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.
संस्कारसाक्षात्करणात्पूर्वजातिज्ञानम्
saṁskāra-sākṣāt-karaṇāt pūrva-jāti-jñānam
By directly perceiving one's latent impressions comes knowledge of previous births.
Yoga Sutras 3.18 · verse 124 of 196
Unfolding the thread
The tradition holds that our deep impressions carry memories from earlier lives, and that seeing them directly reveals those lives. Whatever you believe about rebirth, the practice is recognisable: look deeply at your habits, and you find the history that formed them.
Try today
Take one strong habit and trace it back as far as you can remember. Where did it begin?
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Say, did my infancy succeed another age of mine that died before it?”
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