Why Put Head Towards North

In all the archaeological remains of ancient civilizations that have spread from Hadappa to Egypt, head of buried bodies have been found towards north and feet towards the south without any exception. Modern science has also paid tribute to the hidden scientism in the Indian tradition of placing one's head towards the north direction before and after death. Vastu Shastra prohibits sleeping in the living world with the head facing north. Vastu Shastra prohibits keeping head towards North while sleeping. In South India, the deep secret of Vastushastra is still prevalent in the form of some proverbs - like 'Kahe bhale hi sara gaon, dakshin me na rakho paon’ ('Even if the whole village ask you, don't keep legs towards South’).

Since ancient times, grandmother in our country keeps explaining that keeping head towards North while sleeping, leads to nightmares. Scientists from Bangalore and VHS Health Research Center in Chennai, after three years of research, have found the grandmother's advice true. Actually the human body itself acts like a magnet. Our head behaves like the north pole of the magnet and the feet like the south pole. When we sleep keeping head towards the North Pole (North direction) of the Earth, two face to face identical poles create distraction. Because of this distraction, the changes arising due to the electric current in the brain of humans and animals and the geo-electromagnetic power adversely affects the functioning of body components and reduces blood circulation to the components away from the heart. As a result, insomnia, headache, irritability, nightmares bother us.

The new topic of research of scientists is that changing the direction of the head can reduce the horrors of joint pain, air outbreak etc. Modern science has also started to believe that even after a few hours of what we call death, the body does not actually die completely. Eye donation can take place even after six hours of death. Even modern science has started to believe that died person can hear voice even after few hours of death. In India, After death we have the tradition of fulfilling his last wish in the ear of the deceased, saying things like doing charity for his sake and performing bhajan-kirtan. Even today our elders see certain symptoms of the body of the sick and detect the nearness of death and lie the head of the sick towards the north and lay the body in the center of the courtyard. Just before death and after death, the head of the body is turned towards the north direction, so that the internal system of the body with depleted energy can quickly become completely inactive and give actual death to the body, so that the body will suffer the least.

People of old age should keep their heads towards south while sleeping. By doing this, you will get deep sleep and due to deep sleep from functioning and other concerns, you will get relief and the body will be healthy. If the head of the children is kept towards the east direction at bedtime, then their grasping power will increase and their learning and remembering power will increase. In the unavoidable situation, during the journey, the head can be kept towards west while should never keep head towards North. One more thing, if the head of sick person is kept towards south, he will get help in quick recovery.