COVID Words - Patient

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In this episode we look at the word patient, as a noun and an adjective, and differentiate the sense of endurance from that of waiting. The following quote from the Nag Hammadi Library showed up the day after our conversation and captures the spirit of genuine patience very well : This is the manner of those who possess something of the immeasurable greatness from above as they wait for the One alone and the perfect One, the One who is there for them. They do not go down to Hades nor have they envy nor groaning nor death within them but they rest in him who is at rest, not striving nor being twisted around the truth. They themselves are the truth, and the Father is within them and they are in the Father, being perfect, being undivided in the truly good one. Being in no way deficient in anything, they are set at rest, refreshed in the Spirit. - The Gospen of Truth, NHL, p51 via June Singer, A Gnostic Book of Hours We welcome your comments about this presentation on the Prosperos Podcast website.

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This less-than-20-minutes conversation continues our project to use words to excavate new understanding from the unprecedented challenge that is COVID-19

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