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.
स्वस्वामिशक्त्योः स्वरूपोपलब्धिहेतुः संयोगः
sva-svāmi-śaktyoḥ svarūpopalabdhi-hetuḥ saṁyogaḥ
The meeting of the owner and the owned is what allows each to be known as it really is.
Yoga Sutras 2.23 · verse 74 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Why does awareness get entangled with nature at all? Patanjali's answer is surprisingly positive: so that each can come to know the other, and itself. The confusion is the path to clarity. Without the meeting, there would be nothing to learn.
Try today
Think of a difficulty that taught you something about who you are. Thank it quietly.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”
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