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.
क्षीणवृत्तेरभिजातस्येव मणेर्ग्रहीतृग्रहणग्राह्येषु तत्स्थतदञ्जनता समापत्तिः
kṣīṇa-vṛtter abhijātasyeva maṇer grahītṛ-grahaṇa-grāhyeṣu tat-stha-tad-añjanatā samāpattiḥ
When the mind's movements fade, it becomes like a clear jewel, taking on the colour of whatever it rests on: the knower, the knowing, or the known.
Yoga Sutras 1.41 · verse 41 of 196
Unfolding the thread
A beautiful image: a flawless crystal placed on a red cloth looks red; on a blue one, blue. A quiet mind is like that. It takes on the true colour of whatever it rests on, without adding its own distortions. That clear, complete absorption is called samāpatti.
Try today
Rest your attention on one object for a minute. Notice the moments when you stop commenting on it and simply see it.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“For the perfect man employs his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing: it refuses nothing. It receives, but does not keep.”
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