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.
स्थान्युपनिमन्त्रणे सङ्गस्मयाकरणं पुनरनिष्टप्रसङ्गात्
sthāny-upanimantraṇe saṅga-smayākaraṇaṁ punar aniṣṭa-prasaṅgāt
When invited by exalted beings, there should be neither attachment nor pride, for undesirable consequences would follow.
Yoga Sutras 3.52 · verse 158 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Patanjali pictures celestial beings tempting the advanced yogi with heavenly pleasures. The advice: don't be flattered, don't be drawn in, or you'll fall back. In every age, success brings invitations that pull us off course.
Try today
When you're praised today, say thank you, and let it go without replaying it.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“If a man praises him he ridicules the praiser to himself; if a man censures him he makes no defence.”
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