06-08-2017, 01:38 PM
"The prerequisite of mental work is the ability to retain silence of self at a steady state when required by the self. The mind must be opened like a door. The key is silence."
OK. That's totally clear to me.
Now the first mental discipline:
"Where you find patience within your mind ..."
What does it mean to find patience/impatience within your mind? This attitude manifests in difficult circumstances. Does this mean to recognize my response in this situations?
"... you must consciously find the corresponding impatience and vice versa."
Should I start to respond with impatience in situations where I respond with patience? This doesn't make sense.
OK. That's totally clear to me.
Now the first mental discipline:
Quote:To begin to master the concept of mental discipline it is necessary to examine the self. The polarity of your dimension must be internalized. Where you find patience within your mind you must consciously find the corresponding impatience and vice versa. Each thought that a being has, has in its turn an antithesis. The disciplines of the mind involve, first of all, identifying both those things of which you approve and those things of which you disapprove within yourself, and then balancing each and every positive and negative charge with its equal. The mind contains all things. Therefore, you must discover this completeness within yourself.
"Where you find patience within your mind ..."
What does it mean to find patience/impatience within your mind? This attitude manifests in difficult circumstances. Does this mean to recognize my response in this situations?
"... you must consciously find the corresponding impatience and vice versa."
Should I start to respond with impatience in situations where I respond with patience? This doesn't make sense.