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.
सदा ज्ञाताश्चित्तवृत्तयस्तत्प्रभोः पुरुषस्यापरिणामित्वात्
sadā jñātāś citta-vṛttayas tat-prabhoḥ puruṣasyāpariṇāmitvāt
The mind's movements are always known to their lord, the Self, because the Self does not change.
Yoga Sutras 4.18 · verse 180 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Every thought you've ever had was known. Something was aware of it, and that something never changed. The Self is the unchanging witness of every movement of mind, which is why it can know them all.
Try today
Several times today, notice: this thought is known. By what?
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“God is nearer to us than our own Soul: for He is [the] Ground in whom our Soul standeth.”
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