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.
तद्वैराग्यादपि दोषबीजक्षये कैवल्यम्
tad-vairāgyād api doṣa-bīja-kṣaye kaivalyam
Through non-attachment even to that, the seeds of bondage are destroyed, and freedom follows.
Yoga Sutras 3.51 · verse 157 of 196
Unfolding the thread
The greatest powers must be let go too. Only when there is no attachment even to omniscience are the last seeds of bondage burned, and then comes kaivalya, freedom. It's the Sutras' final word on powers: the one who can let go of everything is free.
Try today
Let go, for today, of one thing you're good at needing to be recognised for.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Give up what is before, give up what is behind, give up what is in the middle, when thou goest to the other shore of existence; if thy mind is altogether free, thou wilt not again enter into birth and decay.”
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