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.
प्रसङ्ख्यानेऽप्यकुसीदस्य सर्वथा विवेकख्यातेर्धर्ममेघः समाधिः
prasaṅkhyāne 'py akusīdasya sarvathā viveka-khyāter dharma-meghaḥ samādhiḥ
For the one who wants nothing even from the highest knowledge, whose discernment is complete, comes the absorption called the cloud of virtue.
Yoga Sutras 4.29 · verse 191 of 196
Unfolding the thread
When even the highest insight is held without any wish for gain, a final absorption arrives: dharma-megha, the "cloud of virtue", which rains goodness. It's a beautiful name for a state where clarity simply pours out.
Try today
Do one thing today purely because it is good, with no thought of what it brings you.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Clouds thicken in the sky! O, listen to the deep voice of their roaring.”
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