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.
एकसमये चोभयानवधारणम्
eka-samaye cobhayānavadhāraṇam
Nor can the mind grasp both itself and its object at the same moment.
Yoga Sutras 4.20 · verse 182 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Try to watch a thought and watch the watching at once. The mind can't do both; it flicks between them. So the mind can't be the final knower. Something else holds both together.
Try today
Look at an object, then notice yourself looking. Feel how attention moves between the two.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Thou seest the form alone; thy two eyes are at fault.”
1 of 2
Get these in your inbox
No spam. Just honest writing on practice, awareness and conscious living.