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Rest is influenced by several factors. Home
Environment, Exercise
and Diet are the
most important factors. Other things such as excessive thinking,
unresolved emotional situations, unbalanced health are also contributing
factors.
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Good rest includes
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Not waking to urinate
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Not waking in the middle of the night
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Easy to fall asleep
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Easy to stay asleep
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No bad dreams
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No night sweats
Adjusting rest by the season is best stated by Hexagram 17 of the Yi
Jing (I Ching).
Hexagram 17 - Following
Thunder below the surface ot the Lake.
Thus the Superior Person at nightfall goes indoors and rests.
Following not only connotes those who follow us or who and what we follow,
it is associated with the following of the times and the season.
In a yearly cycle, this is best described by the day-night cycle.
In Following, one should rise with the light and go indoor with setting
of the sun. Hence, in the summer there is more light and less need
for rest, that is why it is a season of growth. In winter, the opposite
is true leading to greater rest and less activity as in having a secret. |
