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 सर्वावरणमलापेतस्य ज्ञानस्यानन्त्याज्ज्ञेयमल्पम्
tadā sarvāvaraṇa-malāpetasya jñānasyānantyāj jñeyam alpam
Then, with every covering and impurity removed, knowledge is infinite, and what remains to be known is small.
Yoga Sutras 4.31 · verse 193 of 196
Unfolding the thread
When all veils are gone, knowing becomes boundless, and the knowable seems small beside it. It's the reverse of our usual feeling that the world is vast and our understanding tiny.
Try today
Look at the sky tonight and consider: the one who knows it is as vast as what is known.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“In man’s esteem the world is vast, without an end; With Power Infinite compared, a grain of sand.”
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