Patience is good.
Synchronicity is better.
Patience can be defined as
bearing or enduring without complaint. It is the act of "giving time"
to that which will come to fruition. It is the hope of things to come.
Note that patience implies the
waiting game, that is, "I don't have it now, but with time it will come to
me." For example, suppose I have plans to work in my garden this morning.
However, a storm has appeared and the weather prohibits me from tending to the
garden. I can say to myself, "I will be patient and in due time I will be
able to work in my garden." And wait I will. And I can easily become
anxious, as I sit and watch the weather pass by, waiting, waiting and waiting
furthermore.
On the other hand,
synchronicity is that which knows no waiting or enduring. It recognizes that
all is complete in the moment. It provides all in this very moment. It knows
there is a perfect time and place for all, and one who experiences
synchronicity knows of the harmony between the person and the completeness of
the moment. One in synchronicity is not waiting for the rain to stop so that
the garden may be tilled, but instead appreciates the rain in all its splendour,
along with the situation that it creates in the moment.
Instead of tending to the
garden, the fall of the rain may give me reason to sit down a write a letter to
an old friend. So rather than focusing on what could be done, I instead focus
on that which is in the moment and what is given to me irrespective of my plans
or wishes.
From a separation
consciousness point of view, patience is that which fills the chasm of time.
From the position of now, I project that I want something to occur that is
currently in the position of later. There is a chasm -- between the present and
the future. That is the "reality" of time that we create in our
heads, and yet time is not real. Or, it is real only so far as we construct it
out of our separation consciousness.
Synchronicity works in the
now and only in the now. It is the result of full acceptance and allowance of
life and its quality of flow. It is born from the stillness of the mind, in
listening to that which is brought to us by the universe. It is the natural
flow of life, irrespective of our conditioning, our wants and our plans. When
we drop the thinking, that which is beyond thought is allowed to manifest
itself in our experience. And the quality of such manifestation is Perfection,
is synchronistic and is divine. It's getting out of the way for The Way.
Synchronicity is the essence
of unity consciousness, a quality of the natural flow of life. The flower
blooms in perfect synchronicity with the natural elements of the sun, the
water, the wind and the soil. It does hope to bloom in the winter, nor does it
have plans or wishes to bloom during the cold months. Instead, it lives in a
synchronistic relationship with all elements in its experience and grows when
it is best for it to be supported by the elements, and vice versa. It blooms at
its perfect time, in harmony with that which surrounds it and interrelates with
it.
Patience is waiting. How can
one be complete if one is waiting for that which is not yet evident? Even
patient waiting is waiting. Like the passenger in the train station awaiting
the arrival of his train, he may be on the constant outlook for the appearance
of the train down the tracks. In his constant glances down the track, he is
anxious and in desire of that which is not yet in his experiential field.
Instead, he may have a seat on a station bench, taking pleasure in watching
lilies sway in the field across the tracks. And as he does so, lo and behold,
the train will come into his awareness in its own time. And it is in that
moment he can bring his awareness to the arrival of the train. It is in the
moment.
Synchronicity is a gift of
the universe, available to use in every moment. It is the subtle and sweet
music of existence that we can hear if we only listen. If we attend only to the
clamouring of our minds, we will be unable to manifest the harmonious flow of
synchronicity from unity consciousness. Our dance to this synchronistic flow is
experiential ecstasy. It is the effortless dance of the self with the universe.
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