Why Are Patience and Confidence So Important?

"Why were patience and confidence given such prominence in spiritual teachings, particularly in terms of practical application? Rupert says: ‘Patience and confidence are reflections in the mind of the qualities that are innate in being. A mind that is in touch with its being, its essence is nearly always confident and patient. These are all reflections of being – the quality-less-ness of being in an individual mind. As a concession to the separate self who doesn’t yet know the nature of their being, the teaching may say to practise openness. It gives the mind that insists on doing something, something to do before it recognises that patience, confidence, kindness, openness are innate qualities. They are what we are, not what we have to do.’"

From event 07 - 14 September, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mandali, 7–14 September 2025 – ‘Meister Eckhart and the Love of God’

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