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.
श्रोत्राकाशयोः सम्बन्धसंयमाद्दिव्यं श्रोत्रम्
śrotrākāśayoḥ sambandha-saṁyamād divyaṁ śrotram
Through saṁyama on the relation between the ear and space comes divine hearing.
Yoga Sutras 3.42 · verse 148 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Sound travels through space; the ear receives it. Meditate on that relationship, Patanjali says, and a subtler hearing opens. Mystics of many traditions speak of a music heard within.
Try today
Listen to silence for two minutes. Notice what, if anything, is heard within it.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“What instrument through last night’s silence rang? My life into his lay the minstrel wove, And filled my brain with the sweet song he sang. It was the proclamation of thy love That shook the strings of Life’s most secret lyre.”
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