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.
तदुपरागापेक्षित्वाच्चित्तस्य वस्तु ज्ञाताज्ञातम्
tad-uparāgāpekṣitvāc cittasya vastu jñātājñātam
An object is known or unknown depending on whether it colours the mind.
Yoga Sutras 4.17 · verse 179 of 196
Unfolding the thread
We only know what touches us. If something doesn't colour the mind, it goes unnoticed, however close it is. That's why attention matters: it decides which part of the world we actually live in.
Try today
Notice one thing near you that you usually overlook. Let it colour your mind for a minute.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“If thou wert good and pure within, then wouldst thou look upon all things without hurt and understand them aright. A pure heart seeth the very depths of heaven and hell. Such as each one is inwardly, so judgeth he outwardly.”
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