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The moment you ask how much, you miss the point. You cannot ask how much patience is needed. The very question says that the patience is not there, you are impatient. Patience never asks how much, patience always knows that whatever you do, it is always less than needed. That’s why those who have attained always say, “When we attained it was not because of our efforts, it was because of his grace.”

Don’t ask how much patience. The very question comes out of impatience. And [Is there really nothing we can do?]. Yes, there is really nothing that you can do. The doer is the barrier. You are the hindrance. Drop this you and the doer. Life is a happening, it is not an act, and all that is great and beautiful is a happening. You cannot do it, you can only allow it to happen – please allow it. All that you need to do is to allow it.

It happened…

A man went to the rabbi of the village, very harassed he was, very puzzled, worried. He said, “Now you will have to help me, Rabbi. I am in great trouble. My twelfth child was born today – I am a poor man, I cannot support myself, my wife, and twelve children. You can understand my plight. Help me, what should I do?” The rabbi jumped. He said, “Do? Take my advice – don’t do nothing!”

And you also please take my advice – don’t do nothing. Allow, let it happen; it is always around the corner. You are so closed! It is always ready to happen any moment, but you don’t allow it, you go on pushing the river. Float with it, flow with it.

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The tenth question:

Do all beings eventually find their way to enlightenment?

I don’t know. Maybe, maybe not! I know only one thing, that everybody is already enlightened. Whether you will eventually come to know it or not depends on you. How can I answer for you? If you go on doing the things you have been doing, you can go on doing for eternity. This much I know: that everybody is already enlightened. Whether he will come to know it eventually or not depends, depends on himself.

That’s all for today.