Day 30
VIII. Patience
1 Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait, and wait without anxiety. Patience is natural to the teacher of God. All he sees is certain outcome, at a time perhaps unknown to him as yet, but not in doubt. The time will be as right as is the answer. And this is true for everything that happens now or in the future. The past as well held no mistakes; nothing that did not serve to benefit the world, as well as him to whom it seemed to happen. Perhaps it was not understood at the time. Even so, the teacher of God is willing to reconsider all his past decisions, if they are causing pain to anyone. Patience is natural to those who trust. Sure of the ultimate interpretation of all things in time, no outcome already seen or yet to come can cause them fear.
The future: When I think of all the time I spent contracted around the idea that I need to do more and do it faster if I ever want to wake up; and when I think of how much time I spent thinking I wish I could wake up now, and I must be doing something wrong since I’m not so I must be guilty, I just laugh.
I guess that was just a step on the path, but if you are there, I suggest that you don’t tarry any longer than you have to. Its painful to think that you should be someplace you are not, and being in pain won’t get you to the end of the journey any faster. Instead, just take the next step and the next step. Remember your purpose. Do your practices. Live in gratitude for each moment of the awakening process. This is what brings us to the memory of Self.
The past: When I think of all the time I have spent, and sometimes still spend, wishing the past were different, regretting past actions, feeling guilty for my ignorance, I laugh. I visit the past only to forgive what I find there, and that is the only use I can see for the past.
Here is a quote I found on facebook that I put on my remember board.
Forgiveness. Giving up all hope of a better past.
My suggestion for the past; Don’t tarry there. If you find yourself reliving a past moment forgive it and leave it. The past doesn’t exist so every moment spent there is not living; it is a moment spent doing nothing, and often it is a moment spent in pain. If a past regret surfaces in my mind, I would forgive that moment and then go back to living. If a happy moment surfaces in my mind, I would feel gratitude and then go back to living.
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