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.
सत्त्वपुरुषान्यताख्यातिमात्रस्य सर्वभावाधिष्ठातृत्वं सर्वज्ञातृत्वं च
sattva-puruṣānyatā-khyāti-mātrasya sarva-bhāvādhiṣṭhātṛtvaṁ sarva-jñātṛtvaṁ ca
For the one who sees clearly the difference between the purest mind and the Self comes mastery over all states of being and knowledge of all.
Yoga Sutras 3.50 · verse 156 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Here is the peak of the powers: seeing the difference between even the clearest mind and the Self brings sovereignty over every state and knowledge of everything. And yet, as the next verse says, even this must be let go.
Try today
Sit for two minutes and ask, gently and repeatedly: "Who is aware of this?"
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Too late loved I Thee, O Thou Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new! too late I loved Thee!”
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