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What is the role of impatience on the spiritual path?

Impatience is the fire that fuels your longing and alertness, while patience is the soil in which your growth takes root; together, they create a dynamic equilibrium on the spiritual path.

— Osho
According to Osho, impatience is a vital counterbalance to patience: it keeps the flame of longing, love, and alertness alive so you sow, water, and wait like a lover with open doors. While you cannot hasten ‘spring,’ impatience prevents laziness and sleep, maintaining desire to grow. Yet it must be harmonized with patience to avoid anxiety, forming a choiceless, dynamic equilibrium on the path.

Be eager to grow but calm about timing—your eagerness keeps you awake and working, and your calm keeps you from stressing out.

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