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.
अस्तेयप्रतिष्ठायां सर्वरत्नोपस्थानम्
asteya-pratiṣṭhāyāṁ sarva-ratnopasthānam
When not stealing is firmly established, all treasures come to that person.
Yoga Sutras 2.37 · verse 88 of 196
Unfolding the thread
A paradox: the one who never takes what isn't theirs finds that everything precious comes to them. Commentators read it partly literally and partly inwardly. When you stop grasping and taking, including time, credit and attention that isn't yours, life gives generously.
Try today
Notice one small way you take what isn't yours (credit, time, someone's turn to speak) and give it back today.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Remember that in life you ought to behave as at a banquet. Suppose that something is carried round and is opposite to you. Stretch out your hand and take a portion with decency. Suppose that it passes by you. Do not detain it.”
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