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.
जन्मौषधिमन्त्रतपःसमाधिजाः सिद्धयः
janmauṣadhi-mantra-tapaḥ-samādhi-jāḥ siddhayaḥ
Special abilities arise from birth, from herbs, from sacred words, from discipline, or from absorption.
Yoga Sutras 4.1 · verse 163 of 196
Unfolding the thread
The last chapter begins by putting the powers in perspective. Extraordinary abilities can come from many sources: some are born with them, some find them through plants or chanting, some through austerity. Only one source is the goal of this path: samādhi. The others are side-roads.
Try today
Think of a gift you were simply born with. Be grateful for it, and remember it isn't the measure of your inner life.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“True wisdom’s not the fruit of noble birth.”
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