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The Great Failure

A Bartender, a Monk, & My Unlikely Path to Truth

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The Great Failure

By: Natalie Goldberg
Narrated by: Natalie Goldberg
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"Teaching by example, Natalie Goldberg has written a brave and turbulent memoir that is by turns luminous and gritty. A riveting read."—Julia Cameron, author of The Artist's Way

"Bravo to Natalie. She shows us how to open the heart, and face into betrayal with courage instead of running from it. She shows us how to transform fear and blame into wisdom and compassion." —Jack Kornfield, author of A Path With Heart

"The Great Failure is a boundless embrace, leaving nothing out. I wanted to learn the truth, to become whole. If I could touch the dark nature in someone else, I could know it in myself."

So begins Natalie Goldberg in this candid exploration of her life. Here, Goldberg makes sense of primary relationships between father and daughter, teacher and student, and exemplifies the accomplishment available when creating daily writing practices—the popular technique she launched in her bestselling Writing Down the Bones.

Natalie Goldberg has inspired millions to write in order to develop an intimate relationship with their minds, and a greater understanding of the world in which they live. Now, The Great Failure touches our hearts, and shows us the wellspring of wisdom available when we bravely confront the truths about ourselves, and the events of our lives.

Audiobook read by the author. Program concludes with an exclusive Sounds True interview.

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This Audio book was completely gripping. The writer lets you right into her world and you feel privileged to be hearing what you’re hearing. It is intimate and deep. Her experiences with Zen and her teacher and also her accounts of her father and mother were so revealing, I feel I have learnt so many life lessons just by listening to her stories. She is a such powerful spiritual teacher though I know she doesn’t say she is. She most certainly is. Her own realisations make you sit up inside yourself and ask deep questions about your own life. Thank you Natalie Goldberg. I’m about to purchase all of your Audio books as I want to hear more!

So deep and so real, I loved it.

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thank you naralie goldberg, this is a beautiful book full of love and wisdom.

highly recommended, especially for anyone who has had to square what is actually so with what we wish were so...

amazing, loved it

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