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.
ततो मनोजवित्वं विकरणभावः प्रधानजयश्च
tato mano-javitvaṁ vikaraṇa-bhāvaḥ pradhāna-jayaś ca
From that comes swiftness like the mind, perception without the sense organs, and mastery over nature's source.
Yoga Sutras 3.49 · verse 155 of 196
Unfolding the thread
With the senses mastered, perception moves at the speed of thought, no longer limited by the organs of sense, and even nature's root becomes subject to the yogi. It's the Sutras' picture of complete freedom from the limitations of the body.
Try today
Close your eyes and picture a place you love. Notice how instantly the mind arrives there.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Time and space are but inverse measures of the force of the soul.”
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