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.
वस्तुसाम्ये चित्तभेदात्तयोर्विभक्तः पन्थाः
vastu-sāmye citta-bhedāt tayor vibhaktaḥ panthāḥ
The object being the same, different minds perceive it differently, so their paths are separate.
Yoga Sutras 4.15 · verse 177 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Two people look at the same thing and see it differently: one sees a threat, another an opportunity. The object hasn't changed; the minds have. That's why understanding our own mind matters more than arguing about the world.
Try today
In one disagreement today, ask how the other person's mind might be seeing the same thing differently.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“There was but one; his eyes were cause that he saw two. The one away, the other consequently was gone too. Desire or rage, at times, makes people double see. The mind’s distortion brings the eyes perverse to be.”
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