Diving Deeper : Patience

Diving deeper into the attitudinal foundations of mindfulness, this track is about cultivating patience, in life and in our meditation practice.

Ironically, the root of the word patient is the Latin verb pati, meaning to suffer.  Life can frequently be uncertain and changing - things that we don’t want to happen often do, and things that we want to happen sometimes don’t. Patience is the ability to wait calmly in the face of adversity, challenges, or frustration.

Patience can be a particularly helpful quality to invoke when the mind is agitated. Cultivating patience in meditation can help us to accept the wandering tendency of the mind while reminding us that we don't have to get caught up in its stories.