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.
अहिंसाप्रतिष्ठायां तत्सन्निधौ वैरत्यागः
ahiṁsā-pratiṣṭhāyāṁ tat-sannidhau vaira-tyāgaḥ
When non-violence is firmly established, hostility falls away in that person's presence.
Yoga Sutras 2.35 · verse 86 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Now come the fruits of each practice. When someone is truly established in non-harming, others feel it. Hostility drops in their presence, the way people soften around a gentle animal or a calm child. Peace, fully lived, becomes contagious.
Try today
Bring complete non-hostility into one tense conversation today. Notice what it does to the other person.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”
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