Thanks for the opportunity to respond. I find there is almost no difference between patience and wisdom, or between patience and compassion. When one is patient one lets all thoughts come and go. Acting on the basis of thoughts is quite different from thinking the thought. As Lao Tzu said: "Doing nothing leaves nothing undone." He also said: "The way that can be said is not the way." Is patience the way?
To paraphrase Gandhi, there is no way to patience, patience is the way. Thoughts are often intellectual. Noticing one's intellectualizing is beyond thought. Noticing one's noticing, while one is noticing is very helpful. Patience helps one notice and noticing helps one be patient. Warm and kind regards to all readers.
On Oct 18, 2012 Conrad P. Pritscher wrote :
To paraphrase Gandhi, there is no way to patience, patience is the way. Thoughts are often intellectual. Noticing one's intellectualizing is beyond thought. Noticing one's noticing, while one is noticing is very helpful. Patience helps one notice and noticing helps one be patient. Warm and kind regards to all readers.