Why Patience is the Mother of All Virtue

Why Patience is the Mother of All Virtue - (314)

Introduction

It is said that patience is the mother of all virtue and from the Gnostic point of view it certainly seems to be true.

Why Patience is Needed?

It seems to apply the virtues of the Being or the values of the Being, patience is needed. The way of the ego is action that can be wrong and rough but it is so to get a result or get what it wants as quickly as possible.

Examples

For example getting angry one can bring order to a conversation or a situation in the way one wants in a very minute or less, maybe even in a few seconds. However if we apply sweetness and reason instead of the force that anger applies it takes more time to get the result that we want.

We may want a spouse, and lust can get it quite quickly but for the purpose of satisfying sensations and desires but a spouse for eh esoteric work is attained not applying lust but applying chastity, faith, prayer, work on oneself etc. and that takes much time.

We may want to pay our karma quickly but it takes much time. Fear wants to escape circumstances as quickly as possible, courage is patience in some degree and tolerance is patience to some degree as well because the intolerant person does not want to be in a situation where it has to face things it can not tolerate.

Test of Patience

There are many tests of patience and there is one Master Samael says at the top of the first mountain. Patience is to also wait outside of time.

Conclusion

So in conclusion to apply the virtues of the Being one needs patience, the virtues all rely on patience being there in the background. The reason why is because the Being is not bottled in time. That is why! The ego on the other hand is very much bottled in time.

End (314).

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