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.
विशेषदर्शिन आत्मभावभावनाविनिवृत्तिः
viśeṣa-darśina ātma-bhāva-bhāvanā-vinivṛttiḥ
For one who sees this distinction, the questioning about the nature of the self comes to rest.
Yoga Sutras 4.25 · verse 187 of 196
Unfolding the thread
"Who am I? What am I?" For the one who has seen the difference between mind and Self, these questions simply stop. Not because an answer was found in words, but because the seeing answered them.
Try today
Sit for a minute without asking anything about yourself. Just be.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Vanity of vanities, all is vanity, save to love God, and Him only to serve.”
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