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ours is about the right length of time to pass in sleep every day. More than eight hours is too much. It is generally better to sieep six hours than ten. Don't ask me why, because I do not know.
And a condition of absolute physical and mental relaxation and positivity is demanded for the best results, It is a mistake to eat before going to bed. The digestion of food is work, and if you wish to gain strength you should not work while you are sleeping, I know, if you are mentally excited or disturbed you can often become unconscious more speedily after eating; that is because the stomach is robbing the brain of power, but unconsciousness while the brain works is not genuine sleep, and the charging process is very imperfect under such conditions; and you will lack power the next day. And you cannot make up the loss by eating more; the more you eat the weaker you will be. What you lose in sleep cannot be recovered at the table. There are better ways of curing insomnia than by overworking the stomach. Never mind what anybody tells you about the necessity for stuffing; go to bed with your stomach empty. The digestion of food is work, and you cannot have a natural, effective sleep while you are at work.
So far, you will please notice, I have written on physical energy or work power; not of will power. Will power or spiritual control is also acquired in the silence, but with this difference --- we do not become
