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.
सन्तोषादनुत्तमः सुखलाभः
santoṣād anuttamaḥ sukha-lābhaḥ
From contentment comes unsurpassed happiness.
Yoga Sutras 2.42 · verse 93 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Perhaps the simplest route to joy in the whole Sutras. Not more, not better, not different: contentment. Patanjali calls the happiness it brings anuttama, unsurpassed. It isn't resignation; it's the deep ease of wanting what you already have.
Try today
Before you get up tomorrow, name three things you already have that you'd hate to lose.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.”
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