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.
प्रकाशक्रियास्थितिशीलं भूतेन्द्रियात्मकं भोगापवर्गार्थं दृश्यम्
prakāśa-kriyā-sthiti-śīlaṁ bhūtendriyātmakaṁ bhogāpavargārthaṁ dṛśyam
What is seen has the qualities of light, activity and stability; it is made of the elements and the senses; and it exists for experience and for freedom.
Yoga Sutras 2.18 · verse 69 of 196
Unfolding the thread
The whole seen world (nature, body, mind) is woven from three qualities: clarity, activity and inertia. And it has two purposes: to be experienced, and, through that experience, to set us free. The world isn't an obstacle to the spiritual life. It's the classroom.
Try today
Notice today when you feel clear, when restless and when heavy. All three are nature moving through you.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Nature is thoroughly mediate. It is made to serve.”
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