那些「以你想要的方式達成」的事，並非成功(success)的定義，
而那些「沒有按你想要的方式解決」的事，也非失敗的定義。
很多你們稱為的失敗，實際上是「仍在繼續的經驗」(successive experiences)。
你們會把一個「仍在繼續的經驗」稱為失敗嗎？
聽神談【「成功」與「失敗」】
籍由「利用失敗的幻覺」來注意到你對人生所學會（憶起）的事，並促使你去應用你所獲得的智慧，這時幻覺將變成一個「讓你注意到你永遠都是成功的」的一個工具。
簡單地說，要踏出失敗幻覺的方法就是「只是把一切視為你成功的一部分」。所有引你走向成功、產生出你的成功的事，都是「你經驗到你的成功的過程」之一部分。
許多人直覺地明白這一點。科學家就是其中之一。當他們開始著手一個重要的實驗時，他們不只是預期失敗，他們還津津有味地品嘗（relish）失敗。真正的科學家完全瞭解，一個「失敗的實驗」根本不是「失敗」，而是指向了成功之路。
那些「以你想要的方式達成」的事，並不是成功的定義，而那些「沒有按你想要的方式解決」的事，也非失敗的定義。真的，如果你生活的體驗夠長，你會承認和主張反過來才是對的。
很多你們稱為的失敗，實際上是「仍在繼續的經驗」(successive experiences譯註：successive是success的形容詞，success的意思是成功。)。而你們會把一個「仍在繼續的經驗」稱為失敗嗎？
摘自《與神合一》第15章
By using the Illusion of Failure to notice what you have learned (remembered) about life, and to motivate you to apply the wisdom that you have acquired, the Illusion becomes a tool with which to notice that you are always succeeding.
Put simply, the way to step outside of the Illusion of Failure is to simply see everything as a part of your success. All things lead to your success, produce your success, are part of the process by which you experience your success.
Many people understand this intuitively. Scientists are among them. When they embark on an important experiment, they not only anticipate failure, they relish it. The pure scientist understands completely that a “failed” experiment has not “failed” at all but merely pointed the way to success.
Something working out “the way you wanted it to” is not the definition of success, and something “not working out the way you wanted it to” is not the definition of failure. Indeed, if you live a long life there will be times when you will claim the opposite to be true.
What you call many failures are actually successive experiences.
