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.
ततः कृतार्थानां परिणामक्रमसमाप्तिर्गुणानाम्
tataḥ kṛtārthānāṁ pariṇāma-krama-samāptir guṇānām
Then the qualities of nature, their purpose fulfilled, end their sequence of change.
Yoga Sutras 4.32 · verse 194 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Nature's qualities have served their purpose: to give experience and then freedom. Their long sequence of transformations comes to an end. The play is over, not as a loss, but as a completion.
Try today
Finish one task today completely, and notice the quiet satisfaction of something done.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“The sun is but a morning star.”
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