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.
तत्र ध्यानजमनाशयम्
tatra dhyāna-jam anāśayam
Of these, the mind born of meditation leaves no residue.
Yoga Sutras 4.6 · verse 168 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Of all the ways the mind can be shaped, only the one born of meditation leaves no trace, no store of karma that binds. Actions that come from a still mind are clean. They don't plant new seeds of suffering.
Try today
Before one action today, pause and let your mind settle. Then act from that stillness.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“The man who is free from credulity, but knows the uncreated, who has cut all ties, removed all temptations, renounced all desires, he is the greatest of men.”
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