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.
प्रवृत्त्यालोकन्यासात्सूक्ष्मव्यवहितविप्रकृष्टज्ञानम्
pravṛtty-āloka-nyāsāt sūkṣma-vyavahita-viprakṛṣṭa-jñānam
By directing the inner light, knowledge of the subtle, the hidden and the distant arises.
Yoga Sutras 3.26 · verse 132 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Remember the luminous, sorrowless light of 1.36? Directed like a lamp, it reveals what is subtle, concealed or far away. Inwardly, it means a lit mind notices what a dull one misses.
Try today
Look again at a problem you've been stuck on, this time calmly and slowly. Notice what you missed before.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.”
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