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.
सूक्ष्मविषयत्वं चालिङ्गपर्यवसानम्
sūkṣma-viṣayatvaṁ cāliṅga-paryavasānam
And subtlety extends all the way to the unmanifest.
Yoga Sutras 1.45 · verse 45 of 196
Unfolding the thread
How far in can attention go? All the way back to the source: alinga, the unmanifest ground of nature, before anything takes form. Beyond that, the Sutras say, there is only the Self who sees.
Try today
Sit quietly and ask: what was here before this thought? Don't answer it; just rest in the question.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“In the beginning was He alone, sufficient unto Himself: the formless, colourless, and unconditioned Being.”
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