day circumstances the point is, if day sleep becomes a habit which induces lethargy within us and for many people sleep is not so much because the body needs rest sleep is an escape way from the boredom and frustration of life I do this, this doesn’t work I do that, that doesn’t work just pull a blanket and go to sleep, at least that works and then when we are not able to sleep also that is extremely frustrating the point is, sleep is a biological need and sometimes when all of us sleep at night we can sleep in the daytime sometimes a little rest in the day can increase our functioning much better so we shouldn’t make any principle any material functioning principle as an absolute principle the shoe that fits one leg can bite another leg because different people have different legs of different sizes so it’s not an absolute principle that no one should ever sleep in a building it’s not like that, it’s not a negative principle at all but the point is we need to the point is, we harmonize with nature we are able to function more optimally and daytime is a time of activity so if we find that at that time we can avoid lethargy and we can function effectively that’s the best but if a little nap in the daytime helps us to function more optimally, that is perfectly fine the important thing is that it is not that we stay awake all night people do that stay awake all night and play video games they do this and that and when the sun rises they go to sleep and then after that they wake up only because they are forced to wake up they have to go to college or they have to go to job or whatever that sort of thing can be quite ruinous to one’s health