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.
निमित्तमप्रयोजकं प्रकृतीनां वरणभेदस्तु ततः क्षेत्रिकवत्
nimittam aprayojakaṁ prakṛtīnāṁ varaṇa-bhedas tu tataḥ kṣetrikavat
Outer causes don't set nature in motion; they only remove obstacles, as a farmer breaks a dam so water can flow into the field.
Yoga Sutras 4.3 · verse 165 of 196
Unfolding the thread
A farmer doesn't push water into the field; he opens the channel and it flows by itself. So too with practice. Our efforts don't create freedom; they clear away what blocks it. Nature does the rest.
Try today
Instead of forcing a change today, look for one obstacle you can simply remove.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“Air sets it free; direct, restores it to its source, By little and by little.”
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