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= What is Perseverance? =
Perseverance: the decision to go to the very end. <ref>The Mother. (2003). Perseverance. In "Words of the Mother 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/perseverance#p1</ref>  <center>~</center> Perseverance in the path is the one rule to cling to and with that finally all obstacles are overcome. <span style=ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2013). Patience and Perseverance. In "Letters on yoga 2"background. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/patience-and-colorperseverance#p7 </ref> <center>~</center> Perseverance is patience in action. <ref>The Mother. (2003). Perseverance. In "Words of the Mother 2". http: transparent; color//incarnateword.in/cwm/14/perseverance#p2</ref> <center>~</center> Persevere―it is the surest way to success. What you have not been able to achieve in you last year, you will do this year. <ref> The Mother. (2003). Perseverance. In "Words of the Mother 2". http: //incarnateword.in/cwm/14/perseverance#000000;p5 </ref> <center>~</center> The source of sincerity, of will, of perseverance is in the psychic being, but this translates itself differently in different people. <ref>The Mother. (2002). 26 March 1951. In "Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/26-march-1951#p27 </ref>  <center>Perseverance~</spancenter> The psychic being works with perseverance and ardour for the union to be made an accomplished fact, but it never complains and knows how to wait for the hour of realisation to come. <ref>The Mother. (2003). The Soul (the Psychic). In "Words of the Mother 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/the-soul-the-psychic#p57 <span style/ref> = Why is Perseverance Important? =''Q: Sometimes there are latent powers in us of which we are unaware. To do a work, how is one to know whether one is capable of doing it or not?'' ''A:'' How can one know whether one is capable of doing it or not! By trying. That's the best thing. And if you do not succeed immediately, persevere. And you must know that if a strong urge, a very strong urge to do something comes to you, that means this work has something to do with you and you are capable of doing it. But one can have powers which are so well hidden that one has to dig long before finding them. So you must not get discouraged at the first setback, you must persist. <ref> The Mother. (1998). 14 October 1953. In "backgroundQuestions and answers (1953)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/05/14-color: transparentoctober-1953#p40 </ref><center>~</center>You must be sincere in your perseverance; colorthen the things you cannot do today, you will one day be able to do, after regular and persistent efforts. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 4 january 1972. In "More answers from the Mother". http: //incarnateword.in/cwm/17/4-january-1972#000000p1 </ref> <center>~</center>You must first have a great deal of perseverance in the search, for usually when one begins searching for these things the mind comes to give a hundred and one favourable explanations for your not needing to search. It tells you, "Why no, it is not at all your fault;it is this, it is that, it is the circumstances, it is the people, these are things received from outside—all kinds of excellent excuses, which, unless you are very firm in your resolution, make you let go, and then it is finished; and so, after a short time the whole business has to be started again, the bad impulse or the thing you didn't want, the movement you didn't want, comes back, and so you must begin everything over again—till the day you decide to perform the operation. When the operation is done it is over, one is free. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 16 march 1955. In "Questions and answers (1955)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/16-march-1955#p9 </ref>:  There is only needed the decision perseverance to go on till this resistance breaks down. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2013). Patience and Perseverance. In "Letters on yoga 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/patience-and-perseverance#p26 </ref> <center>~</center>One has to persevere until the light conquers. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2013). Peace - the basis of the sadhana. In "Letters on yoga 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/peace-the-basis-of-the-sadhana#p25 </ref> <center>~</center>If one wants to take the very endtrouble, one can enlarge his field considerably. But it asks for work, for perseverance, a kind of assiduous effort. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 18 may 1955. In "Questions and answers (1955)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/18-may-1955#p88 </ref>  <center>~</center> It is possible that you may not obtain an immediate result, but persevere. <ref>The Mother. (2003). Sleep and Rest. In "Words of the Mother 3". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/15/sleep-and-rest#p25 </spanref<center>~</center> A great determination, a strong will and an untiring perseverance are indispensable to reach the goal. <span style=ref>The Mother. (2003). Psychic education and spiritual education. In "On education"background. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/psychic-education-colorand-spiritual-education#p3 </ref>  <center>~</center> If you persevere you are sure to succeed. <ref>The Mother. (2003). Letters to a young sadhak - 7. In "Some answers from the Mother". http: transparent//incarnateword.in/cwm/16/letters-to-a-young-sadhak-vii#p7</ref>  <center>~</center> For a happy and effective life, the essentials are sincerity, humility, perseverance and an insatiable thirst for progress. Above all, one must be convinced of a limitless possibility of progress. Progress is youth; colorat a hundred years of age one can be young. <ref>The Mother. (2003). Psychic education and spiritual education. In "On education". http: //incarnateword.in/cwm/12/students#000000;p18 </ref> <center>~</center> The transformation of character has in fact been realised by means of a clear-sighted discipline and a perseverance so obstinate that nothing, not even the most persistent failures, can discourage it. <ref>The Mother. (2003). Vital Education. In "On education". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/vital-education#p5 </ref<center>~</center> Learn steadiness of character, perseverance. <ref>The Mother. (2003). Perseverance22 march 1957. In&nbsp;"Questions and answers (1957 - 1958). "http://incarnateword.in/cwm/09/22-march-1957#p19 </spanref> <center>~<span style=/center> If you have a mantra and do not repeat it sufficiently, there is no use in having it and that if you are inattentive, you lose the benefit of vigilance, and that if you do not continue in the good habits that you acquire, they are useless—that is to say, you must persevere. <ref>The Mother. (2002). Impurity. In "backgroundQuestions and answers (1929 -color1931)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/impurity#p26 </ref>  <center>~</center> 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: transparent; color//incarnateword.in/cwm/12/concentration-and-dispersion#p5 </ref> <center>~</center> 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#000000;p10 </ref> <center>~</center> You may not know at every moment what is the best thing to do or how to do it, but you can place your will at the disposal of the Divine to do the best possible, the best thing possible. You will see it will have marvelous results. Do this with consciousness, sincerity and perseverance and you will find yourself getting along with gigantic strides. <ref>The Mother. (2002). 17 february 1950. In "Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)"http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/17-february-1951#p21 </ref> <center>~</center> When you want to progress, the difficulty you want to conquer immediately increases tenfold in importance and intensity in your consciousness. There is but to Persevere, that''s all. It will pass. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 21 August 1957. In "Questions and answers (1957 - 1958)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/09/21-august-1957#p12 </ref>  <center>~</center> With patience and perseverance all prayers get fulfilled. <ref>The Mother. (2003). Patience. In "Words of the mother Mother 2''". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/patience#p10 </ref>  <center>~</center> No victory can be won without a fixed fidelity to the aim and a long effort. There is no other way than to Persevere. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Human Relations and the Spiritual Life. In "Letters on yoga 4" http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/human-relations-and-the-spiritual-life#p39 </ref> <center>~</center> Persevere and what is still crooked will be made straight. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2013). Peace - the basis of the sadhana. In "Letters on yoga 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/peace-the-basis-of-the-sadhana#p23 </ref>  <center>~</spancenterOne must persevere till the result comes and if one perseveres the result is bound to come.<ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Dealing with Hostile Attacks. In "Letters on yoga 4". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/dealing-with-hostile-attacks#p53 <span style/ref>  == Importance in Yoga == Unless one has an endless patience and an unshakable perseverance, it is better not to start on the way of transformation. <ref>The Mother. (2003). Transformation. In "Words of the Mother 3". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/15/transformation#p21 </ref>  <center>~</center> For all those who are destined to find their inner being, the truth of their being, there is always at least one moment in life when they were no longer the same, perhaps just like a lightning-flash—but that is enough. It indicates the road one should take, it is the door that opens on this path. And so you must go through the door, and with perseverance and an unfailing steadfastness seek to renew the state which will lead you to something more real and more total. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 26 Dec 1956. In "Questions and answers (1956)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/08/26-december-1956#p21 </ref>  <center>~</center> All the methods of self-knowledge, self-control and self-mastery are good. You have to choose the one that comes to you spontaneously and best corresponds to your nature. And once having chosen the method, you must use your intelligent will to apply it with an unfailing perseverance that does not shrink from any obstacle, any difficulty. It is a long and minute work which must be undertaken with sincerity and continued with an increasing sincerity ever more scrupulous and integral. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 28 July 1960. In "backgroundSome answers from the Mother". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/28-colorjuly-1960#p4 </ref>  <center>~</center> The road of Yoga is long, every inch of ground has to be won against much resistance and no quality is more needed by the sadhak than patience and single-minded perseverance with a faith that remains firm through all difficulties, delays and apparent failures. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2013). Patience and Perseverance. In "Letters on yoga 2". http: transparent//incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/patience-and-perseverance#p3 </ref>  <center>~</center> It takes time, steadfast endeavour, long continued aspiration and a calm perseverance to get anywhere in Yoga; colorthat time you do not give yourself because of these recurrent swingings away from the right attitude. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Attacks by the hostile forces. In "Letters on yoga 4". http: //incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/attacks-by-the-hostile-forces#000000;p16 </ref>  <center>~</center> Aspire and persevere and all will come with the growing consciousness. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2012). The true being and the true consciousness. In "Letters on yoga 1". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/28/the-true-being-and-the-true-consciousness#p8 </ref>  <center>~</center> Where the call of the soul perseveres, the response of the Divine must come. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2012). Doubt and Faith. In "Letters on yoga 1". http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/1428/perseverancedoubt-and-faith#p1p12 </ref>  <center>~</spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">is patience Persevere in actionyour concentration till you come to the point when you no longer lose the inner contact.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"><ref>The Mother. (20032002). Perseverance25 Dec 1950. In&nbsp;</span><span style="backgroundQuestions and answers (1950 -color: transparent; color: #000000;1951)">''Words of the mother 2''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1404/perseverance25-december-1950#p2p18 </ref></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>Perseverance~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">breaks down all obstacles.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"><ref>The Mother. (2003). Perseverance. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Words of the mother 2''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/perseverance#p3</ref></spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000To attain that concentration much effort is necessary;">in the path an immediate or even a quick result is rarely possible. But if the one rule to cling inner door has once been opened, you may be sure that it will open again if you know how to and with that finally all obstacles are overcomepersevere.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"><ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20132002). Patience and Perseverance25 Dec 1950. In&nbsp; ''Letters on yoga 2''. "Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)" http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/2904/patience25-anddecember-perseverance1950#p7 p21 </ref></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>Persevere~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">―</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">it is the surest way to success. What you have not been able to achieve in you last year, you will do this year.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). Perseverance. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Words of the mother 2''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/perseverance#p5 </ref></spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Learn steadiness And if you persevere, you will see that all of a sudden you are relieved of a mass of meanness and ugliness and obscurity which was preventing you from flowering in the light. It is those things which make you shrivel up, prevent you from widening yourself, opening out in a light where you have the impression of characterbeing very comfortable. If you make this effort, you will see finally that you are very far from the point where you had begun, the things you did not feel, did not understand, have become clear. If you are resolved, perseveranceyou are sure to succeed. <ref>The Mother. (20032002). 22 march 19578 february 1951. In ''"Questions and answers (1957 1950 - 19581951). ''" http://incarnateword.in/cwm/09/22-march-1957#p19 </ref></span> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">One must </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">and hold fast.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). 30 january 1957. In&nbsp;<04/span><span style="background8-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Questions and answers (1957 - 1958)''</span><span style="backgroundfebruary-color: transparent; color: 1951#000000;">. p18 http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0904/308-januaryfebruary-19571951#p24 p18 </ref> </span>
= Perseverance is a Process =<center>~</center>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">It takes timeHowever heavy and tedious the resistance you have to persevere till you have got the Peace, steadfast endeavourKnowledge, long continued aspiration and a calm perseverance to get anywhere Force down there in Yoga; that time you do not give yourself because place of these recurrent swingings away from the right attitudeinertia. <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Attacks by Difficulties of the hostile forcesPhysical Nature. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 4''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/attacksdifficulties-byof-the-hostilephysical-forcesnature#p16 p38 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>You must ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">in your effort until you do succeed.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). 11 june 1935. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''More answers from the mother''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/17/11-june-1935#p2 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">You must be sincere Face all these things [inner disturbances] quietly and firmly with perseverance in the endeavour of the sadhana. Trust firmly in your </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"><nowiki>; then the things Divine Grace and the Divine Grace will not fail you cannot do today, you will one day be able to do, after regular and persistent efforts.</nowiki></span> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20032013).</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">4 january 1972The Divine Grace and Guidance. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''More answers from the mother''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;Letters on yoga 2">. http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/1729/4the-divine-grace-januaryand-1972guidance#p1 p24 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>You must first have a great deal of ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">in the search, for usually when one begins searching for these things the mind comes to give a hundred and one favourable explanations for your not needing to search. It tells you, "Why no, it is not at all your fault; it is this, it is that, it is the circumstances, it is the people, these are things received from outside—all kinds of excellent excuses, which, unless you are very firm in your resolution, make you let go, and then it is finished; and so, after a short time the whole business has to be started again, the bad impulse or the thing you didn't want, the movement you didn't want, comes back, and so you must begin everything over again—till the day you decide to perform the operation. When the operation is done it is over, one is free.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">16 march 1955. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Questions and answers (1955)''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/16-march-1955#p9 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">If one wants to take It is a long and meticulous work that requires much perseverance, but the result is worth the trouble, one can enlarge his field considerably. But for it asks for work, for </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">, a kind brings not only mastery but also the possibility of the transformation and illumination of assiduous effortthe consciousness.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003).</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">18 may 195528 August 1969. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Questions and Some answers (1955)''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;from the Mother">. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0716/1828-mayaugust-19551969#p88 p5 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>There is only needed the ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">to go on till this resistance breaks down.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2013). Patience and Perseverance. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 2''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/patience-and-perseverance#p26 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparentIt is not an impossible discipline but it is extremely long and requires an unshakable patience, for it is as if you wanted to build up in you a being, a body; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">and what for that you require first of all the necessary knowledge, but also such a prolonged persistence and perseverance as would discourage many. But it is still crooked will be made straightaltogether indispensable if you want to take part in the knowledge of your higher being.</span> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20132002). Peace - the basis of the sadhana27 January 1951. In&nbsp;</span><span style="backgroundQuestions and answers (1950 -color: transparent; color: #000000;1951)">''Letters on yoga 2''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/2904/peace-the-basis-of27-thejanuary-sadhana1951#p23 p21 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>One has to ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">until the light conquers.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2013). Peace - the basis of the sadhana. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 2''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/peace-the-basis-of-the-sadhana#p25 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">The It is not an easy path of surrender is indeed difficult, but if one </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseveres</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">in it with sincerityyou will need time, you will need patience. You will need much endurance, there is bound to be some successmuch perseverance and courage and an untiring goodwill.</span> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20132003). The central processes of the sadhana22 Dec 1954. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 2''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;Questions and answers (1954)">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/2906/the22-centraldecember-processes-of-the-sadhana1954#p19 p28 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>The only course is to shake off the inertia of the will and ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">.</span> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2013). Surrender. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 2''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/surrender#p90 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="backgroundThe self-perfection or even simply the self-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Unless one has an endless improvement of each individual body is a problem to be solved, and its solution demands much patience , perseverance and an unshakable perseverance, it is better not to start on the way of transformationregularity. <ref> The Mother. (2003). TransformationThe Four Austerities and the Four Liberations. In&nbsp; ''Words of the mother 3''"On education". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1512/transformationthe-four-austerities-and-the-four-liberations#p21 p16 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">It is possible that you may not obtain an immediate result, but Persevere. <ref> The Mother. (2003). Sleep and Rest. In&nbsp; ''Words of the mother 3''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/15/sleep-and-rest#p25 </refcenter>~</spancenter>
<span style="backgroundPatience, perseverance, generosity, broad-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">mindedness, insight, calm and understanding firmness, and what you cannot do today you will be able to do tomorrowcontrol over the ego until it is completely mastered or even abolished. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 11 January 1972Correspondence. In&nbsp; ''Some answers from the mother''. Retrieved from "On education" http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1612/11-january-1972correspondence#p9 p271 </ref></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Without perseverance one never attains anything. <ref> The Mother. (2003). Letters to a young sadhak - 7. In&nbsp; ''Some answers from the mother''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/letters-to-a-young-sadhak-vii#p3 </refcenter> ~</spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">If you Persevere you are sure The path of surrender is indeed difficult, but if one perseveres in it with sincerity, there is bound to succeedbe some success. <ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20032013). Letters to a young sadhak - 7The central processes of the sadhana. In&nbsp; ''Some answers from the mother''"Letters on yoga 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/1629/lettersthe-tocentral-aprocesses-youngof-sadhakthe-viisadhana#p7p19 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Simply aspire with calm and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span styleImportance of Perseverance in the Vital Being ="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">for the light. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 30 August 1936. In&nbsp;''Some answers from the mother''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/30-august-1936#p5 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">You must </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">It is always the vital being which protests and complains. The psychic being works with courage perseverance and ardour to make the union an accomplished fact, but it never complains, and sincerity. You are sure knows how to wait for the hour of realisations to succeed one daycome. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 2 September &nbsp;1962Letters to a young sadhak -4. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">''Some answers from the mother''</span><span style=Mother"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/2letters-septemberto-1962a-young-sadhak-iv#p3 p18 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>For each person the way differs in its details, but sincerity and ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">are equally indispensable for all.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). 6 May &nbsp;1964. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">''Some answers from the mother''</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/6-may-1964#p4 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">The Mother's force is there with you even when you do not feel it. Trust to itTo transform the vital one must have will, perseverance, remain quiet and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">sincerity.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20142002). Wrong Movements of the Vital26 March 1951. In&nbsp;</span><span style="backgroundQuestions and answers (1950 -color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 4''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;1951)">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/3104/wrong-movements-of26-themarch-vital1951#p22 p26 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>A great determination, a strong will and an untiring ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">are indispensable to reach the goal.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). Psychic education and spiritual education. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">''On education''</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/psychic-education-and-spiritual-education#p3 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">For It is from within that you must become master of your lower nature by establishing your consciousness firmly in a happy domain that is free of all desire and effective life, attachment because it is under the essentials are sincerity, humility, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">influence of the divine Light and an insatiable thirst for progressForce. Above all, one It is a long and exacting labour which must be convinced of undertaken with an unfailing sincerity and a limitless possibility of progress. Progress is youth; at a hundred years of age one can be youngtireless perseverance.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). Psychic education and spiritual education26 August 1964. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">''On education''</span><span style=Some answers from the Mother"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1216/students26-august-1964#p18 p4 </ref> </span>
= Source of Perseverance =<center>~</center>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">The source If the education of the vital is carried far enough, with perseverance and sincerity, there comes a time when, convinced of will, the greatness and beauty of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">is in the psychic beinggoal, but this translates itself differently the vital gives up petty and illusory sensorial satisfactions in different peopleorder to win the divine delight.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (20022003). 26 March 1951The Four Austerities and the Four Liberations. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;On education">''Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0412/26the-four-austerities-and-the-marchfour-1951liberations#p27 p31 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">The psychic being works with </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">and ardour for the union How to be made an accomplished fact, but it never complains and knows how to wait for the hour of realisation to come.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). The Soul (the Psychic).</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Words of the mother 2''</span><span styleCultivate Perseverance? ="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/the-soul-the-psychic#p57 </ref> </span>
= Perseverance in Yoga = Prerequisites ==
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">For all those who You must arm yourself with great patience, great patience, and not think that you are destined to find their inner beinggood for nothing because it takes so much time. You must never be despondent, the truth of their beingnever tell yourself, there "Oh! This is always at least one moment in life when they were no longer not for me!" Everyone can do it, if he puts into it the sametime, perhaps just like a lightning-flash—but that is enough. It indicates the road one should takecourage, it is the door that opens on this path. And so you must go through endurance and the door, and with </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">and an unfailing steadfastness seek to renew the state which will lead you to something more real and more totalthat are demanded.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). 26 Dec 1956251 June 1958.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Questions and answers (19561957 - 1958)''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0809/2625-decemberjune-19561958#p21 p8 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>The road of Yoga is long, every inch of ground has to be won against much resistance and no quality is more needed by the sadhak than patience and single-minded ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">with a faith that remains firm through all difficulties, delays and apparent failures.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2013). Patience and Perseverance. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 2''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/patience-and-perseverance#p3 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">All the methods of self-knowledgePerseverance is necessary in any process, self-control and self-mastery are good. You have to choose what is this process? First, there must be the one that comes ability to you spontaneously observe and best corresponds discern, the ability to your nature. And once having chosen find the method, you must use your intelligent will to apply it with an unfailing </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">that does not shrink from any obstacle, any difficulty. It is a long and minute work which must be undertaken with sincerity and continued with an increasing sincerity ever more scrupulous and integralvital in oneself. <ref> The Mother. (20032002). 28 July &nbsp;196026 March 1951. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">''Some Questions and answers from the mother''</span><span style="background(1950 -color: #ffffff; color: #000000;1951)">. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1604/2826-julymarch-19601951#p4 p7 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>Aspire and ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">and all will come with the growing consciousness.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2012). The true being and the true consciousness. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 1''</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/28/the-true-being-and-the-true-consciousness#p8 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Where To work for your perfection, the call first step is to become conscious of yourself, of the soul </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseveres</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">different parts of your being and their respective activities. You must learn to distinguish these different parts one from another, so that you may become clearly aware of the response origin of the Divine must comemovements that occur in you, the many impulses, reactions and conflicting wills that drive you to action. It is an assiduous study which demands much perseverance and sincerity.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20122003). Doubt and FaithThe Science of Living. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 1''</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;On education">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/2812/doubtthe-science-andof-faithliving#p12 p5 </ref></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>Grant us the rectitude, the courage, the ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">and the goodwill necessary to accomplish this sublime task. <ref> The Mother. (2003). Replies to Prayers of the Physical Education Groups. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">''On education''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/replies-to-prayers-of-the-physical-education-groups#p34 </ref> </spancenter>
= Outcomes The most important point (what everybody says but only a few do) is to put into practice what you know. With that you have a good chance of Perseverance =succeeding, and with perseverance you will certainly get there. <ref> The Mother. (2002). 5 March 1951. In "Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/5-march-1951#p24 </ref>
=== Perseverance in Concentration =Process ==
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere in your concentration till you come The only course is to shake off the point when you no longer lose inertia of the inner contactwill and persevere. <ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20022013). 25 Dec &nbsp;1950Surrender. In&nbsp; ''Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)''"Letters on yoga 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/0429/25-december-1950surrender#p18 p90 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">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 &nbsp;1950. In&nbsp; ''Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)'' http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/25-december-1950#p21 </refcenter>~</spancenter>
=== Transform Vital Nature Simply aspire with Perseverance ===calm and perseverance for the light. <ref>The Mother. (2003). 30 August 1936. In "Some answers from the Mother". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/30-august-1936#p5 </ref>
<span style="color: #000000;">To transform the vital one must have will, perseverance, sincerity. <ref> The Mother. (2002). 26 March 1951. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/26-march-1951#p26 </refcenter>~</spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">One has to Persevere till one can stand back from must be more obstinate than the mind as from obstinate material nature and persevere until the vital light and feel truth can take permanent hold of the deeper and larger mental and vital Purushas within one parts which are capable of silence, capable of a straight receptivity of still responsive to the old movements. There can be no doubt that with this perseverance the true Word and Force as of Truth will in the true silence end conquer. <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Mental Difficulties and Wrong Movements of the Need of QuietudeVital. In&nbsp; ''"Letters on yoga 4''". http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/mentalwrong-difficultiesmovements-andof-the-need-of-quietudevital#p3 p75 </ref></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>It is always the vital being which protests and complains. The psychic being works with ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">and ardour to make the union an accomplished fact, but it never complains, and knows how to wait for the hour of realisations to come.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). Letters to a young sadhak -4. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">''Some answers from the mother''</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/letters-to-a-young-sadhak-iv#p18 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">One must be more obstinate than the obstinate material nature The Mother's force is there with you even when you do not feel it. Trust to it, remain quiet and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">until the light and truth can take permanent hold of the parts which are still responsive to the old movementspersevere. There can be no doubt that with this </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">the Truth will in the end conquer.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Wrong Movements of the Vital. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 4''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/wrong-movements-of-the-vital#p75 p22 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>There is no easy way to get over physical animality and vital greed. It is only an obstinate ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">that can succeed.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003).</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Greed (for Food). In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Words of the mother 2''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">.http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/greed-for-food#p13 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">is necessary in any process, and what is this process? First, there must be the ability to observe Persevere quietly and discern, the ability to find the vital in oneselflet nothing discourage you.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20022014). 26 March 1951The Transformation of the Physical. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)''</span><span style=Letters on yoga 4"background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/0431/26the-marchtransformation-1951of-the-physical#p7 p37 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>To work for your perfection, the first step is to become conscious of yourself, of the different parts of your being and their respective activities. You must learn to distinguish these different parts one from another, so that you may become clearly aware of the origin of the movements that occur in you, the many impulses, reactions and conflicting wills that drive you to action. It is an assiduous study which demands much ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">and sincerity.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). The Science of Living. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">''On education''</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/the-science-of-living#p5 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">If the education of the vital Victory is carried far enough, with </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">certain if we persevere and sincerity, there comes a time when, convinced what price of the greatness difficulty and beauty of the goal, the vital gives up petty and illusory sensorial satisfactions in order to win the divine delight. endeavour can be too great for such a conquest? <ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20032014). The Four Austerities Hostile Forces and the Four LiberationsDifficulties of Yoga. In&nbsp; ''On education'' "Letters on yoga 4". http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/1231/the-fourhostile-austeritiesforces-and-the-fourdifficulties-of-liberationsyoga#p31 p14 </ref></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>The transformation of character has in fact been realised by means of a clear-sighted discipline and a ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">so obstinate that nothing, not even the most persistent failures, can discourage it.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). Vital Education. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">''On education''</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/vital-education#p5 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">SincerityThe more you advance, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patiencethe more vigilant must you become. And the most essential quality is perseverance, endurance, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">and a... what shall I call it?—a kind of inner good humour which helps you not to get discouraged, peacenot to become sad, calm, self-control are and to face all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speechesdifficulties with a smile. Parents, have a high ideal and always act in accordance with it and you will see that little by little your child will reflect There is an English word which expresses this ideal in himself and spontaneously manifest the qualities you would like to see expressed in his naturevery well—cheerfulness. <ref> The Mother. (2003). Education18 Jan 1956. In&nbsp;''On education''"Questions and answers (1956)". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1208/education18-january-1956#p5 p9 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>If you make a mistake, quietly observe it and correct the tendency next time. Even if the mistake recurs often, you have only to ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">quietly—remembering that nature cannot be changed in a day.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Depression and Despondency. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 4''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/depression-and-despondency#p67 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">First With an intensity of allwill, one must will it. And then one must aspire with great </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">, and each time the ego shows itself, one must give it a little rap on the nose (Mother taps her nose) until it has received so many raps that it is tired of them indispensable good humour which smiles at difficulties and gives up the gamelaughs at mistakes. Then everything will go well.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (20032002). 28 July &nbsp;195426 March 1951.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Questions and answers (19541950 - 1951)''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0604/2826-julymarch-19541951#p31 p23 </ref></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>It is from within that you must become master of your lower nature by establishing your consciousness firmly in a domain that is free of all desire and attachment because it is under the influence of the divine Light and Force. It is a long and exacting labour which must be undertaken with an unfailing sincerity and a tireless ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"><ref> The Mother. (2003). 26 August &nbsp;1964. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">''Some answers from the mother''</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/16/26-august-1964#p4 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">If you have a mantra and do not repeat it sufficientlyPersevere, there is no use in having it be more and that if you are inattentive, you lose the benefit of vigilance, more sincere and that if you do not continue in the good habits that you acquire, they are useless—that is to say, you must </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">will succeed.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (20022003). ImpurityMistakes Can Be Effaced. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;Words of the Mother 2">''Questions and answers (1929 - 1931)''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0314/impuritymistakes-can-be-effaced#p26 p7 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>And if you ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">, you will see that all of a sudden you are relieved of a mass of meanness and ugliness and obscurity which was preventing you from flowering in the light. It is those things which make you shrivel up, prevent you from widening yourself, opening out in a light where you have the impression of being very comfortable. If you make this effort, you will see finally that you are very far from the point where you had begun, the things you did not feel, did not understand, have become clear. If you are resolved, you are sure to succeed. <ref> The Mother. (2002). 8 february &nbsp;1951. In&nbsp;''Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)'' http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/8-february-1951#p18 http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/8-february-1951#p18 </ref></spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Whatever method of development is chosenPersevere without being discouraged, determination and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">are indispensable to obtain successthe freedom will come. <ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20032014). Concentration Ego and DispersionIts Forms. In&nbsp; ''On education''"Letters on yoga 4". http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/1231/concentrationego-and-dispersionits-forms#p5 p42 </ref></span>
=== Transform Physical Nature with Perseverance ===<center>~</center>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">To change one's body one must be ready to do millions Persevere there is no reason for giving up. Let no uprising of times difficulties discourage you. At the same thing, because the body end there is a creature of habits and functions by routine, victory and because to destroy a routine one must </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">for yearslasting peace.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20032014).</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">30 March 1955The Psychic Being and Its Role in Sadhana. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;Letters on yoga 3">''Questions and answers (1955)''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/0730/30the-psychic-being-and-its-role-marchin-1955sadhana#p24 p15 </ref></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>To be constantly mindful of the true nature of the body, not to seek what is evil, to pursue with ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">what is good, is to have right understanding; thus, all one's impurity disappears.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2002). Miscellany. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Questions and answers (1929 - 1931)''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/miscellany#p4 </ref> </spancenter>
=== Persevere during Difficulties ===If there are always forces around which are concerned to depress and discourage, there are always forces above and around us which we can draw upon,—draw into ourselves to restore, to fill up again with strength and faith and joy and the power that perseveres and conquers. <ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Sleep. In "Letters on yoga 4".http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/sleep#p75 </ref>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>It is by persevering that one conquers difficulties, not by running away from them. One who ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">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&nbsp; ''Words of the mother 2''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/perseverance#p10 </ref></spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">You may not know The habit of remembering and applying one's knowledge at every the right moment what is the best thing to do or how to do it, but you can place your will at the disposal of the Divine to do the best possible, the best thing possible. You will see it will have marvelous results. Do this with consciousness, sincerity comes only by a great patience and perseverance and you will find yourself getting along with gigantic strideswhich refuses to be discouraged by frequent failure. <ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20022014). 17 february &nbsp;1950The Emergence or Coming Forward of the Psychic. In&nbsp;''Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)'' "Letters on yoga 3". http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/0430/17the-emergence-or-coming-forward-of-februarythe-1951psychic#p21 p42 </ref></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>Persevere~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">quietly and let nothing discourage you.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). The Transformation of the Physical. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 4''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/the-transformation-of-the-physical#p37 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Victory is certain if we Persevere An untiring patience and a perseverance which assures you that what price of difficulty you have not succeeded in doing today, you will succeed in doing another time, and endeavour can be too great for such a conquest? makes you go on trying until you do succeed. <ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20142003). The Hostile Forces and the Difficulties of Yoga12 Dec 1956. In&nbsp; ''Letters on yoga 4''"Questions and answers (1956)". http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/3108/the-hostile-forces-and-the-difficulties12-ofdecember-yoga1956#p14 p47 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span stylePractices ="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">in your aspiration and effort, do not allow yourself to be discouraged by setbacks. This always happens in the beginning. But if you continue to fight without paying any attention to them, a day will come when the resistances give way and the difficulties vanish. My help is always with you, but you must learn to use it and to rely on it rather than on your own resources.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). Perseverance. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Words of the mother 2''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/perseverance#p7 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">The more you advancePersevere in your aspiration and effort, do not allow yourself to be discouraged by setbacks. This always happens in the more vigilant must beginning. But if you become. And continue to fight without paying any attention to them, a day will come when the most essential quality is </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">, endurance, resistances give way and athe difficulties vanish... what shall I call it?—a kind of inner good humour which helps My help is always with you not to get discouraged, not but you must learn to become sad, use it and to face all difficulties with a smilerely on it rather than on your own resources. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 18 Jan 1956Perseverance. In&nbsp; ''Questions and answers (1956)''"Words of the Mother 2". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0814/18-january-1956perseverance#p9 p7 </ref></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>With an intensity of will, with ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">and that indispensable good humour which smiles at difficulties and laughs at mistakes. Then everything will go well.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2002). 26 March 1951. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/26-march-1951#p23 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">When If you want to progressmake a mistake, quietly observe it and correct the difficulty tendency next time. Even if the mistake recurs often, you want have only to conquer immediately increases tenfold persevere quietly—remembering that nature cannot be changed in importance and intensity in your consciousness. There is but to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">, that's all. It will passa day.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20032014). 21 August &nbsp;1957Depression and Despondency. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;Letters on yoga 4">''Questions and answers (1957 - 1958)''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/0931/21depression-augustand-1957despondency#p12 p67 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>Persevere~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">, be more and more sincere and you will succeed.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). Mistakes Can Be Effaced. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Words of the mother 2''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/mistakes-can-be-effaced#p7 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">With patience First of all, one must will it. And then one must aspire with great perseverance, and each time the ego shows itself, one must give it a little rap on the nose (''Mother taps her nose'') until it has received so many raps that it is tired of them and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">all prayers get fulfilledgives up the game.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). Patience28 July 1954. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Words of the mother 2''</span><span style=Questions and answers (1954)"background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1406/patience28-july-1954#p10 p31 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>When you want to make a progress, the difficulty you wished to conquer increases tenfold in importance and intensity in your consciousness. You have only to ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. That is all; it will pass away.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). Face and Overcome Difficulties. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Words of the mother 2''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/face-and-overcome-difficulties#p21 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">What is needed is perseverance—to go on without discouragement, recognising that the process of the nature and the action of the Mother's force is working through the difficulty even and you will conquer. You can be sure do all that my help, force and blessings are always with youis needed.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> The MotherSri Aurobindo. (20032014). Face Time and Overcome DifficultiesChange of the Nature. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;Letters on yoga 4">''Words of the mother 2''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwmcwsa/1431/facetime-and-overcomechange-difficultiesof-the-nature#p59 p7 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>One must ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">till the result comes and if one </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseveres</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">the result is bound to come.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"><ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Dealing with Hostile Attacks. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 4''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/dealing-with-hostile-attacks#p53 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparentWhatever you do, never forget the goal which you have set before you. There is nothing great or small once you have set out on this great discovery; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">without being discouragedall things are equally important and can either hasten or delay its success. Thus before you eat, concentrate a few seconds in the aspiration that the food you are about to eat may bring your body the substance it needs to serve as a solid basis for your effort towards the great discovery, and give it the energy for persistence and perseverance in the freedom will comeeffort.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20142003). Ego Psychic education and Its Formsspiritual education. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 4''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;On education">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/3112/egopsychic-education-and-itsspiritual-formseducation#p42 p12 </ref></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"><nowiki>; there is no reason for giving up. Let no uprising of difficulties discourage you. At the end there is victory and lasting peace.</nowiki></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"><ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). The Psychic Being and Its Role in Sadhana. In&nbsp;</span><span styleFor Children =="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 3''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/30/the-psychic-being-and-its-role-in-sadhana#p15 </ref> </span>
<span style="backgroundSincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self-color: transparent; color: #000000;">No victory can be won without control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches. Parents, have a fixed fidelity high ideal and always act in accordance with it and you will see that little by little your child will reflect this ideal in himself and spontaneously manifest the qualities you would like to the aim and a long effortsee expressed in his nature. There is no other way than to Persevere <ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20142003). Human Relations and the Spiritual LifeEducation. In&nbsp; ''Letters on yoga 4'' "On education". http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/3112/human-relations-and-the-spiritual-lifeeducation#p39 p5 </ref></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">If there are always forces around which are concerned to depress and discourage, there are always forces above and around us which we can draw upon,—draw into ourselves to restore, to fill up again with strength and faith and joy and the power that </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseveres</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span styleIn the Vital Being ="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">and conquers</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Sleep. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 4''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">.http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/sleep#p75 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">However heavy and tedious the resistance you have One has to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">persevere till you have got one can stand back from the mind as from the vital and feel the Peace, Knowledgedeeper and larger mental and vital Purushas within one which are capable of silence, capable of a straight receptivity of the true Word and Force down there in place as of the inertiatrue silence.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Mental Difficulties and the Need of the Physical NatureQuietude. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 4''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/mental-difficulties-ofand-the-physicalneed-of-naturequietude#p38 p3 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>It is only by ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">in aspiration or will that this difficulty can disappear.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"><ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). Difficulties of the Physical Nature. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 4''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/difficulties-of-the-physical-nature#p65 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">What is needed There is </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">—</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">no easy way to go on without discouragement, recognising that the process of the nature get over physical animality and the action of the Mother's force vital greed. It is working through the difficulty even and will do all only an obstinate perseverance that is neededcan succeed.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri AurobindoThe Mother. (20142003). Time and Change of the NatureGreed (for Food). In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 4''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;Words of the Mother 2">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsacwm/3114/timegreed-andfor-change-of-the-naturefood#p7 p13 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>Face all these things [inner disturbances] quietly and firmly with ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">in the endeavour of the sadhana. Trust firmly in the Divine Grace and the Divine Grace will not fail you.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2013). The Divine Grace and Guidance. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 2''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/the-divine-grace-and-guidance#p24 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-colorThere is only one thing that's important: transparent; color: #000000;">It that is a long sincere and meticulous work persistent will, for these things don't happen in a twinkling. So one must persevere. When someone feels that requires much </span><span style="background-color: transparenthe is not advancing, he must not get discouraged; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">, but he must try to find out what it is in the result nature that is worth the troubleopposing, for it brings not only mastery but also the possibility of the transformation and illumination of then make the consciousnessnecessary progress. And suddenly one goes forward.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). 28 August &nbsp;196917 February 1954. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">''Some Questions and answers from the mother''</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;(1954)">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1606/2817-augustfebruary-19691954#p5 p6 </ref> </span>
= Practice Perseverance with Patience =<center>~</center>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">There is only one thing that's important: that is a sincere You must persevere with courage and persistent will, for these things don't happen in a twinkling. So one must Perseveresincerity. When someone feels that he is not advancing, he must not get discouraged; he must try You are sure to find out what it is in the nature that is opposing, and then make the necessary progress. And suddenly succeed one goes forwardday. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 17 February &nbsp;19542 September 1962. In&nbsp; ''Questions and "Some answers (1954)''from the Mother". http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0616/172-februaryseptember-19541962#p6 p3 </ref></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">When one wants to change something of == In the material life, whether the character or the functioning of the organs or habits, one must have an unfaltering </span><span styleBody =="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">, be ready to begin again a hundred times the same thing with the same intensity with which one did it the first time and as though one had never done it before. <ref> The Mother. (2003). 30 March &nbsp;1955. In&nbsp; ''Questions and answers (1955)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/30-march-1955#p22 </ref></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Whatever you do, never forget To be constantly mindful of the goal which you have set before you. There is nothing great or small once you have set out on this great discovery; all things are equally important and can either hasten or delay its success. Thus before you eat, concentrate a few seconds in true nature of the aspiration that the food you are about to eat may bring your body the substance it needs , not to serve as a solid basis for your effort towards the great discoveryseek what is evil, and give it the energy for persistence and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">to pursue with perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparentwhat is good, is to have right understanding; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">in the effortthus, all one's impurity disappears.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (20032002). Psychic education and spiritual educationMiscellany. In&nbsp;</span><span style="backgroundQuestions and answers (1929 -color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">''On education''</span><span style=1931)"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/1203/psychic-education-and-spiritual-educationmiscellany#p12 p4 </ref></span>[From Dhammapada]
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>The habit of remembering and applying one's knowledge at the right moment comes only by a great patience and ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">which refuses to be discouraged by frequent failure.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> <ref> Sri Aurobindo. (2014). The Emergence or Coming Forward of the Psychic. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Letters on yoga 3''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/30/the-emergence-or-coming-forward-of-the-psychic#p42 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">You must arm yourself with great patienceWhen one wants to change something of the material life, great patiencewhether the character or the functioning of the organs or habits, and not think that you are good for nothing because it takes so much time. You one must never have an unfaltering perseverance, be despondent, never tell yourself, "Oh! This is not for me!" Everyone can do it, if he puts into ready to begin again a hundred times the same thing with the same intensity with which one did it the first time, the courage, the endurance and the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">that are demandedas though one had never done it before.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). 251 June &nbsp;195830 March 1955. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Questions and answers (1957 - 19581955)''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0907/2530-junemarch-19581955#p8 p22 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"center>An untiring patience and a ~</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">which assures you that what you have not succeeded in doing today, you will succeed in doing another time, and makes you go on trying until you do succeed.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). 12 Dec 1956.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Questions and answers (1956)''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/08/12-december-1956#p47 </ref> </spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">It To change one's body one must be ready to do millions of times the same thing, because the body is not an easy path, you will need time, you will need patience. You will need much endurancea creature of habits and functions by routine, much </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">and courage and an untiring goodwillbecause to destroy a routine one must persevere for years.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). 22 Dec 195430 March 1955.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Questions and answers (19541955)''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0607/2230-decembermarch-19541955#p28 p24 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">The most important point (what everybody says but only a few do) is to put into practice what you know. With that you have a good chance of succeeding, and with perseverance you will certainly get there. <ref> The Mother. (2002). 5 March &nbsp;1951. In&nbsp; ''Questions and answers (1950 - 1951)''. http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/5-march-1951#p24 </refcenter>~</spancenter>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">It is not an impossible discipline but it is extremely long and requires an unshakable patiencePersevere, for it is as if you wanted to build up in you a being, a body; and for that what you require first of all the necessary knowledge, but also such a prolonged persistence and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">as would discourage many. But it is altogether indispensable if cannot do today you want will be able to take part in the knowledge of your higher beingdo tomorrow.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (20022003). 27 11 January &nbsp;19511972. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Questions and Some answers (1950 - 1951)''</span><span style=from the Mother"background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> Retrieved from http://incarnateword.in/cwm/0416/2711-january-19511972#p21 p9 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">How can one know whether one is capable of doing it or not! By trying. That's the best thing. And if you do not succeed immediately, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Persevere</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. And you must know that if a strong urge, a very strong urge to do something comes to you, that means this work has something to do with you and you are capable of doing it. But one can have powers which are so well hidden that one has to dig long before finding them. So you must not get discouraged at the first setback, you must persist.</span>
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (1998). 14 October &nbsp;1953.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Questions and answers (1953)''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/05/14-october-1953#p40 </ref></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Force which is here and is given consciously, constantly, with an endless </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">and patience, only for one sole purpose, that of realising the divine work.</span>'''Content curated by Sejal Thakur<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). 2 June 1954.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">''Questions and answers (1954)''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/06/2-june-1954#p24 </ref> </span>
<span style{|class="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;wikitable">The self-perfection or even simply the self-improvement of each individual body is a problem to be solved, and its solution demands much patience, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">perseverance</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparentefefff; colorwidth: #000000100%;">and regularity.</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> <ref> The Mother. (2003). The Four Austerities and the Four Liberations. In&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">|Read Summary of '''[[Perseverance Summary|Perseverance]]'On education''</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/the-four-austerities-and-the-four-liberations#p16 </ref> </span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">PatienceDear reader, perseveranceif you notice any error in the paragraph numbers in the hyperlinks, generosity, broad-mindedness, insight, calm and understanding firmness, and control over the ego until it is completely mastered or even abolishedplease let us know by dropping an email at integral. <ref> The Motheredu. (2003). Correspondencein@gmail. In&nbsp; ''On education'' http://incarnateword.in/cwm/12/correspondence#p271 </ref></span>com|}
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