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.
तारकं सर्वविषयं सर्वथाविषयमक्रमं चेति विवेकजं ज्ञानम्
tārakaṁ sarva-viṣayaṁ sarvathā-viṣayam akramaṁ ceti vivekajaṁ jñānam
Knowledge born of discernment is liberating: it takes in all things, in every way, all at once.
Yoga Sutras 3.55 · verse 161 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Tāraka means "that which carries across", like a boat to the far shore. This knowledge doesn't move step by step; it grasps everything at once. It's the knowing that frees.
Try today
End today by looking back on it as a whole, all at once, like a single picture, rather than a list of events.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“When He Himself reveals Himself, Brahma brings into manifestation That which can never be seen.”
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