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= Outcomes of Perseverance =
=== Perseverance in Concentration ===
Persevere in your concentration till you come to the point when you no longer lose the inner contact. <ref>The Mother. (2002). 25 Dec 1950. In "Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/25-december-1950#p18 </ref>
To attain that concentration much effort is necessary; an immediate or even a quick result is rarely possible. But if the inner door has once been opened, you may be sure that it will open again if you know how to Persevere. <ref>The Mother. (2002). 25 Dec 1950. In "Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)" http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/25-december-1950#p21 </ref>
=== Transform Vital Nature with Perseverance ===
<span style="color: #000000;">To transform the vital one must have will, perseverance, sincerity. <ref>The Mother. (2002). 26 March 1951. In "Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/26-march-1951#p26 </ref>
One has to Persevere till one can stand back from the mind as from the vital and feel the deeper and larger mental and vital Purushas within one which are capable of silence, capable of a straight receptivity of the true Word and Force as of the true silence. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Mental Difficulties and the Need of Quietude. In "Letters on yoga 4". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/mental-difficulties-and-the-need-of-quietude#p3 </ref>
Whatever method of development is chosen, determination and perseverance are indispensable to obtain success. <ref>The Mother. (2003). Concentration and Dispersion. In "On education". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/concentration-and-dispersion#p5 </ref>
=== Transform Physical Nature with Perseverance ===
To change one's body one must be ready to do millions of times the same thing, because the body is a creature of habits and functions by routine, and because to destroy a routine one must Persevere for years. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 30 March 1955. In "Questions and answers (1955)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/30-march-1955#p24 </ref>
To be constantly mindful of the true nature of the body, not to seek what is evil, to pursue with perseverance what is good, is to have right understanding; thus, all one's impurity disappears. <ref>The Mother. (2002). Miscellany. In "Questions and answers (1929 - 1931)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/miscellany#p4 </ref>
=== Persevere during Difficulties ===
It is by persevering that one conquers difficulties, not by running away from them. One who perseveres is sure to triumph. Victory goes to the most enduring. Always do your best and the Lord will take care of the results. <ref>The Mother. (2003). Perseverance. In "Words of the mother 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/perseverance#p10 </ref>
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