4 Reasons Why Charles Dickens's (Weird) Sleeping Position Has Answers to Your Disturbed Life
Dickens isn’t famous for the work he did. He is renowned for the work he did with fewer resources.
Thousands of Charles Dickens followers are born daily but know nothing about Dickens.
Charles John Huffam Dickens was a British writer in the Victorian era. Though he never started as a writer, his life took huge turning points and pushed him into the cavity of writing.
With little formal education and less expertise, Charles Dickens created a dozen novels, short stories, and novellas, including Oliver Twist, a Tale of Two Cities, etc.
We may forget that great authors like Charles Dickens were also human like us, despite their impact on the world.
Humans who felt:
- Anxiety
- Depression
And even after that, the most successful and passionate writers would wake up with a heavy heart and go on the journey to make some money. Charles Dickens’ life had the “aha” moment when he cracked the right sleeping angle.
Below are 4 reasons why Charles Dickens sleeping angle can change your life.
1. It’s research-backed
Here’s the thing:
- Ancient Hindus and Feng shui (Chinese discipline) were the first to identify sleeping angle patterns.
From Vastu Shastra:
“The north-south is the best sleeping position. In other words, the angle of the head must be in the south position and the toes in the north.”
Energies flow when we sleep. Our mind needs the right position to rest. Charles Dickens' sleep cycle is based on facts such as:
- Born baby: A newborn automatically sleeps towards the head facing south.
- Animals: Animals such as cattle and deer sleep facing the north-south direction.
Meaning that our mind is too cluttered to tell us what it wants.
In times of need, Charles Dickens changes his sleeping angle and sleeps facing how a born baby or animal would.
2. Magnetism is magic
- Never oppose the Earth.
As per Ostritchpillow- A blog, “the key is magnetism. Because its core is filled with iron and spins rapidly, the Earth has a magnetic field from north to south.”
Theoretically, most homes are built for you to sleep in the east-west direction. A bed has four sides, and you can always change your sleeping position.
As Ostritchpillow explains,
“The positive pole of the Earth coincides with the positive bar of your body — located theoretically in your head — making both repel each other. This can cause nightmares and sleep disorders and make you tired from the “internal struggle” between your body and the planet.”
This, however, causes increased blood circulation and cholesterol.
On the contrary, those who sleep head facing south-north experience good health and improved health performance.
3. In love, war, and writing, everything is acceptable
As writers, our biggest tool is creativity.
To keep our juices flowing, we do everything we can.
Charles Dickens followed traditional Hindu advice to boost his creativity. Though it is skeptically proven now, we writers can have different lifestyle experiences.
Changing your position is a nightmare. Give this a shot if you already have insomnia, sleepless nights, and anxiety. To follow this method closely, Charles bought his compass everywhere he traveled so that he would sleep in the right direction.
4. Variety is the spice of life
All writers, regardless of age, need something to believe in.
Myths and practices make a great part of a writer’s lifestyle. According to Arianna Rebolini:
- Dr. Seuss wore a hat when he was creatively blocked.
- Gabriel García Márquez read the news before writing.
- Isabel Allende starts every book on the same day.
Though this may or may not affect writing, it surely generates a writer’s way of thinking.
We, writers, follow a system and love experimenting with things until we find our routine.
There’s no harm in trying new things — follow new methods as long as it keeps your juices flowing.
No one needs to know if a habit encourages you to write an article without wandering your mind. Writing is a sacred process — you must crack the code to achieve great heights.
Final thoughts:
- Charles Dickens wasn’t the first great writer, and they won’t be the last.
Charles Dickens isn’t famous for the work he did. He is renowned for the work he does with fewer resources.
Sleeping south, north or not, Dickens proved his worth. If you can write as a writer, you’re getting the job done. Writing knows no dimensions — it only knows the purity of the mind.
Purity, my friend, is all you need!
References:
https://www.livingetc.com/advice/should-you-sleep-facing-north
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