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.
तच्छिद्रेषु प्रत्ययान्तराणि संस्कारेभ्यः
tac-chidreṣu pratyayāntarāṇi saṁskārebhyaḥ
In the gaps, other thoughts arise from old impressions.
Yoga Sutras 4.27 · verse 189 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Even far along the path, old thoughts break through in unguarded moments. Patanjali says it plainly and without alarm: this is what old impressions do. Expect it; don't be discouraged by it.
Try today
When an old pattern returns today, greet it without surprise: "Ah, you again."
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“How ridiculous and what a stranger he is who is surprised at anything which happens in life.”
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