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.
कृतार्थं प्रति नष्टमप्यनष्टं तदन्यसाधारणत्वात्
kṛtārthaṁ prati naṣṭam apy anaṣṭaṁ tad-anya-sādhāraṇatvāt
For the one whose purpose is fulfilled, the seen has ceased; yet it continues for others, because it is shared.
Yoga Sutras 2.22 · verse 73 of 196
Unfolding the thread
When someone is free, the world no longer binds them. For them, its purpose is done. But the world doesn't vanish; it goes on being a classroom for everyone else. Freedom isn't leaving the world; it's no longer being caught in it.
Try today
Look at a familiar place today as if you were seeing it for the last time. Notice what it has taught you.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“He who formerly was reckless and afterwards became sober, brightens up this world, like the moon when freed from clouds.”
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