"Sleep is death without the responsibility," A reflective essay
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"Sleep is death without the responsibility," but is sleep death, or at least how near to death is sleep? What is the point in sleep? What have we achieved after lying still for eight hours? Is it an escape? Does sleep wrap you up in a little cocoon of well being which nothing can penetrate? Or is sleep a little taste of death? Is that why sleep can sometimes be such a terrifying thing? Are
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This escape can be wonderful. To be able to drift into another level of unconsciousness, another level of being, every so often is probably something to be cherished. Maybe we shouldn't even try to understand it; just in the same way we should give up trying to understand death. We shouldn't try to get rid of the inevitable and unavoidable. We should accept them and enjoy the escapes and freedom from life we are given.
This escape can be wonderful. To be able to drift into another level of unconsciousness, another level of being, every so often is probably something to be cherished. Maybe we shouldn't even try to understand it; just in the same way we should give up trying to understand death. We shouldn't try to get rid of the inevitable and unavoidable. We should accept them and enjoy the escapes and freedom from life we are given.