Early waking troubles

Do not keep the cellphone in the bed room while sleeping. A mobile phone works on microwaves and the signals that it receives and sends create a strong field of electromagnetic radiation around a radius of close to 20 feet. This interferes with the sleep cycle. It becomes impossible to achieve deep, sound and unhindered sleep. These electromagnetic waves interfere with thought waves and the result is a disturbed and restless mind. People who keep their cellphones under the pillow or even in the bedroom while sleeping become prone to dreams, unrest, fear and interrupted sleep. This hinders the achievement of 'Nidra' (deep sleep) depriving the person of deep rest and relaxation which comes from flawless sleep. Married couples who sleep with their cellphones beside them become agitated and prone to quarrel with each other further to the interference of these waves. A mobile phone should to the best possible extent be kept as far away from the place of sleep as possible (at least 20 ft ). The devastating effects of cellphone use on the brain have even been scientifically proven beyond doubt. These radiation hazards are to be minimized to the best extent possible by limiting the use to necessity and never more (talking much on the cellphone also leads to brain disorders).

Immaterial of sleeping time, make it mandatory to wake up by 4.00 A.M for a month. Keep the alarm clock in an adjacent room or outside the bedroom, out of reach. This way, it becomes necessary to get out of bed to switch the alarm off and one is woken out of sleep. Keeping the alarm clock within reach tends to make one snooze and eventually drift back to sleep. This is then of no use. If waking up by 4.00 A.M is practiced forcefully beyond a month with regular Yogic practice and meditation, one will be unable to stay awake beyond 9.00 P.M at night. Even of there be much noise and chaos, one will achieve deep and sound sleep. No amount of noise or disturbance can then come in the way of deep sleep. The body having woken up early is in need of rest and gets this rest without fail ignoring external disturbances.

As and when past Samskara-s (impressions) and Vasana-s (tendencies) start vacating with unbroken Brahmacharya, Yogic practices and meditation, sleep becomes better. Once the Yogi achieves the state of 'Savikalpa Samadhi' (after a few years of unbroken Brahmacharya - corresponding with the awakening and stabilization of Kundalini in the 6th Chakra - 'Ajna') and spends many hours in meditation, very deep sleep dawns at night. Then, even the sound of fire crackers being burst cannot interfere with achieving sleep. One then enjoys 5-6 hours of very deep 'Nidra' (sleep) with absolutely no dreams or awareness and cannot stay asleep beyond 3.00 - 3.30 A.M early morning. The body and mind having being fully refreshed and rejuvenated coax the person to go out of bed for Yoga. This is based on my personal experience.  Till such a state is reached, there has to be much effort. There is no other way but to go through the method of enforcing discipline as regards waking up in the 'Brahmimuhurtham'. The state of 'Kaivalya' (liberation) and 'Yoga-siddhi' (Yogic powers) is not awarded to all by the Lord. One has to work really hard for the same. Only the deserving who set aside all lethargy and work with an iron will progress. Then the grace of the Lord shines.

How can we express or describe this bliss and sheer bliss of Samadhi derived from union with the Lord? Words cannot express it. There is no pleasure or excitement belonging to this world worth mentioning which can equal even one percent of that 'Brahmananda' (bliss of uniting with the Brahman in Samadhi). I cannot find words to elaborate on this further, for I get choked with tears of devotion for the kindness of that Supreme Almighty. It should be experienced first hand. This is our real 'Svarupa' (default state). This is the real state of the Atman. We are this and not the misery and pain experienced in the world.

It is said that a tiger or lion which has once tasted human blood becomes a man-eater. Then, it does not want the flesh and blood of other animals. It only wants the blood of man. A Yogi who has tasted 'Brahmananda' (the bliss of Samadhi) becomes like such a tiger. Just as such a tiger does not want the flesh of other animals but only that of man, the Yogi who has tasted 'Samadhi' does not want sensual/sexual pleasures but only the bliss of union with the Lord. Sexual pleasure becomes like filth and very tasteless. He wants that 'bliss of bliss' or 'Ananda' called by the Upanishads through various names such as 'Satchidananda', 'Atmananda', 'Paramananda' etc... Like a man-eater which always dreams of eating humans, his mind is on the Lord all the time. He always wants to get back into the state of this union through Samadhi. 24 hours in a day become inadequate.

This union with the Lord through Samadhi is called in the scriptures as 'Urdhva-Sangama' ('Urdhva'-upwards, for it occurs in the 'Sahasrara chakra' in the region of the brain, 'Sangama' - union). Then, one does not want in the least the 'other union' (sexual union) called 'Adha-Sangama' ('Adha'-downward, 'Sangama'-union, meaning the sexual union of the genitals), for the bliss of sexual union does not equal even one percent of the bliss of Samadhi. All Brahmachari-s who practice honest and unbroken Brahmacharya with a life of Yogic practices and meditation with surrender to God can achieve this union of 'Samadhi' with the Lord. It should surely be experienced, this Sangama. It is the pathway to liberation. It is the last stage of Yoga, perfecting which one is delivered into 'Kaivalya' (self-realization).

Reaching to this union is worth all the effort, sacrifice and pain that one encounters while perfecting a life of Brahmacharya. With a strong will and determination to achieve unbroken Brahmacharya & Yoga, one has to be ruthless as regards waking up or staying with Brahmacharya and Yoga, for unbroken Brahmacharya leading to higher states is impossible if 4.00 A.M waking with Yogic practice and meditation is not adhered to. One's attitude should be -" I will give up food, water and even my life but not Brahmacharya and devotion to the Lord." Such stubbornness and love is required.

One should enforce these things with nerves of steel. That is real strength. One who has conquered desire, anger, slumber, lethargy and other limitations of the mind is the really strong man. Apply effort in the method suggested with a strong will and love for God. Within a month, by the grace of God, things will fall in place. You will then be able to wake up without fail and progress well. You will shine very well in your education & academics also. This is the truth.

ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)