The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success. Paramahansa Yogananda
Although masters think of this quote and rely on the proverb it is the novice learning about failures that is beginning to unconsciously form the groundwork to better him or herself for what lays ahead.
What Yogananda also said in paraphrased way is that one should not consciously speak about his or her mistakes.
Contradiction? No, far from it. Think of the mistake, limitation or even sin. Converse with Source (God) about the mistake, limitation, sin and turn the page on it. Make it a thing of the past and move on.
It is not that one should continue to make mistakes, or perform sin and then ask Source for guidance or forgivenace it is that understanding a mistake (committing sin) one should when asking forgivenace from Source ask Source to help alter your consciousness so that one will not commit it again.
Drinking excessively, doing drugs or even abusing sex (prostitution for example) just some examples; once it happens. If you truly want to better yourself and make changes, consciously speak to Source. Ask Source to clean you out. Repeat this over and over again with emotion. Pray to Source asking Source to change you so you will never commit it again. If you are serious about not wanting to commit is and pour the emotion into that prayer without a doubt it will be the last time you commit that error or sin. No questions asked Source will alter your situation, senarious, life and conditions so you’ll never have to be faced with it again.
The key with this is until you are serious do not pray to Source to be changed. Until you are ready, commited to change and really want life altering changes made to you do NOT speak to Source about changing you. When you have accepted that you need to change that behaviour, idea, thought, characteristic then it is time to POUR your heart out to GOD asking GOD to change your ways.
This is the way of the master this is the way of the Yogi this is the way that the master teaches those who need to know.
