“Patience is essential on the spiritual path, but delay is not. Patience invites the timeless back in, and practicing becomes a waking game, not a waiting game, because patience is the state of full wakefulness. (Rodney Smith)” MeditationBuddhismPatienceTimelessnessWakefulness Book:The Best Buddhist Writing 2011 Source: The Best Buddhist Writing 2011
“Forms and rituals become a problem when they stop representing a gateway into oneself and become an exclusive presentation of the sacred, such as the belief that the only way to commune with God is by going to church or taking a walk in nature, or that the only way to meditate is to be alone in quiet surroundings. (Rodney Smith)” SpiritualityMeditationBuddhismEssays Author:Melvin McLeod (editor)