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.
सुखानुशयी रागः
sukhānuśayī rāgaḥ
Attraction follows pleasure.
Yoga Sutras 2.7 · verse 58 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Three words that explain much of our lives. Something pleasant happens, and a trace remains: a wanting to have it again. That wanting isn't wrong, but it's how attachment is born. See it at work and you understand why we reach for the phone, the snack, the praise.
Try today
When you reach for something pleasant today, pause for one breath first. Notice the pull before you follow it.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“From pleasure comes grief, from pleasure comes fear; he who is free from pleasure knows neither grief nor fear.”
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