The Way of Failure
Winning Through Losing
"This self-help book takes the road less traveled. Rather than showing how to overcome failure, psychotherapist Caplan (Halfway Up the Mountain, LJ 7/15/99) teaches people how to embrace it. According to her, Americans measure their whole lives by striving for more, whether more success, more money, higher status, or better jobs. Failure happens when expectations and outcomes diverge; everyone fails. Life cycles into a series of gains and losses that may not balance out. But, by stripping away all of the fantasy with failure, one is left with the humility and clarity to move forward to success again. Each of the 15 chapters examines a different type of disappointment, e.g., failure of love, security, success, or plans, and death. Written with commonsense advice, this intriguing work transforms failure into a Zenlike concept. A worthwhile addition for public libraries."
~Library Journal
"A work of
gentle wisdom, true guidance, and compassionate corrective for those of
us caught up in self-judgment and guilt, particularly those of us on a
spiritual path. It deserves the widest readership."
~Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of The Magical Child and Crack in
the Cosmic Egg
"What happens
when all our gods happiness, health, love, God Himself fail us? What happens
is a potential for clear-sighted awareness that can bring about unprecedented
growth and radical transformation. This is the teaching The Way of Failure
that Mariana Caplan offers us in this compelling, unsettling but undeniably
seminal book."
~Kenneth Ring, Ph.D., author of Healing Toward Omega and Lessons
from the Light.
"I agree
with the message of this book. I grew up with a mother who verbalized
this message as I encountered difficulties in my life and I see it in
my work today. What my mother taught me when I encountered adversity was,
'It was meant to be, God is redirecting you. Something good will come
of this.' She and Mariana are right."
~Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of Love, Medicine & Miracles
"This book
demands a revolution in the spiritual literature of our times. It is sorely
needed to balance the mushy, cherry-picking, 'spiritual' fantasy teachings
that pass for truth in the current trend of spiritual bandwagoning, where
the blind lead no one to nothing worthwhile, most of the time."
~Richard Beaumont, Co-founder and editor, Kindred Spirit Magazine