In her book, The Way of Failure – Winning through Losing
(Prescott, AZ: Hohm Press, 2001),
Mariana Caplan poses several thought-provoking questions.
Stephanie Doty"What if failure was a wild disguise for success, and success for failure? What if God, or Truth (knowing how badly human beings wanted to succeed yet knowing how often they fail) hid true ‘success’ within failure so that everybody—no matter who they are or what their circumstances — may have the chance to discover ultimate victory? What if failure is what we really have been looking for all along? After all, the Bodhisattva of Compassion sacrifices his [her] own enlightenment until all human beings have been liberated, while knowing full well that this will never happen. His [her]willful failure is his [her] offering to all of humanity When we allow ourselves to be heartbroken by the sorrow and joy of the human condition, just as it is given to us, we share in the Bodhisattva’s commitment and thus open ourselves to the nectar and joy of true compassion. What if that is what failure was really about . . . ?"
Weary of Wonderland
November 20, 2013
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