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I am sure this is getting a bit confusing. Here is an easier way to understand this concept �

The 1st level of sleep

This is when you decide to close your eyes, and try to sleep. Various thoughts come to your mind � the day to day happenings, the images of people you met, new ideas for the next day at office, women stripping etc. You are so engrossed in yourself that if someone calls you, you take time to revert - consciously.

The 2nd level of sleep

This is an intermediate stage, while you are slowly falling into the 3rd stage. This is a semi-sleep level, when you sometimes can hear the TV volume and sometimes don�t. There is a break in what you hear. Also this is the level when you could hear, but could not understand.

The 3rd level of sleep

This is the level when you start having dreams. This is when your subconscious mind gets activated. You lose consciousness, and most of your muscles are put to rest during this stage. People tend to get up in fear, have wet dreams, or start walking during this stage.

The 4th level of sleep

This is the stage when you are close to death. You don�t have dreams during this level. Your conscious mind, subconscious mind, and all the muscles of the body are completely put to rest. If someone tries to wake you up during this phase, you will pass through the 3rd & 2nd level before getting up.

Most saints sleep only for 4 hours, because they train themselves to jump to the 4th level of sleep directly � this prolongs the life span.

People who tend to worry a lot either become insane or need hallucination (sleeping pills or alcohol) to sleep. This is because their worries don�t allow them to cross the 2nd level of sleep. And how does alcohol help in giving you good sleep? Alcohol helps in breaking thought processes and the person becomes successful in jumping into the 3rd and 4th level.

The next time you booze, try spending some time meditating. You will witness that your mind could not stick to one subject � it will keep breaking your thoughts. Hence, people tend to drink when they have a lot of pressure. It surely helps.

And here is the tip to make your baby sleep fast in a cradle

Playfulness for kids is similar to worries for adults. Kids usually don�t sleep or eat when they are busy playing, and similarly adults don�t eat or sleep well when they have worries/work.

1st stage

Cradle is a device invented to make your babies sleep. Whenever you put your baby in the cradle, it will naturally rebel. Try swinging the cradle vigorously to match the baby�s energy. If the baby cries, try raising your voice � you could sing a song or lullaby. By doing this you are taking your baby to the first level of sleep, where it decides that it should sleep now. If the baby keeps its eyes open, the movement of the cradle will tire the eyes of baby, and the eyelids will close automatically.

2nd stage

Once the baby silence down, slowly reduce the speed of cradle, and keep it constant. Keep singing the song or lullaby, and keep repeating the same song. This will create a kind of boredom in the child, and take her to the 2nd stage of sleep. She will be able hear you � partially.

3rd stage

Now keeping the movement of the cradle constant, gradually reduce your volume. This will slowly help your baby slip into the 3rd stage of sleep, when she starts having dream. Don�t stop swinging the cradle at this juncture. She might get up disturbed any moment.

4th stage

Stop singing, and gradually reduce the speed of swinging. 99 per cent the kid won�t get up, if it does � you need to come from stage one! You can stop swinging slowly, and the kid would have already got on to the 4th stage of sleep.

You can come back, and complete your pending job, which otherwise could get disturbed by your children. I took 1 hour to write this blog, and my kid is still sleeping peacefully.