Patience is a divine virtue. Unfortunately, not only are we badly wanting in this divine virtue, but also we
neglect it most foolishly. What is patience? It is an inner assurance of Baba's unreserved love and unconditional
guidance. Patience is Baba's power hidden in us to weather the teeming storms of life. Our fondest dreams will
be transformed into fruitful realities if we just know the secret of growing the patience-tree in our heart. Patience
is our sincere surrender to Baba's Will. This surrender is by no means the effacement of the finite self, which we
now are, but the total transformation of your finite existence into the infinite Self.Patience can never be imposed on us from outside. It is our own inner wealth, wisdom, peace and victory. Patience will never tell us that something is a hopeless task. Patience will only tell us either that we are not ready or that the time is not ripe. We may have the feeling that we are ready, but we have to know that our integral being, our whole being is not ready.
We have to feel that patience is not something passive. On the contrary, it is something dynamic. In patience, we develop our inner strength, our inner will power. It is true that if we have will power we can easily acquire patience. But it is equally true that when we have patience, our inner will power develops itself in a special way
