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.
जातिलक्षणदेशैरन्यतानवच्छेदात्तुल्ययोस्ततः प्रतिपत्तिः
jāti-lakṣaṇa-deśair anyatānavacchedāt tulyayos tataḥ pratipattiḥ
From that comes the ability to tell apart two things that seem identical, which cannot be distinguished by kind, feature or place.
Yoga Sutras 3.54 · verse 160 of 196
Unfolding the thread
This discerning knowledge can tell apart things that look exactly alike: two drops of water, two identical coins. Subtle discernment is what the whole path trains. We learn to see real difference where others see sameness, and sameness where others see difference.
Try today
Look closely at two things that seem the same (two leaves, two cups) and find what makes each unique.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“The wasp and the bee eat and drink from the fields; The one stings, the other sweet honey still yields.”
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