About failure
For human beings – in my life, at least – the idea of failure seems to be a constant threat.
IN FACT, FOR ME THE FEAR OF FAILURE HAS PROBABLY CLOSED MORE DOORS THAN HAS ACTUAL FAILURE.
I’ve been inquiring into the question of where my fear of failure comes from, but no definitive answer has yet appeared.
On the other hand, some clarity has emerged regarding the idea of failure itself. It seems obvious that some things can fail. Projects can fail, which is to say that when time is up, or when the game is over, the objective has not been achieved. Policies can fail, such that actions taken are producing results contrary to stated objectives.
But what would it mean for a human being to be a failure?
I think there’s one requirement that must be satisfied before something can be deemed a failure, and that is that the game is over. The time must have expired, all your pieces must have been captured or have no way out, etc.
But that which a human being is cannot fail, because that which we are and are becoming is never done!
THE SEER’S EXPLANATION SAYS THAT THE PURPOSE OF A HUMAN BEING IS TO EXPAND THE POSSIBILITIES OF BEING IN THE UNIVERSE.
For the Universe, all possibilities which have ever been imagined exist on equal footing, none being any more important or meaningful than any other. What we humans do is, by sampling those possibilities as they present themselves to us, find out what we like and don’t like, and these preferences then serve as guidance to the Universe as to what to provide for us. Thus each of our lives represents a new, unique possibility of being for human beings.
And this process of finding one’s unique path through the infinite range of possibilities is never done, never complete. The time never expires for who we really are, and who we really are has no pieces that can be captured.
