Pleasent Dreams

In a recent conversation with some fellow college students, the topic of sleep entered our intellectual conversation.How many of you have heard people say they can not go to sleep without music playing, or without the television on? I have had several conversations with people, especially young adults, who say that the sound of the television and music allows them to fall asleep, and this was one of them. Many of them say that it is nearly impossible for them to have a good night sleep without these distractions! I was truly perplexed at the sentiments expressed by my colleagues, because I for one need complete silence to fall asleep.Whatever happened to the days when people went to bed, and allowed their minds to actually rest? Well, maybe sleeping with music on is not so bad, depending on what type of music it is. But the television!? I do not see any good in that.Who knows what kind of government funded mind-control propaganda is playing while we are asleep!? Just kidding. Not really. But really, it is a proven fact that our sub-conscious mind is able to take in information even if the person is asleep. I don't know how I feel about this issue yet, but it is leaving me a little uneasy. I mean in a society where entertainment is spoon fed to us daily,I find it interesting that people allow their most sacred and beneficial time of the day to be filled with more entertainment. Is it a form of dependancy? Or maybe I'm just an old soul, caught up in a world too advanced for me to get a good nights sleep in.