If you're too impatient, you can make rash decisions with terrible consequences. If you're too patient, you can waste vast stretches of your life pursuing the wrong goals. On one side are rocks, and on the other is a vast vortex. And you must guide your ship between the two. - Anonymous
I remember when I was hospitalised, whenever doctors would come for visit I asked them only two questions several times. When I will get cured? And When you will free me? And they would reply, 'soon'. I was really getting frustrated and loosing my patience. Later I realised, it's not that doctors want me to be there for longer but it's my disease which was really deep and serious, that was holding me back.
Generally we want things to be done quicker and faster, but everything takes time. One has to wait patiently for results. No one has become rich or successful overnight. After sowing mango seeds one can't expect fruits on next day, in fact it takes few decades for a tree to bear the fruits. Even if you invest money in bank or shares it takes time to get good interest. It takes time for progressing from KG to PG. In relationship also one has to invest time, one has to wait for relationship to grow. Getting irritated or panic over the issues doesn't solve them. So better try to tolerate unavoidable situations without getting irritated.
Similarly when one comes to spirituality he expects things to go fast. People say, I am being a practitioner from so many years still no change? Does it actually works? Yes it works but process takes time. And this time depends upon sincerity of practitioner and seriousness of material disease which is deep rooted in the heart. Our conditionings and lower nature holds us back to this miserable world like a disease, more we detach ourself from such misgivings we take lesser time for perfection. In conclusion without loosing hope, doubting and switching goal one must continue on his spiritual sojourn patiently understanding that every single process takes time.
By Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
I remember when I was hospitalised, whenever doctors would come for visit I asked them only two questions several times. When I will get cured? And When you will free me? And they would reply, 'soon'. I was really getting frustrated and loosing my patience. Later I realised, it's not that doctors want me to be there for longer but it's my disease which was really deep and serious, that was holding me back.
Generally we want things to be done quicker and faster, but everything takes time. One has to wait patiently for results. No one has become rich or successful overnight. After sowing mango seeds one can't expect fruits on next day, in fact it takes few decades for a tree to bear the fruits. Even if you invest money in bank or shares it takes time to get good interest. It takes time for progressing from KG to PG. In relationship also one has to invest time, one has to wait for relationship to grow. Getting irritated or panic over the issues doesn't solve them. So better try to tolerate unavoidable situations without getting irritated.
Similarly when one comes to spirituality he expects things to go fast. People say, I am being a practitioner from so many years still no change? Does it actually works? Yes it works but process takes time. And this time depends upon sincerity of practitioner and seriousness of material disease which is deep rooted in the heart. Our conditionings and lower nature holds us back to this miserable world like a disease, more we detach ourself from such misgivings we take lesser time for perfection. In conclusion without loosing hope, doubting and switching goal one must continue on his spiritual sojourn patiently understanding that every single process takes time.
By Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
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