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There are many different kinds of rest. Some are:

There are many different kinds of rest. Some are:

1. Physiological rest, during which the body and most of its faculties are inactive, as in sleep and in fasting.

# '''Physiological''' rest, during which the body and most of its faculties are inactive, as in sleep and in fasting.

 

# '''Sensory''' rest, during which time the nervous system and brain are relaxed or not normally exerted, as in fasting, sleep and meditation. The eyes are closed in sleep and meditation, which curtails a great drain of energy.

2. Sensory rest, during which time the nervous system and brain are relaxed or not normally exerted, as in fasting, sleep and meditation. The eyes are closed in sleep and meditation, which curtails a great drain of energy.

# '''Emotional''' rest, as in withdrawal from the affairs and excitants of daily life that draw upon our nerve energies.

 

# '''Mental''' rest, as in eschewing those affairs that demand our attention and thoughts. Essentially, rest is the curtailment of energy expenditure and waste generation. This permits the body to redirect energies to cleansing and restoration.

3. Emotional rest, as in withdrawal from the affairs and excitants of daily life that draw upon our nerve energies.

 

4. Mental rest, as in eschewing those affairs that demand our attention and thoughts. Essentially, rest is the curtailment of energy expenditure and waste generation. This permits the body to redirect energies to cleansing and restoration.

=== Relaxation as Rest ===

=== Relaxation as Rest ===

=== Why Should We Sleep At All? ===

=== Why Should We Sleep At All? ===

Dr. Nathaniel L. Kleitman of the University of Chicago has concluded that the body generates nerve energy during sleep and that we sleep for this purpose. All other writers

Dr. Nathaniel L. Kleitman of the University of Chicago has concluded that the body generates nerve energy during sleep and that we sleep for this purpose. All other writers and researchers observe and attest to the restorative powers of sleep but do not suggest the physiological basis for these powers.

 

and researchers observe and attest to the restorative powers of sleep but do not suggest the physiological basis for these powers.

Among the texts you have is Better Sleep for a Better Life. This book details mans particulars on the specific data and conditions of sleep. We shall not repeat them here. We sleep because the brain requires, we may presume, a state of unconsciousness for the regeneration of nervous energy.

Among the texts you have is Better Sleep for a Better Life. This book details mans particulars on the specific data and conditions of sleep. We shall not repeat them here. We sleep because the brain requires, we may presume, a state of unconsciousness for the regeneration of nervous energy.

=== Rest Is Vitogenic ===

=== Rest Is Vitogenic ===

Activity consumes the substances of the body, is vitolytic; increased activity increases the consumption of body substance. During rest, the cells, the tissues and the organs are repaired, replenished and renewed. Rest is vitogenic. Resting organs are better able

Activity consumes the substances of the body, is vitolytic; increased activity increases the consumption of body substance. During rest, the cells, the tissues and the organs are repaired, replenished and renewed. Rest is vitogenic. Resting organs are better able to repair their damaged structures than stimulated organs. Rest and sleep are the great representative restorative processes.

 

to repair their damaged structures than stimulated organs. Rest and sleep are the great representative restorative processes.

The actual storing up of the energy reserves or the energy sources of the body takes place during rest. Activity expends and rest recuperates the body’s supplies. The stimulation (irritation and excitement) of an already depleted body only hastens the exhaustion of the few remaining energy-stores and brings on the final collapse sooner than it would have occurred otherwise. The more the body is stimulated, the sooner it reaches the state of complete collapse. The weaker the body is, the less able it is to withstand the “action” of stimulants—the greater is the necessity of “doing nothing” intelligently.

The actual storing up of the energy reserves or the energy sources of the body takes place during rest. Activity expends and rest recuperates the body’s supplies. The stimulation (irritation and excitement) of an already depleted body only hastens the exhaustion of the few remaining energy-stores and brings on the final collapse sooner than it would have occurred otherwise. The more the body is stimulated, the sooner it reaches the state of complete collapse. The weaker the body is, the less able it is to withstand the “action” of stimulants—the greater is the necessity of “doing nothing” intelligently.