Spiritual waiting is not passive
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐. ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐, ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก.
We are always waiting for something to change. This is natural and part of the fact that our lives are dynamic and we are growing, learning and developing all the time. However, how we wait for growth and change makes all the difference. Yemima makes a distinction between spiritual waiting and โmaterialisticโ waiting. Materialistic waiting is rooted in the fact that I cannot stand who I am or what is happening now and I want it to change it ASAP. I am narrowly focused on whatโs not working. Time is not moving fast enough. In spiritual growth we still want our wishes to come true, of course we do. However, we try to wait from a different internal space: We try to remind ourselves gently, that even though we are waiting for something very important to us, we still have areas in our lives that are going well and working for us. We give them attention. We try to carry in our heart the understanding that things have a natural way of developing at their own pace. It is beautiful to give ourselves and those around us the time needed to grow and expand. We can support the growth of the system by giving it what it needs in order to develop on its own. We give from a generous heart without conditions for immediate results.
