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.
अपरिग्रहस्थैर्ये जन्मकथन्तासंबोधः
aparigraha-sthairye janma-kathantā-saṁbodhaḥ
When not grasping is steady, one comes to understand the how and why of one's existence.
Yoga Sutras 2.39 · verse 90 of 196
Unfolding the thread
When you stop accumulating, something opens: the big questions come into view. Why am I here? How did I come to be this person? Possessions, and the effort of guarding them, crowd out that reflection. Travel light, and you can see further.
Try today
Give away or let go of one thing today that you don't need. Notice the space it leaves.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Never say about anything, I have lost it, but say I have restored it.”
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