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.
विवेकख्यातिरविप्लवा हानोपायः
viveka-khyātir aviplavā hānopāyaḥ
The way to that freedom is unwavering discernment.
Yoga Sutras 2.26 · verse 77 of 196
Unfolding the thread
How do we get free? Through viveka: steady, clear discernment between what changes and what doesn't, between the seer and the seen. Not a single insight, but one that no longer wavers. The whole of the eight-limbed path, coming next, serves this one clear seeing.
Try today
Several times today, ask of what you're experiencing: "Is this me, or something I'm aware of?"
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Every man discriminates between the voluntary acts of his mind and his involuntary perceptions, and knows that to his involuntary perceptions a perfect faith is due.”
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