I would like to just mention meditation a little tonight for all of you that are here. Thereโs much in meditation that all of you here have yet to come across. Some of you have already found the beauty as well as the difficulty in your meditations. But as you go further you will find much more beauty, so much more than you have ever thought possible.
But it needs one thing, one thing that Iโm going to speak about tonight. Of course, it needs many others, but this one thing in particular you must have, and that is patience.ย Can we get there without patience? Well, I doubt it. I doubt if we can get anywhere without patience. Itโs a very important thing to have. And if we havenโt got it, we can cultivate it. Itโs just a good habit, isnโt it, that we can persevere with.
But let us think about this word patience. Itโs a difficult one at times. Patience in queues in shops, patience with people who donโt understand us, patience when our meditation doesnโt seem to go right. Patience when weโre concerned where weโre going to live or whether weโre going to have enough money to pay the bills. Patience if weโre not well.
ย It is so important to have this particular thing, patience. Now, of course, meditation, if we can sit in meditation, and patiently know that even when we donโt feel anything, that something is happening, because it is. And we can get up with this patience and know that all is well even though everything looks as though it isnโt.
ย Itโs a very big order, isnโt it, that there is, when we think about it, each and every individual has a part to play, a role to play with patience, and do it with the best of their ability. And then if we do that, all around us, each person around us is playing their part. And it isnโt until everything comes to a certain time will our patience be rewarded. It might be anything from a minute to several years or more. But that it will happen, I think is the most important thing to remember.ย It must if you have patience and you go into meditation with that patience each time.
ย Too often disciples will give up for a period of time and say, โOh, itโs not happening, nothingโs happening. Itโs happening to everyone else except myself. Everybody else meditating very well, and my mind, I canโt control it.โ Now, believe me, the mind eventually will come and concentrate on the thing that we wish it to. But itโs just like anything else, itโs a good habit to cultivate of mind over matter.
ย I havenโt met one disciple yet, or those that are not, who can concentrate and keep their concentration over long periods of time ~ that is to begin with. But I have known, depending on the desire within that person, that Iโve heard later on, maybe months or years, they have cultivated and found this bliss, this concentration, with occasional interludes where they have a slight difficulty. But surely that is in the condition of life. But they have said no sooner than they realize, they can slip back into it, and that is surely what we are all aiming for, to slip back into the concentration of the blissful state with the Father ~ the Mother.
ย There is nothing that will stop us.ย It has been proved time and time again over thousands and millions of years. So, why should it fail now? It wonโt. The only thing that makes it fail is ourselves. Even if we have our moments when we feel, โNo, I have so many problems, we canโt meditate,โ which you know as well as I do, thatโs the very time we need it. But even if we donโt, we must pick ourselves up, because thereโs hunger inside us for the peace and that stillness that the Infinite Creator brings, when we can go with patience and concentrate and be there.
If you can go with patience and gently and lovingly sit, that is the secret. If you go in with demand, if you go in with a feeling of impatience, then you must think of all of the things that you have. Just think of the life that weโre fortunate to have. Think of all the good points in your life. Think of the devotion before you go in. And, of course, to do this you need patience once again. So we do go back to that word quite often.
ย I donโt know how many lifetimes everyone has had. It is not necessary to know that. Or for you.ย But there mustโve been a great many. And if you think about it, it isnโt too much to ask for quite a few years to find this bliss weโre talking about, if it has evaded you over the many lifetimes, because perhaps you havenโt wanted it then.
ย Now the opportunity is there for everyone who wants it. That is the truth of the moment. And I think that is a true blessing, that we can reach that Self-Realization in this lifetime. It is the time for it.ย Everywhere people are hungry, they are hungry for the peace within. And it will be theirs if they have but the patience to try for it. Youโre asking for a jewel ~ that takes a little longer than a sweetmeat. ย But it can be yours, each and every one of you, with patience.
And may God bless you with your endeavors.

This Article is transcribed from Mata Yoganandaji’s Audio MEDITATION & PATIENCE