Blogs

Patience to most people is the art of waiting for something.  As a matter of fact waiting is part of what Patience is about.  Patience is the art of discerning just what the person is waiting for.  Patience is also the art of knowing who you are learning from.  Kids show admirable patience during the month of December when Christmas is near.  They, in most religions, know that this is the month of Christ's birth and they will get presents if they are good. 

 Patience is also used when learning something.  A student must be patient with their instructor during class.  Some instructors take an hour or longer to reach the point, some get right to the point with plenty of flare.  Whether the class is about something interesting like magic, or boring like math.  If the student is patient enough and willing to endure enough then the information is open for them.   When I was young I had 3 master instructors, Old Ones,  for me to learn from.   From each one I had to learn something different.  I was forced to learn just what patience was when they started talking.

 Suffice to say I had to learn what they were teaching or I would cause all kinds of trouble in the physical world and not understand what I had done.   It has taken years and they still think I have no patience.  I have developed the art o f learning to the point that at least my instructors can teach what they will.  Knowledge is power but under control.  Patience has kept me from doing something just because I could.