Is it okay to sleep with your feet facing the window?

Your feet should not be facing the window when you sleep. There are many acupoints on the soles of your feet, and there is an important Yongquan point in the center of the soles. The feet are very susceptible to cold. When cold wind enters this acupuncture point on the sole of the foot, it is usually not a minor problem, but often manifests as low back pain and urethral abnormalities. When you sleep, the surrounding environment must be safe, quiet and stable, so your feet should not be facing the window. In addition, the door is the only way to enter and exit the room, so the head of the bed should not face the door, otherwise you will feel insecure when you sleep. This article introduces the taboos when sleeping, let’s take a look.

1. Avoid leaving empty space next to the pillow

It is taboo to leave half of the bed empty when sleeping, otherwise ghosts will get on the bed in the middle of the night. Ghosts wander around in the cold and rainy night and they long for and miss the warm bed. If they see that you have left half of the bed empty, they will lie down on it and lie quietly beside you. Therefore, when a person sleeps, he should sleep in the middle of the bed. Never lie on the edge of the bed, leaving half of the bed empty. Some elderly people in rural areas even sleep at an angle to fill up the bed to prevent ghosts from getting into bed.

2. Avoid having extra empty pillows on the bed

Generally speaking, there should be as many pillows as there are people lying on the bed. Avoid leaving extra pillows empty, as this can easily attract ghosts to the bed. Especially couples,

When people are used to sleeping together, there are usually two pillows on the bed. When one person is on a business trip or does not come home overnight, the other pillow must be placed somewhere else and not on the bed.

3. Avoid sleeping with your head facing west

In many places in China, the morgues are oriented with the head west and the feet east. As the saying goes, the sun sets in the west and the cranes fly west. People enter and leave this world with their heads first. Head facing west makes it easier for the deceased to enter the Western Paradise. Head facing west is the direction that ghosts sleep. People should sleep with their heads to the north and their feet to the south.

If your bed faces west, be careful, as this is a comfortable direction for ghosts, and it is easy for ghosts to sleep with you in order to take advantage of your bed.

You will be able to enter the Pure Land by yourself.

4. Avoid sleeping without hanging curtains

According to folk legends, there is a kind of ghost that likes to climb windows. If you don’t draw the curtains when you sleep, you may wake up in the middle of the night and see a ghost face outside the window, or encounter a “ghost knocking on the window”. If you hear a knock on the window in the middle of the night, it is a ghost calling you, and it is often transformed into a beautiful woman. So when you hear knocking on the window, don't open your eyes.

5. Avoid leaving the wardrobe door open

Children like to hide in the closet to play hide-and-seek. In folk legends, there is a ghost doll that, in order to avoid the soul-catching ropes of the Black and White Impermanence, often hides in other people's closets and hides behind the clothes hung by adults. They often enter at night when the closet door is not closed. If you hear beeping or popping sounds coming from your closet late at night, never open the door.

6. Avoid sleeping with the door open

Even in ancient times when people did not lock their doors at night, it was impossible to leave the bedroom door open. People must close the door when they sleep, especially if they live near a crossroads, or if their home is next to a reservoir or river where people have drowned, or the scene of car accidents, fires, homicides, etc. The door must be closed when they sleep, otherwise ghosts will enter the house. Although the ghost may not necessarily enter the house, it will stand quietly at the door of the bedroom.