Overcoming the Fear of Failure

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Overcoming the Fear of Failure

For one. Was Luke was seen this life as a stepping stone for a larger possibility? For him there is no failure. For one who is looking at the simple events of this life itself as the goal of life.

For him there is failure and success. If you’re just seeing this life as a stepping stone for a larger possibility. If you have a good deal you use that for your well-being. If you have a bad deal, you use that for your well-being.

The economy was on the Boom when every fool could be successful. It didn’t take much. When the economy is on the Boom, everybody gets carried isn’t it?

Now there’s been a meltdown, now it take something else to be successful. When the economy was on the Boom, you could have bought a certain dispatch in towards the money that’s flowing in. Now the economy is down, the tabs are all closed up, time to come meditate walk in the mountains. There’s a lot of time. There’s a lot of time on your hands isn’t it?

When there was money you took away your time and your life. Now the tabs are closed, lots of time, just the time, so it doesn’t matter what the hell happens, it doesn’t matter what the hell happens with your life. If you are seeing this life only as a stepping stone for that larger possibility. Then whatever situation it is beautiful and very useful. Very, very useful.

Once there was a farmer like you. Who was tired of various natural factors ruling the qualities of his crop. One day he called Shiva. It was a wild card entry. He found access. Shiva said “What?” He said, “I’m tired of all the natural nonsense happening”. “Obviously you’re not a farmer. I know from history that you word hunter. You are not a farmer, you don’t know what it means to farm, why don’t you leave the nature in my hands? I know farmer, I know when it should rain, I know when there should be sunlight, I know everything.

You don’t know because you’re just a hunter, and you’re a crazy ascetic. You’re definitely not a good farmer. The wrong times it’s raining, the wrong times things are happening. “You leave it to me”. He was in one of those moods he said “OK, nature is in your hands”.

Then the farmer planted his crop. Planted them. A maze crop, rain. Poked the land and said, “Okay, it’s soaked up to 6 inches, stop”.

Then Balavat planted, waited 2 days. Rain. Sunlight. Today I am working in the field, cloud. Everything just happened the way he wanted. A beautiful maze crop came. He was overjoyed to see. it’s good. Nature should be in Farmer’s hands.

Then when the time to harvest came he wanted to see because none of the birds were coming he was surprised, because that also he said, “No birds, no birds”.

Then he went and opened and saw a nice big everything, but he opened and saw no brain inside. Then he thought, “What the hell is this? What did I do wrong?” Then he couldn’t figure out, because rain, water, sunshine, everything he managed properly.

Then again he went back to Shiva. But he was in this condition. He waited for many years for him to open his eyes. By the time …You know there’s many years the fields, and the family, everything went to. But he wanted an answer what went wrong? He’s farmer first.

Then when Shiva opened his eyes he asked, ” I did everything right but there is no grain. Did you sabotage my crop?” Shiva said, “I’ve been watching. You were the one in charge so I didn’t want to interfere. The rain was great, the sunshine was great, everything was fine, but you stopped all the winds. I used to always send fierce winds which would threaten your crop, but because the plants felt pushed and threatened, they put their roots deeper into the Earth so grain happened. Now you have great maze crop, no maze.

Various situations in your life, either you can use it to make yourself stronger and better, or you can sit and cry, this is the choice you have. Everything, it doesn’t matter what happens. The most horrific event happened in your life, that also can be used for your growth and your well-being, if only if you have clear listening the small events of your life.

When I say small events I mean your business, your marriage, your children, all those big things. All those things are just a stepping stone. This is not new to you. Because in this culture, they put this into you for centuries, for millenniums they told you your life is about mukti. Your marriage, your business, your social life, these are all just means to get there. Either you go with it, or you go without it. Whether you’re vinyasa or you’re a [inaudible], only goal is mukti. Yes?

The goal was not just for the vinyasa, for everybody it’s mukti. If you can walk alone, you walk alone, you one party going with you. You walk with the party. That’s your choice. You want to get there quick, you walk alone. You want to go there having a picnic on the way slowly, you go with people. The choice is yours.

The important thing is, whatever the hell you’re doing, there’s only one goal. If you have set this up, then all the events of life, everything is beneficial. The boom is beneficial, the meltdown is even more beneficial actually. It is all ecologically very good you know the meltdown.

The fear of failure. Failure is bad enough. Fear is adding spice to it’s center. Success happens to you not because you desire it, because you own it. Everybody desires it. It comes only if you’re capable of it.