Sleeping & Chanting Facing North Side give Different effects! Why?
There is an advice in the old scriptures:
Don’t sleep keeping the head towards north side; But, Chant the Lord’s Names facing the north side!
This Post is aimed to explain why.
(WHY ARE WE ADVISED TO AVOID DOING A CERTAIN THINGS ON PARTICULAR DAYS! READ HERE!)
Sri Chandrasekarendra Swami Sankaracharya (Late) explains the science behind this advice:
Let me reproduce in my words what I read in his book:
“There is a saying that we should not sleep keeping the head towards the north side though we are leading a very comfortable life now.
Some twenty, thirty years ago, the people were saying that these advice are superstitious, not logical.
But, now a days, the science too proves this advice of scriptures.
In our body, the epicenter of all the electromagnetic rays is our brain only. Similarly, if you take this globe (world), the epicenter of the earth’s magnetic field is North Pole. So, when we sleep keeping our head towards the north side, the small magnetic field of our brain and the huge magnetic field of the North Pole clash with each other. So, our brain will be affected gradually. (In Physics, in magnetism, similar poles (North—North, South-South repel each other).
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During sleeping, our mind is not in our control. So, we can not counter the ill effects of north pole and the brain will be affected more by magnetic effects of earth during sleep than while we are awake. During day time, we usually do not lie down, but remain in a vertical posture and we have some control of mind or atleast an effort to control it. So, it is not good for our brain to sleep or lie down towards the north side.”
He has explained simply.
Ok, now about chanting towards north side:
At the same time, scriptures say that chanting the holy names and performing meditation should be done facing the north side. Because since north pole is emitting electromagnetic rays, we protect our brain from the waves by chanting towards this north side. We counter the ill effects of north pole through the Lord’s powerful names!
(Do Indian Scriptures speak about Multiple Stars and Solar System? READ HERE!)
Usually, we do chanting to protect ourselves from the ill effects of this material planet. In other words, we counter the material energy of maya that is concentrated in the earth’s north pole, with the powerful vibrations of the names of Krishna.
Interesting. Isn’t it?
However, since the Holy names of Krishna is very powerful to spread and protect in all directions, you need not choose north direction alone to chant the Holy names.
We can’t restrict the power of holy names of Krishna to the single direction only.
Hope all of you agree why Sleeping & Chanting Facing North Side give Different effects!
(What is the science behind loud kirtans and active dancing in devotion? READ HERE!)