The Intention has to be Right

Success is as dangerous as failure. Hope is as hollow as fear. 

What does it mean that success is as dangerous as failure? 

Whether you go up the ladder or down it, your position is shaky. 

When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance.

(Tao Te Ching)

'Success' is never guaranteed in the endeavor of our choosing. In my line of work as a financial strategist I have seen people with good intentions 'fail' left, right and center. The Tao is beyond success and failure, beyond good and evil. However, no matter what happens to us, we spiritual travelers can always use life's outcomes as a stepping stone for advancing to the next level of spiritual consciousness.

The intention in whatever we do has to be right though, otherwise we will invite failure as we are eventually undermine our SELF. Being naive about our true intentions is ok; that's why we have been signed up for our mission in the first place, to learn what is truly going on inside of us.

I have seen a few people with dark intentions in action, and like clockwork, life took them down. Maybe a decade, sometimes two, but time and karma always get their way. Everyone can change course, though, even if the starting intention was a foul one. Yet those who don't will eventually be taken out. And in contrast to us spiritual travelers, for these shady characters failure does hurt. The Bible states, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Everyone has to realize, darkness is not the WAY.