November - Patience becomes insight

October 21 to November 21

Such composure holds the balance of patience in its hand.

Patience is wisdom united with strength, strength united with wisdom. Without wisdom, strength would be hopeless endurance, without strength, wisdom would be idle contemplation. Strength and wisdom are the pillars rising over land and sea bearing the sun-countenance of the angel, who commands the writer of the Apocalypse to devour the book. True knowledge is fulfilled in activity; only the ever re-examined deed leads to real action. The balance of patience determines the weight of the personality. In active interaction with world phenomena, patience allows our knowledge to mature. In reality-based judgement, patience heightens the expectant mood of action. Impatience misleads to prejudice and premature action. But he who submits his actions each time to the judgment of his knowledge, possesses true patience.

Thus it becomes insight.

A meditation on such insightful patience is a picture from the Apocalypse: Above the pillars of strength and wisdom shines insight.