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.
वृत्तयः पञ्चतय्यः क्लिष्टाक्लिष्टाः
vṛttayaḥ pañcatayyaḥ kliṣṭākliṣṭāḥ
The mind's movements are of five kinds; some bring suffering, and some do not.
Yoga Sutras 1.5 · verse 5 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Before any cure comes a diagnosis. Patanjali sorts thoughts into five kinds (listed in the next verse) and adds that each kind can hurt or help. That's hopeful. The goal isn't to get rid of thinking. It's to notice which thoughts tighten you and which ones free you.
Try today
Pick one recurring thought today and ask it honestly: do you tighten me or free me?
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs thee, but thy own judgment about it. And it is in thy power to wipe out this judgment now.”
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