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.
तज्जयात्प्रज्ञालोकः
taj-jayāt prajñālokaḥ
From mastery of that comes the light of insight.
Yoga Sutras 3.5 · verse 111 of 196
Unfolding the thread
When saṁyama is mastered, understanding dawns. Prajñā-āloka: the light of wisdom. It isn't borrowed knowledge; it's seeing by your own light.
Try today
Choose a question you've been carrying. Hold it quietly in mind for five minutes without trying to answer it. Notice what arises.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Without knowledge there is no meditation, without meditation there is no knowledge: he who has knowledge and meditation is near unto Nirvana.”
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