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A Natural Patience

Written by Sen on June 24th, 2012

The word patience can have some gloomy undertones for the mind as it implies waiting longer.

However, as far as the mind is concerned it can never really understand what patience means, all it can do

is develop controlled impatience some people are good at controlling their impatience as a matter of

discipline, they can get really good at playing the waiting game. The natural patience I am talking about

has nothing to do with the mind at all, in fact it has nothing to do with waiting either, its just a sense of

not waiting for anything this what true patience really is, when you can sense a place in you which is

not really waiting for anything.

This place can never be reached through the mind, like I mentioned earlier, the mind is only capable of

controlled impatience the mind is always waiting for something to happen, the next thing, and thats its

design, its natural way of being, and this part of it doesnt have to be changed. However, when you dont

know this other place in yourself which is not waiting for anything, you cannot feel a balance in your

being. This place is referred to in many ways in spiritual teachings as a space of stillness, the space of

being, the space of eternity etc but in most cases the mind reads these pointers and tries to execute them,

and it tries to become still, which is not what is being asked for, the pointer is to find this space which is

already still, in the sense that its not waiting for anything to feel whole.

Finding this space is not just about spirituality, it has a very strong influence on your ability to manifestyour desired reality. This space is what brings in the vibration of wholeness and a natural patience (of not

waiting, of not being desperate), which is the feeling place of fulfillment. I am sure youve heard it

many times that once you desire you need to make yourself feel that you already have it, and once you

create this feeling of already having it, it manifests easily. The mind, however, no matter how hard it tries,

cannot ever genuinely create this feeling its not the minds fault, after all the mind is just being sincere

that it cant see the physical evidence of the desire being manifested and hence it cant feel now what it

would feel when its manifested. A lot of people struggle with their mind forcing it to believe that the

desire has already manifested, the fake it, until you make it deal, but the truth is that the mind is not

gullible, it cant believe what it cant see, thats how the mind is you cant fake it, you are only

fooling yourself if you are trying to make your mind believe something it cant see. However, there is aplace outside the mind, which is naturally rooted in this feeling once you access this place you can tune

into its vibration and thus incorporate this vibration of not waiting, thus become match to the creation

process.

The space free of impatience

The mind will always be impatient, at the maximum you can force it to control its impatience. So if the

domain of mind is all you know of, you cant help but carry a vibration of desperation all the time, in

some way or the other. Some people just get good at masking their desperation I am sure youve

indulged in your share of dating games, where you hold back on calling that person for a few days though

you desperately wanted to, you want to show that you are not desperate, that youve got other things

going for you, this is what controlled impatience is, its not very enjoyable. However, the domain of the

mind is just one small aspect of your being, and when your awareness is totally anchored into the mind

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you miss out on the other part of your being (the larger part) which is the non-physical space of

wholeness, also called the space of being. This space of non-physical wholeness is the space that naturally

is not waiting for anything simply because everything manifests here instantly, there is only the Now in

this space, and the Now is not waiting for anything.

I am sure most of you have experimented with staying in the Now, using your mind, and the results

obviously were not pretty. Again, staying in the Now is not a directive for the mind, its a pointer to a

place thats already, naturally, always the Now. The mind always takes up such pointers and tries toexecute them, and hence misses the simple truth being pointed out. The mind cannot be still, its not the

nature of the mind to be still, only this space of non-physical wholeness can have this feeling of stillness

because its not impatient or fearful about anything, its in a perfect balance. If you want to see the

hierarchy, it goes something like this Non-physical space of wholeness > stream of individual

consciousness > the mind, by > symbol I just mean, what is before basically, since you are

life-energy, you are all of this at the same time, and thus you have access to all the three domains at the

same time, there are no boundaries, the only question is are you going to allow your consciousness to be

fully engaged in the mind or can you relax enough to connect with your non-physical wholeness aspect.

Remember that the mind is a domain of its own, and its not the mind that has to find this space. Rather, ifyou just stay in a state of letting go, or a state of allowing, you are bound to sense this space as a

different domain within you. The mind and the non-physical space of wholeness can co-exist

simultaneously all the time, this is another aspect of balance. When you are not connected with this

space of wholeness, and the domain of mind is all you know, it becomes an imbalanced state to begin

with. The deal is that your consciousness is pulled into the mind as soon as your focus is in body, the

mind with all its noise, projections and imaginations, can totally anchor you in its domain without leaving

any room for you to explore this other domain of your being. It takes a conscious letting go of the mind,

for a while, so that you can sense this space of non-physical wholeness within you once you do sense it,

you will know its presence, and once you know for yourself it will shift your perspective, until then it

will just be a concept for you.

Finding a grounding in your space of wholeness

Initially, as you stay in a state of allowing, you can get some sudden glimpse of this space of wholeness

they can be enjoyable experiences, but they are just fleeting glimpse or fore-tastes. Just having fleeting

glimpses doesnt serve you much in living, except to indicate to you that there is a different domain that

needs to be explored. The reason that you only get fleeting glimpses is because there is a layer of

separation created by the momentum of negativity in your emotional and mental space in fact, the layers

run deep due to accumulation of the past. Unless you make away with most of these layers, you cant find

a permanent grounding in this space of wholeness. The phase of release, or letting go, (read the post Phases of awakening) is a means to clear up these accumulated layers of negativity that keep you from

being in contact with this domain of non-physical wholeness.

The simple truth is that if you allow your mind to hold you hostage on any account, you will be held up

and there wont be a release, and thus you would just delay the process of clearing up these layers of

negativity. Fear is the mechanism that the mind will always use to hold consciousness hostage, the mind

fears being deserted in some way when you start letting go you can be rest assured that the mind will

not be deserted, your physicality will remain your focus (or there will be a return of focus), but the

process of letting go is important, as a temporary phase, to connect with your space of wholeness. In fact,

understanding the nature of reality of life (as depicted in the post Light and dark nature of your desiredreality) is a means to let go of your delusions about physical life which may be holding you hostage,

and thus be finally willing to allow a release of this anchorage your have towards your mind. Once you

have established grounding in this space, you will no longer find your mind to be problematic, it will


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continue doing its job as per its design of desiring from a physical perspective, it will also stay true to its

nature of being impatient, but now there is a space in you thats not affected by the minds vibration this

space of natural patience, natural stillness and natural wholeness creates a new vibration in you, which

balances out the vibration of the mind.

Usually, when youve had enough of your minds tyranny and its relentless nagging, is when you look for

a way out of a mind dominated living. The search for peace is basically a search for the end of being a

prisoner to the minds restless movements. This search should eventually bring you an understanding ofyour non-physical domain, and it comes as a huge revelation to realize this other part of us. Spirituality, if

authentic, is all about getting you to connect with this space of non-physical wholeness within you. Its a

very real space, its not some philosophy, its not a belief, its not an imagination its as real as the

domain of the mind that you are so familiar with. When you start finding a grounding in this space, you

will sense it clearly just the way you sense your mind you will see its nature of being still, of not

waiting for anything (natural patience), of being whole, of knowing the well-being, of a seamless wisdom,

none of which is some mind created imagination however, unless you get a taste of this space yourself,

you cant know for yourself.

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5 comments

Sonysays:

June 24, 2012 at 8:39 pm

After practising to let go and reading a lot of your articles I found myself in contact with the space

of wholeness just before reading this article. It is exactly as you are describing and its such a huge

relief. life changing. just wanted to say thank you for changing my negative life into a reality which

I desire, I hope im finally free from the terror of my mind and can relax in well being for the rest of

my life. cant say thank you enough times

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Ganesh Shevatesays:

June 26, 2012 at 12:29 pm

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I found your articles are just to the fact. Any one who read it could be benefited definately.

But I had one querry about the Letting Go process. If any ignorant person do this process may be

less benefited and found himself in Tsunami like surroundings due to tremendous force of negative

thoughts. Can you suggest some basic meditation before doing let go process? Please advice.

Regards,

ReplySensays:

June 26, 2012 at 10:11 pm

Ganesh, you can start with the simple practice of detached awareness, where you sit and

observe the mind while being totally detached to it, the way you would observe something

outside you. This practice will allow your awareness levels to increase, and thus increase

your capacity to not be lost in the mind. Ive mentioned the phases that one can go through

before reaching a place of total allowing in this post Reaching a space of total allowing.

Geppettosays:

June 26, 2012 at 6:16 pm

I am working on allowing and letting go but have difficulty with surrender and struggle. Some of

my pain is due to the memory of being sick mentally so many times in the past. I am ashamed of

this and upset that I am rarely feeling good for when my family gathers. I have a strong fear of

getting sick again from my OCD symptoms and so I live a very guarded existence. You see

although I know the symptoms or OCD spikes are not rational or in concert with my Being, the

feelings of illness associated with them, ie, anxiety, sadness, despair, fear, worry, are all very real

feelings. it is the feeling that I get from my OCD that I run from. This is where the rumination

comes into play. The lack of feeling whole, healthy, wise and present. All these is what I fear

losing or not within my grasp. Its essentially dying while still alive, to some degree It is like

suffering, pain with no end. It may be away for a period but it can and does return. So often.

Can you comment more to help me with letting go of this struggle. I am also reading Tolles book

and liked his treatment of surrendering into the pain. Its just that it seems to be required so often of

me that I get exhausted. Thanks.

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Sensays:

July 3, 2012 at 7:14 pm

Geppetto, when you fear the negative you are basically ensuring that you stay a prisoner to it.You want the good things and you fear the bad things and your fear is what keeps you

hooked towards feeling bad. The criteria to find balance is to first stop being in fear towards

any component of life, be it positive or negative unless you are in a place of total openness

you will always be held hostage, in some way, by your fear based mind. You can get more

insight in this post http://www.calmdownmind.com/healing-the-imbalance/

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