This book has been specially written by Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj to serve the needs of the sleepless. For the benefit of people of different temperaments, Sri Swamiji has given different methods of treatment. One who adopts Swamiji’s Adhyatmik prescriptions will feel like one who, searching for a glass of water to quench his thirst chanced upon a jarful of the nectar that confers immortality on him. This book will not only help cure sleeplessness, but will awaken man from the slumber of ignorance and lead him to the Supreme State of Sleepless Sleep-Samadhi or Nirvana. Table of Contents: - Publisher’s Note
- Introduction
- Way to Bliss
- Song of Self-surrender
- Ode to Sleep
- What Is Sleep?
- Philosophy of Sleep
- Necessity for Sleep
- Jiva in Sleep
- Sleep for Health
- Practical Aids to Sound Sleep
- Mustard foot Bath
- Science of Relaxation
- Physical Relaxation
- Mental Relaxation
- Do Not Sleep With Your Head to the North
- Sleep and Sattva
- Sleep and Samadhi
- Tapasya and Torture
- Monotony
- To Sleep at Will
- Interesting Facts on Sleep
- Ayurvedic Treatment
- Allopathic Treatment
- Homeopathic Remedies for Sleeplessness
- Biochemical Treatment
- Commonsense-Therapy
- Namopathy
- Do This - You Will Sleep Better
- Healing by Mantra
- The Story of Sleep
- The Last Word
- Inspiring Messages and Songs.
About the Author: Sri Swami Sivananda, born on the 8th September, 1887, in the illustrious family of Sage Appayya Dikshita and several other renowned saints and savants, Sri Swami Sivananda had a natural flair for a life devoted to the study and practice of Vedanta. He was an inborn eagerness to serve all and an innate feeling of unity with all mankind. He is the author of over 300 volumes and has disciples all over the world, belonging to all nationalities, religions and creeds. To read his works is to drink at the Fountain of Wisdom Supreme.
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