An important rule in life is; don’t be
impatient. This is much easier said than done. The definition of patience is: the capacity to accept or tolerate delay,
trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.
We live in
such an achievement oriented society that we are all constantly pushing to
arrive somewhere. Often times when we arrive we find ourselves exhausted and frustrated
because we have been in such a hurry to get somewhere and that somewhere often
times doesn’t arrive. We are especially impatient
in this time of life. The internet gives us instantaneous information. We jump from
one thing to the next. We have forgotten how to focus. It is a dying art. We have
lost the ability to wait and to relax.
To find
inner peace, which is one of the aims of yoga, you must learn to be quiet and
still and that takes patience. It takes effort and time to master anything. Don’t
let your approach to finding peace be achievement oriented. That is the work of
the ego; always needing to be successful. Patience is the fastest way to soul consciousness
and soul consciousness is the path way to finding peace.
So when practicing
yoga don’t try to do the poses, try to be the poses and you will discover patience.
Let’s practice.
Peace is not
something waiting for you over the next hill. It is not something you can construct.
It is a part of your soul. It just takes patient to discover it.
Doctor Lynn
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