First Light
How First Light worksTuesday 27 October·
- Sunrise
- 07:55
- Quiet hour
- 06:19–07:07
- Brahma Muhurta
- Moon
- Waning gibbous
- Next full moon: Tue 24 Nov
Autumn
The quiet hour (Brahma Muhurta) is the traditional time for practice, just before sunrise.
तदा द्रष्टुः स्वरूपेऽवस्थानम्
tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe 'vasthānam
Then the one who sees rests in its own true nature.
Yoga Sutras 1.3 · verse 3 of 196
Unfolding the thread
When the ripples settle, what's left? Patanjali's answer is you: the seer, the awareness that has been watching all along. You don't become someone new. You stop being pulled away from what you already are. Think of a lake: once the surface is still, you can see all the way down.
Try today
Sit for one minute and, instead of watching your thoughts, notice the one who is watching.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”
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