Impatience means being in a state of fear, which produces anxiety and a mind-ego-centered experience. Fear, in this case, is about the future and the outcome we think should happen and even think we know how and when it needs to happen. This fear extends to a root cause of this life experience: the unpredictability of anything beyond this present moment. The mind ego that needs so much security and control is in an ever-ongoing contention to surrender to the flow of life.

When you see that impatience is within you and realize that it comes from fear, from the need to control and know the unknown, it’s easier to experience the impatience but don’t react to it. This awareness naturally brings self-compassion or compassion to others as you remember that life always has a higher wisdom to every single situation and its outcome. Higher consciousness always has the best outcome that benefits every aspect of this creation.

Spirituality can be understood as a journey to uncover all the veils, ideas, beliefs, and habits that are blocking you from realizing the truth of who you are. It’s a journey that has no end since awakening to many aspects of this creation is endless.

For the mind, spirituality becomes a special trait to attain; it becomes a goal; it becomes a way to separate and label oneself and others, so many ideas, beliefs, and concepts arise in the mind with the idea of spirituality. In essence, for the mind, it becomes a divisive and separate experience.
When you become aware of your whole human experience, all the layers, all the personalities, all the things that live within you that are not your truth, spirituality becomes a piece of returning to your wholeness—the movement of remembering and living from the reality of your being.

A spiritual practice is considered an action that should be done daily for an extended period to attain certain benefits, blessings, or results that are beneficial to you. They exist in all traditions and have been present throughout our history. Essentially, spiritual practices are a powerful tool for self-awareness and self-discovery. The mind-ego has difficulty with them since its only focus is on the result. It starts building expectations and ideas, foreshadowing many scenarios around them; for the mind-ego, it’s a building experience of becoming something different.

In reality, your spiritual practice shows you where you are and what’s present within you. It can show you shadow aspects of yourself: frustration, shame, laziness, hubris, and so many other aspects to be seen and integrated. It’s quite a journey if you allow it to be so.