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.
तत्र प्रत्ययैकतानता ध्यानम्
tatra pratyayaika-tānatā dhyānam
Meditation is the unbroken flow of attention toward that one point.
Yoga Sutras 3.2 · verse 108 of 196
Unfolding the thread
When concentration stops breaking and restarting, and attention flows steadily toward its object like oil poured from one vessel to another, that is dhyāna, meditation. It isn't a different act from concentration; it's concentration that no longer stumbles.
Try today
Sit with one point of focus and notice the moments when attention flows without effort, even briefly.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Pray without ceasing.”
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