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.
ता एव सबीजः समाधिः
tā eva sabījaḥ samādhiḥ
These absorptions are all samādhi "with seed."
Yoga Sutras 1.46 · verse 46 of 196
Unfolding the thread
All the absorptions so far still rest on something, an object, however subtle. So they still carry seeds: impressions that can sprout into future thoughts and desires. It's a humble verse. Even deep states aren't the end.
Try today
Notice one habit today that keeps sprouting back. Name it as a seed, not a failure.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“The seed to earth committed sure must be, Ere field or garden’s pride men may it see.”
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