Ashamed...

[_anon_]

waheguru jee ka khalsa, waheguru jee kee fateh

ive had my head ripped off for this already, so please try not to be too blunt.

basically, i keep falling asleep whilst doing nitnem. i nod off for a couple of seconds, realise what has happened and then usually slap myself a couple of times to wake up.

i have no idea what is going wrong. ive taken a lot of advice from Gursikhs, such as always go to sleep early, dont eat for a few hours before you go to sleep, drink tons of water so you always need to get up, have cold ishnaan including kesh, always do kirtan sohila before sleeping, and most importantly ardaas every night!! doing benti to guru sahib to get me up and keep me awake. the problem isnt getting up, its staying up! before starting nitnem, i yawn like a billion times, and then whilst im doing nitnem i just drift off. i realise that ive stopped reciting gurbani n its gone quiet, so i pull myself out of sleep. this is silly, Guru Sahibs kirpa, amritvela has been going for a couple of years, but i just get more and more exhausted!! some people have said that...maybe im not getting enough sleep but i know i am!! and im not getting too much either. 5 hours is good enough for me. ive tried more sleep and less sleep, i just feel worse. 5 hours is my 'optimum' level of sleep. i dont have any medical conditions, im not anaemic or anything...i try to eat healthily and exercise daily.

what am i doing wrong?? im so angry at myself, how can i get rid of the tiredness?

waheguru jee ka khalsa, waheguru jee kee fateh.

[Guest Papi]

perhaps you are not getting deep enough sleep. talk to a doctor, could be a medical condition.

[akaur93]

fathe ji,

if i was u i wud go to sleep very elarly everyday and do ur nitnem in a place were u won't feel sleepy, and that there is alot of light in the room whilst doing ur paat. woteva u do dnt give up n not get up early to do ur paat thats the worst thing u cud do.

fathe ji

[ssinghuk]

VahegurooJeeKaaKhalsaVahegurooJeeKeePhathey

Well, first off you should recognise that Maharaaj as already done kirpa on you in that you're getting up at AmritVela, taking ishnaan and sitting down to your NitNem.

Anyway, a couple suggestions that might help, ( they helped me that is)

- try controlling the breathing e.g. either loooooong breaths / short sharp ones???

- maybe do your nitnem standing up, or at least stand up when feel sleepy. On a side note, I wouldn't recommend walking around while doing your Nitnem if using a Gotka sahib.

However, from reading your post it sounds as if you're not getting enough sleep - I've always thought that 6 hours is optimum

Most importantly, keep doing ardaas!

slok mÚ 5 ]

Salok, Fifth Mehla:

mn mih icqvau icqvnI audmu krau auiT nIq ]

Within my mind, I think thoughts of always rising early, and making the effort.

hir kIrqn kw Awhro hir dyhu nwnk ky mIq ]1]

O Lord, my Friend, please bless Nanak with the habit of singing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises. ||1||

[ham avgun bharay]

I would just give it time..maybe its Guru's Kirpa part that is missing..you never know..and you did say your getting enough sleep so I don't think if that's the problem...I would suggest to keep doing what your doing and hopefully one day you'll be floating in Kirpa!!!

Bhul Chuk Maaff!!!

WGJKK WGJKF

[Guest Gupt Singhni]

There are several stages in sleep and I don't think you are going into the stage of the sleep where it is at its deepest state. Maybe you should seek some kind of sleep specialist. Also when you wake up for amritvela to Jap naam you should try and have full concentration and stay awake since meditation is equal to number hours of sleep. If you fall sleep dash cold water on your face to wake yourself up. You can also have a glass of water.

Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh

[er_gurjot]

veer ji u must have started doin nit name recently......

m i right???

if yes...... den continue doin nitname... wateva u feel.... i also got same problem..... but u ll be all right if u continue for 2-3 months....

i started doin nitname bout a year ago... felt sleepy while doin so.... but i continued.... now even if m sleeepy at night.... while doin sohila sahib...ma sleep automatically goes away.. u try it too

bout my sleepin habits... i sleep for 2 hours, three times in 24 hours....and drink average water.. i don feel water helps... rest u try..

[Guest Amrik$ingh]

lol...this posts reminds me of that snake in jungle book."sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep'a"

j/k

feeling sleepy while doing paath is maan di chalakiyah...your mind will do anything to avoid anything thats positive..and in this case...its killing you to the max..you need to devolop mind control...naam simran and seva...general morals...build yourself up

5 hours isn't optimum sleep if you ask me...you need to sleep more

[Laadli Fauj]

I fall asleep alot while paathing too.

Don't wear too warm clothing, and walk around too keep awake. When ur bowt to finish ishnaning, let some cold water run for a moment to wake urself up. Open a window to get some fresh air in too.

[Guest Lohgarh Singh]

singh, everyone should know that 8 hours is the recommended ammount of sleep you should have, every good scientist and doctor will tel you that, your missing out on 3 hours sleep, just like to point that out

also, keep in mind that its harsh on the human body to keep up amrit vela for the rest of your life, you might say "na man its easy, shaolin warriors do it all the time"

shaolin warriors devote their day differently to how we do, therefore maintaining differennt levels of energy. we in the west go to work, work hard mentally as well as phyically, play with our 2 year sons and daughters and by the end of the day we are wasted

so dont be to harsh on yourself and keep standards as high as the skys, you only human at the end of day, how old are you may i ask? and for how long have been waking up for amrit vela?