Zen Proverb
"The problem with the word patience is that it implies we are waiting for something to get better, we are waiting for something good that will come. A more accurate word for this quality is constancy, a capacity to be with what is true moment after moment, to discover enlightenment one moment after another."
Suzuki Roshi, Zen Master
When you sit with a pretty girl for two hours, it seems like a minute, and when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, it seems like two hours. That's relativity.
Albert Einstein
I'd say spiritual maturity understands that the process of awakening goes through many seasons and cycles. True patience isn't gaining or grasping, it does not seek any accomplishment. I think it allows us to disregard the concept of time. We're not waiting for anything. We're not trying to get anywhere. We're not revisiting the past over and over again. We're right here, right now, in this moment. We're not looking for something "good" or worrying about being inflicted with something "bad." We're present. We're not overly concerned about the future and we're not overly concerned with the past.
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