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Insomnia (Calm Your Anxious Mind) (Sleeplessness, Anidra, Nidra Nasha)

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Insomnia (Sleeplessness, Sleep deprivation,  अनिद्रा ) Sleep Is One Of The Pillar Of Health We spend one third of our lives sleeping or at least  we're supposed to. But as stress levels rise and screen shine on for  longer, sleep cycles are breaking, faltering and changing. Technology, a primary antagonist in this tale, is now also been seen as antidote.  We are in a midst of a war on sleep. Some of it is our doing - work, leisure, stress, screens. But the commodification of attention has intensified the battle , as mega  corporations now depend on your staying up  longer. See how ancient human slept, how these cycles have  morphed in strange ways, and what the latest science say about what's at stake today. Sleep ( nidra ) where there is the absence of ideas and experiences. When a man is sleeping soundly, he does not recall his name , family or status, his knowledge or wisdom or even his own existence . When a man forgets himself in sleep, he wakes up refreshed. But if