Topic: Power Naps

[elliot]

timing, timing, timing.  I am someitmes so thankful for Dali's writings and what he shares in them.  He does share his genious with us, if we choose to read them books he wrote.  There are diaries of his that where published as well.  For me, as a warrior, (I am not like most here:  Medicine People) It is essential reading.

[Jahn]

The difference with the afternoon naps versus sleep at night is the possibility to do all variations. If I am tired I try to go to sleep for an hour. If I then fall asleep I wake up after an hour.

If I only want to rest and have an hour for myself I stay between dreamland and awakening and get up when I get some relevant idea of what to do next. In 9 times of 10 I always go to bed for these naps.

When I was ill, having pain from rheumatic disorders, I used the naps to get the feet (where the main problem were)  into complete numbness.

There are innumerable variations on how I can use these naps. I had a period when I did set the time to 30 minutes and did a kind of Transcendental meditation without the mantra. I would pass out completely and wake up 30 minutes later.

Maybe it's relevant to tell that I am the type that never fall asleep in front ov the TV-screen, neither can I sleep on buses, airplanes, trains or as a passenger in a car - but these naps are different.

[Nick]

timing, timing, timing.  I am someitmes so thankful for Dali's writings and what he shares in them.  He does share his genious with us, if we choose to read them books he wrote.  There are diaries of his that where published as well.  For me, as a warrior, (I am not like most here:  Medicine People) It is essential reading.

what Dali book would you recommend as your favorite? I know him by his art and some of his quotes but have never dug into his writing really.

[elliot]

http://books.google.com/books?id=kwPQ8eJ_AOcC&dq=Dali+books&pg=PA1&ots=miXzAhXf9v&sig=q7j-I0A6-4Itvdb9lpAWNYIhCfk&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fq%3DDali%2Bbooks%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sourceid%3Die7%26rlz%3D1I7GGLR&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=1#PPP1,M1

The secret life of Salvador Dali is one of his early Autobiographies

He also wrote a book that is somewhere in my Library (just spent 20 minute looking for it).  It is titled 50 secrets of master craftmanship.  It is a wonderful tool for the aspiring painter.