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.
न तत्स्वाभासं दृश्यत्वात्
na tat svābhāsaṁ dṛśyatvāt
The mind is not self-luminous, because it is itself something seen.
Yoga Sutras 4.19 · verse 181 of 196
Unfolding the thread
The mind is like the moon: it seems to shine, but its light is borrowed. Because the mind can be observed, it must be lit by something else, the seer. That's one of the strongest arguments in the Sutras.
Try today
Watch a thought appear. Notice that it is seen, and ask what is doing the seeing.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“On heart unless the soul-sun cast a ray, No thought, no picture can its sheen portray.”
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