By Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay)
Tamas causes sleep. This sleep could be regular, a illness or perhaps a signal of unconsciousness. Ayurveda explains Tamobhava Nidra as a kind of sleep which is brought on by improve in tamas high quality of thoughts. It’s one among the many six varieties of sleeps defined by Grasp Charaka in Sutra Sthana Part, Ashtau Ninditiya Adhyaayah (Chapter 21, verses 58 and 59).
Tamo = tamas high quality, Bhava = brought on by
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Qualities, Doshas of thoughts
Sattva is the top of the range of thoughts. Extra the Satva an individual has, extra enlightened and educated and lively he shall be.
Rajas and Tamas are the Doshas of min. It means, when in stability, Rajas and Tamas assist the thoughts and physique to perform correctly. When they’re imbalanced, they trigger ailments.
Enhance in tamas high quality means lower in sattva and rajas qualities. Whereas rajas high quality contributes in direction of alertness, the tamas high quality contributes in direction of drowsiness, laziness, despair and excessive sleep, that too when it’s out of proportions.
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Tamas and sleep
Tamas could be likened to darkness. When the thoughts and senses are enveloped and dominated by elevated tamas high quality the individual will really feel as if he has entered a deep core of darkness or as if darkness is enveloping him.
The sleep brought on attributable to extra Tamas shouldn’t be of a wholesome sort. Right here, the individual has develop into lazy, ignorant, doesn’t have a goal in life, doesn’t set targets and thus, surrenders himself to inaction and darkness of sleep.
‘Tendency to sleep’ is among the qualities of Tamasa ahankara – an egoistic mindset. So when tamas dominates, the individual may have a pure tendency to sleep.
Tamas hyperlink in keeping with Acharya Vagbhata
Grasp Vagbhata tells that nidra, vis-à-vis sleep is
- Tamo mula – brought on by elevated tamo high quality
- Tamo mayee – sleep is stuffed with tamo high quality
He additionally tells – ‘most likely attributable to predominance of tamo guna one sleeps at night time’. From this we are able to additionally perceive that it’s pure that the tamo guna is predominant at night time and therefore one naturally sleeps at night time. That is physiological.
When the identical tamo guna will increase past its regular limits it nonetheless causes sleep, which might be pathological in nature and is tough to recuperate from that state. That is pathological or life threatening.
‘When the sanjnavaha srotas – channels transporting consciousness – nervous system is enveloped by tamas high quality one will get into tamasik sleep. On the time of 1’s end-time she or he won’t get up from such a sleep’. When tamo guna predominates one will sleep by day and night time. When this situation stays for lengthy, one could be thought-about near loss of life.
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Ranges of Tamas
If the nervous system is bothered by tamo guna to a extreme degree one doesn’t get up from this sleep as already mentioned. This is perhaps thought-about as a state of deep coma. That is harmful and life threatening.
Wholesome tamas helps to have a superb high quality of sleep, which is physiological and regular.
Elevated Tamas makes the individual to sleep excessively, which may result in ailments of physique and thoughts.
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Murcha, Unconsciousness
Murcha means fainting or lack of consciousness. Its variants moha and sanyasa clarify completely different spectrums and presentation of irregular consciousness. Whereas explaining the pathogenesis of murcha it’s mentioned that ‘when the sanjnavaha nadis i.e. nerves or channels of consciousness are bothered by severely aggravated doshas, the individual will discover himself enveloped by excessive darkness which blocks his functionality of discriminating between pleasure and ache, actuality and in any other case. Although this has nothing to do with tamobhava nidra, I’ve taken this reference to contextually spotlight the purpose that when excessive darkness prevails (like we’re locked in a pitch darkish room) or when excessive tamo guna is prevailing the individual will fail to discriminate between pleasure and ache, actuality and in any other case.
Even in tamobhava nidra the scenario of the individual is comparable. Whereas the individual could be introduced again to consciousness in murcha, it may not be potential in tamobhava nidra for the reason that affect of tamas is extreme and the individual has not simply misplaced the consciousness briefly however has gone into deep unconscious stage i.e. deep sleep from which it’s tough to come back again to senses.
The way to cut back the surplus Tamas?
Train, Yoga Pranayama
Meditation
Learn books that convey optimistic mindset
Meet religious individuals
Management sense organs –
Eyes – keep away from smartphones, binge-watching TV reveals
Ears – Cease listening to very loud music and detrimental information concerning the world
Nostril and mouth – Keep away from extra consuming, attempt to keep away from non vegetarian meals and deeply fried meals
Pores and skin – Don’t reside inside darkness. Go for a run within the early morning, keep away from extreme use of mattress for every little thing. For eg: studying on the mattress, consuming on the mattress and many others.
Attempting all measures to cut back sleep and lethargy.
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Tongue – Keep away from abusive language, keep away from blaming others, keep away from complaining. As an alternative, search for options, search for methods to enhance your self.
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