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Well Being with Don Oakley

The Path of Failure

We may imagine that our journey toward enlightenment will be one of gradually increasing peace and happiness until, one day, we will be so peaceful and happy that we will be enlightened. While there may well be moments of bliss and powerful spiritual experiences along the way, we will likely find that our greatest breakthroughs will come more from what is lost than what is gained. Failure, paradoxically, may be forward.
Broadcast on:
29 Apr 2021

We may imagine that our journey toward enlightenment will be one of gradually increasing peace and happiness until, one day, we will be so peaceful and happy that we will be enlightened. While there may well be moments of bliss and powerful spiritual experiences along the way, we will likely find that our greatest breakthroughs will come more from what is lost than what is gained. Failure, paradoxically, may be forward.