To fail in this human life is something that we fear, yet it can be a trademark of astounding growth. That which the ego considers “failure” is often triumph to the eternal soul. And this is because failure offers unprecedented healing and transformation.
Personal crisis leads us to revelation and rapid purification. We let go of all that we cling to so tightly and embrace how our soul longs to grow. Best of all, the growth that we undergo as humans accelerates the spiritual path exponentially, and benefits us forever
Failure may seem forced upon you, but your soul might choose it for profound reasons. When you are faced with failure, everything gets shaken up, and you awaken to the truth. You free yourself from major fears and challenge yourself to accept, to expand your awareness, and to grow as you reach higher than before. This begins with the realization that you are living through what you never thought you could, and nothing can touch you now.
Finally, you don’t give a damn what your ego thinks, and you decide to live deeper from your being. You let go of human constraints so that you rediscover what has real meaning for you. And then you tap into a power you long forgot you had when you were amidst the familiar and confining. At last, you seize your higher purpose and welcome the blossoming of yourself.
Recently, I heard about a group of people who quit their safe jobs to pursue their greatest dreams. And guess what this group calls themselves? The “Failure Club.” They are freeing themselves from fears of money, expectations, and safety so that they can live in higher purpose. They are saying goodbye to what doesn’t serve and welcoming bigger ideas.
You see, failure is purifying, and this process is happening collectively right now. Old systems are collapsing and shifting, making way for the innovative, the sustaining, and the harmonious. What is happening is not failure. It is growth and long awaited rebirth.
My friend and spiritual author Conrad Cain reminds me that we are living here in order to simply experience. We are here to fully feel our experiences rather than masking them with denial. We are spirit walking around in human form so that we can know this tactile level of creation. This includes the full scope of existence, from what we might call wondrous experiences to things like humility, rejection, and failure. Conrad shares that if we can stay centered and feel these experiences fully, rather than feeling sorry for ourselves, we can receive profound spiritual gifts. But when we try to avoid and protect ourselves from our deepest feelings, we miss out on what our soul wants to know. Personally, I have found that the situations I deny keep repeating themselves in my life, and they create my own suffering. They frustrate me continually until I decide to let go and finally know them in myself.
It takes courage to be open to failure, but you are already so brave to be a human being. Are you willing to stop avoiding all that life has to offer during the temporal time you are here? We are each being given precious gifts in this land of duality, but they can only be opened if we make ourselves open to them. If you haven’t already done so, dear soul, allow yourself to be free enough to fail, and then you will know what true freedom is. You will detach from all that’s kept you from growing your gorgeous wings, and you will remember how to fly!
Suzy,
We truly are spiritual beings having a physical experience and those experiences that we fully embrace without the ego allow us to do some soul growing. This post is timely. I liked the idea of the “failure club,” particularly for their courage. This is something we ALL wish we could do deep down inside. Not to long ago I read a post by the blog author of Christian Personal Finance and how did something similar and has been very successful. Not only does his income from his blog exceed the income from his former job with corporate America, but it is his passion! I have recently started my own blog, The Spirit of the Scripture, which seeks to explain the hidden meanings of the Bible and how the scriptural stories are not literal, but rather use concrete examples in order to teach us how to grow spiritually. My desire would be to blog full time, but the idea of stepping out completely is frightening. Anyway, great post! Keep it up!
P.S. I have added your blog to my blogroll. It compliments what I blog on and I think my readers would benefit here as well.
I love your blog http://www.spiritofthescripture.com/ and I encourage everyone to check it out! I feel this is so needed in our world – to see the real meaning that’s been here all along. I love the way you say that you hope others can “benefit by making a paradigm shift from religion to true spiritual development.” I really look forward to your posts and am honored to be on your blog roll. Thanks so much for sharing here ~Suzy
Suzy, thank you for this subject!! Writing about it allows the reader to go inside and look at the egoic “things” that they call failures. These “failures” are a chance to forgive and love. We human beings often do not know that in order to love all, we must first love ourselves, and in doing that we are not failures at anything. We are just learning to take a different direction in our human-ness.
For many years I would sit down and write poems and stories in an egoic attempt to be a published author. I tried and tried and failed. I failed because I was on an ego trip that told me I would make more money and become famous. I was not able to even publish anything until I changed the way that I looked at my failures.
Both you and Josh are with me in the way we look at “failure”! Failure is not a bad thing. It’s a chance to grow and learn and love.
Thank you for your thoughtful insight James! I love what you share about your writing too. I’m grateful to have your voice here.
Such a beautiful, enlightened post. Thank you.
I’m so grateful to have you here, my friend and teacher.
I love the new voice. Or at least it feels newer, and more empowered. More of the you and me conversation than the ‘we.’ It feels bolder, less safe, and I like it. And certainly appropriate for the post on embracing failure as part of our personal growth and evolution. Thank you for your inspiring post!
Thank you Francoise! This is the voice of my book. I’m in the final editing stages now.