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Carol Anne Ogdin (friday@netcom.com) wrote:

: 
: IME, it works well when never abused.  If I need to be especially alert
: after a short night's sleep, I can make a pact with my unconscious (a form
: of self-hypnosis) to get that alertness in return for, say, a promise to
: be in bed by 10 pm that very same day.  You can also do this before-the-
: fact, on the evening before you know you're going to have a short night's
: sleep.
: 
: IMO, it is not ecological for the entire person to try to reduce sleep
: hours to (say) 2 hours a night from a normal 8 on a regular basis; there
: are important functions of REM sleep, etc., that are essential to well-
: being.  So, use it as a temporary expedient, but don't attempt it as
: a long-term practice.

Dick Sutphen has a tape out (from Valley of the Sun) that purports to let you
get by on 4 hours of sleep a night.  I haven't tried it, though - but it
*would* be nice; I need 9 or 10 a night to feel rested.
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"There is nothing to seek and nothing to find.  You're already enlightened, and
all the words in the world won't give you what you already have.  The wise
seeker, therefore, is concerned with one thing only: to become aware of what
he already is, of the True Self within."  -- Zen maxim
-- 
Ed Carp			erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com	801/538-0177

"There is nothing to seek and nothing to find.  You're already enlightened, and
all the words in the world won't give you what you already have.  The wise