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.
अतीतानागतं स्वरूपतोऽस्त्यध्वभेदाद्धर्माणाम्
atītānāgataṁ svarūpato 'sty adhva-bhedād dharmāṇām
The past and the future exist in their own form; the difference lies in the paths their qualities take.
Yoga Sutras 4.12 · verse 174 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Past and future aren't nothing. They exist, in their own way, as what has been and what is yet to unfold. The difference is only in which way things are moving. It's a remarkably modern idea: time as paths rather than disappearance.
Try today
Think of your past self and your future self as both real. Be kind to both today.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“There be three times; a present of things past, a present of things present, and a present of things future.”
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