Why to wake up early in the morning? Health and spiritual benefits for a being!!!

 

प्रातः जागरण क्यों ?

This is a question which many of us try to answer when our parents ask us to do so. We used to believe as an archaic ritual which has no scientific reasoning, and parents just want us to do so, because this is what their parents had asked them always. 

Nonetheless, let's explore if there is any science behind it ! 

When I dug deeper into this, I was amazed to understand the reasoning. As per scriptures, in the Brahm muhurt, the wind that blows is called " वीर वायु " which literally means air with power, or powerful air. This gives the beings who are awake, the freshness, and energy to start the day.

This is the time, when sunrise is also happening, and during both sunrise and sunset, there is a change in the composition of atmospheric gases, which is generally made of Nitrogen(78%), Oxygen(~21%) and CO2 and other gases for the rest. 

At Sun Rise, the composition has higher Oxygen Levels, primarily because of reduced/minimum human activity and regular consumption of CO2 by plants, which changes the corresponding share of Oxygen, and hence gives a feeling of freshness and power to start the day with vigour. 

Similarly, the energy levels start to drop post sunset, and that's how the human body cycle works. 

As per scriptures, the morning air carries the necatarian particles received from the moon, and act like life engerzing composition, which is why early wakers feel sort of new life. 

The Old Adage " EARLY TO BED and EARLY to RISE, makes a man Healthy, Wealthy & Wise" 

All big and famous personalities in history had this habit of waking up early, including our own Mahatma Gandhi ji, who used to read, write letters, and do his spiritual sadhna, which gave him mental strength to fight for the big cause with strength. 

In a nutshell, there are myriad benefits of waking up early in the morning, and must aspire to get the benefits. 

जय सनातन धर्म for the science which has given us such profound learnings, in simple rituals which a common man can follow always... 

References: 

"Kyun" by Pandit Madhvacharya Shastri ji , published by Madhav Pustakalya, Delhi