On patience
Allow more time then you need to get places. Then don’t need to be in a hurry anywhere. If something happens now or in 10 minutes makes no difference. The ego doesn’t like to wait. But time is a made up concept of the mind, and all there ever is, is the present moment. Being alive in this moment is all that is needed, no need for something extra to happen. The mind like to pretend that things are more important than they really are.
Which brings to peace. Peace is temporary lost when one believes something else is more important than peace. For example, the stock market. If peace is more important to you, then it doesn’t matter what the market does you are still peaceful. But if the market is falsely believed to be more important, then that leads to the emotional roller coaster that is dependent on outside circumstance to be happy. Which is a painful way to live. That’s how peace can be lost. But to focus on peace. For example when outside; listen inside. Listen to the silence in you chest. And you may notice the birds and insects chirping that you haven’t noticed before. Nothing else matters but this moment.
Anxiety emotions of the past still arise, even when the mind is without thought. I’m water and emotions are the bubbles that float up to the surface then disappear. The presence or absence of emotion doesn’t change me. Like water’s properties are unchanged after bubbles. (Not judging what arises, and just letting it flow out. This is from the perspective of when the mind is not entertained or busy, past emotions arise, even when the mind is quiet (not newly created emotion from negative thinking). Most people don’t notice this because they stay busy bodies or keep themselves entertained because they are running away from the unfelt emotions inside themselves. (Alcohol and tv routines of people and always on their phone). To sit unentertained with themselves, letting the moment be as it is. Facing what is inside. Noticing the things that comes and goes (which isn’t them), and noticing the presence of God within them that is always there (which is who you really are. For that is what doesn’t change.). I usually do this in a hammock or recliner, somewhere comfortable which a spiritual audiobook guiding the mind. For facing yourself is uncomfortable, but is growth. This doesn’t include any thoughts of past or future (which are ego thoughts). Peace also comes from a place of, what thoughts say isn’t important. A thought may arise; it may be true or false, either way it will disappear in a few seconds. Only this moment matters.
I can’t say much on joy yet. Except peace is required before joy. Joy sits on top of peace.
