Fascinating Failures



There's this beautiful quote which I came across some time back, 'ever tried. ever failed. no matter. try again. fail again. fail better.' by Samuel Beckett.

 

We all must have heard this, 'Failures are the best teachers.' Here, Samuel Beckett's quote embraces failures and to learn from failures everytime. Each failure teaches us some good lessons (yes-failures-hurts-but-less-than-a-wooden-ruler-hitting-hands) So yes, failures are beautiful. But here's the thing have we ever questioned, 'why' did I failed? There must be obviously some reasons because of which we fail. Though we cannot blame situations and other people for our failures because the root of the problem exists within us. As His Holiness Shree Shivkrupanand Swamiji says, "agar aapko 'kuch' problem hai toh fir aap 'mein' kuch problem hai." We are solely and only responsible for our failures. (so-no-blame-game-here) Swamiji also says, 'insaan ke actions balance hote hai toh usske results balance hote hai' So this means if we do actions in a state of complete balance that is in a complete present state (without-past-or-future-worries) then our result will be balanced. This happens because firstly if we perform any action in a state of complete present moment then we give our best shot to that action. Secondly, energies get transited. And thirdly if there are energies which transits in action then result undoubtedly will be balanced or good. And fourthly it's a game of balance!

 

Meditation makes us balance. If we meditate regularly we will be 'staying in the present' and you know present 'balanced' action leads to better results. There will be 'lesser chances' of us failing. And even if we fail, meditation will be that helping hand for us to get up from that failure and 'I-suck' guilt feeling. So let's meditate, 'ever tried. ever failed. no matter. try again. it will work. work better. this time.' by Gurutattva.

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