cayce gave 2am as the best time to meditate.

r l stevenson
http://ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext96/ceven10.txt

" Night is a dead monotonous period under a roof; but in the open

world it passes lightly, with its stars and dews and perfumes, and

the hours are marked by changes in the face of Nature. What seems

a kind of temporal death to people choked between walls and

curtains, is only a light and living slumber to the man who sleeps

afield. All night long he can hear Nature breathing deeply and

freely; even as she takes her rest, she turns and smiles; and there

is one stirring hour unknown to those who dwell in houses, when a

wakeful influence goes abroad over the sleeping hemisphere, and all

the outdoor world are on their feet. It is then that the cock

first crows, not this time to announce the dawn, but like a

cheerful watchman speeding the course of night. Cattle awake on

the meadows; sheep break their fast on dewy hillsides, and change

to a new lair among the ferns; and houseless men, who have lain

down with the fowls, open their dim eyes and behold the beauty of

the night.

At what inaudible summons, at what gentle touch of Nature, are all

these sleepers thus recalled in the same hour to life? Do the

stars rain down an influence, or do we share some thrill of mother

earth below our resting bodies? Even shepherds and old country-

folk, who are the deepest read in these arcana, have not a guess as

to the means or purpose of this nightly resurrection. Towards two

in the morning they declare the thing takes place; and neither know

nor inquire further. And at least it is a pleasant incident. We

are disturbed in our slumber only, like the luxurious Montaigne,

'that we may the better and more sensibly relish it.' We have a

moment to look upon the stars. And there is a special pleasure for

some minds in the reflection that we share the impulse with all

outdoor creatures in our neighbourhood, that we have escaped out of

the Bastille of civilisation, and are become, for the time being, a

mere kindly animal and a sheep of Nature's flock. "



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Mike White
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