Missing Sleep To Go To Church

[stevegan928]

i'm currently undergoing the process of changing my environment, as in changing who i hang around. i've been doing this for almost a year now by attending church at a new thought spiritual center. but throughout the week i go to sleep at later and later times which doesn't seem like much night to night but over the course of the week it's significant. at least once a month (sometimes more ) i just don't sleep at all before church and just drink hella coffee. 

am i doing more harm than good here? is the lack of sleep going to lower my consciousness to them point where i'm getting no benefit from going to church with all the positive vibes and good people?  

i also watch MMA most Saturday nights which get's my adrenaline pumping and then i talk shit on forums to people that thought my guy was gonna lose. i could just record the fights and watch later but my friend might call me a fa* for not watching live and i can't have that. 

the main reason i started going was because of a lack of discipline/motivation to do consciousness work on my own so i figured i'd surround myself with people who are more into this stuff so i'll just naturally be motivated to do more over time.  

[Prabhaker]

1 hour ago, stevegan928 said:

is the lack of sleep going to lower my consciousness

The person who cannot sleep rightly cannot live rightly. During those eight hours life-energy is accumulated, your life gets revitalized. For those eight hours of sleep you have again become one with nature and with existence. That is why you become revitalized.

It is very important for a meditator to see to it that he sleeps properly and enough. And one more thing needs to be understood – right sleep will be different for everybody. It will not be equal because the body has needs which are different for everyone...according to age and to many other elements.