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.
कर्माशुक्लाकृष्णं योगिनस्त्रिविधमितरेषाम्
karmāśuklākṛṣṇaṁ yoginas trividham itareṣām
The yogi's action is neither white nor black; for others it is of three kinds.
Yoga Sutras 4.7 · verse 169 of 196
Unfolding the thread
Most of our actions are good, harmful or mixed, and they bind us either way, because we act for results. The yogi's actions are "neither white nor black": done without selfish motive, they leave no mark at all.
Try today
Do one good thing today without wanting anything back, not even thanks.
The Echo
The same truth, heard in another tradition
“When thou hast done a good act and another has received it, why dost thou still look for a third thing besides these, as fools do, either to have the reputation of having done a good act or to obtain a return?”
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