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.
सत्त्वशुद्धिसौमनस्यैकाग्र्येन्द्रियजयात्मदर्शनयोग्यत्वानि च
sattva-śuddhi-saumanasyaikāgryendriya-jayātma-darśana-yogyatvāni ca
And there come purity of mind, cheerfulness, one-pointedness, mastery of the senses and fitness to see the Self.
Yoga Sutras 2.41 · verse 92 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Inner cleanliness brings more: a clear mind, a cheerful disposition, the ability to focus, command of the senses, and at last readiness to know yourself as awareness. It's a lovely list, and it begins with something as ordinary as keeping clean, inside and out.
Try today
Clear one cluttered space today (a drawer, a desk, an inbox) and notice what it does to your mood.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquillity.”
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