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.
तदा विवेकनिम्नं कैवल्यप्राग्भारं चित्तम्
tadā viveka-nimnaṁ kaivalya-prāg-bhāraṁ cittam
Then the mind inclines toward discernment and is drawn toward freedom.
Yoga Sutras 4.26 · verse 188 of 196
Unfolding the thread
A lovely image: the mind now slopes toward discernment, the way land slopes toward the sea. Its whole weight moves toward freedom. What was effort becomes gravity.
Try today
Notice today one moment when choosing clarity felt easy, as if you were rolling downhill toward it.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Burst, then, thy prison gate, and free thyself from fear.”
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