Introduction
What is the game?
The game is what, and why, the formative and transformative intelligence of our universe is doing on this physical plane at this time. It is playing with all facets of being — everything; good, bad, and in between — the sole purpose of which is experience: to feel it, savor it, know it, and revel in it, whatever “it” may be.
Why is the game being played?
There is no why, other than for the joy of it, for the fun of it, just as in any good game. Even the “loser” wins by having played it, played at it, played with it. The whole thing is one gigantic, never-ending, enthusiastic romp. Because it feels good.
That's “why?” the superabundance of the natural world and the incredible number and variety of “moving parts” — not just different animals, plants, and other living things, but flowers, leaves, feathers, etc.
That's why — and how — nothing can ever really be lost or destroyed, not in its essence; and even its physical form is used to form something else in this endless game.
What does this mean for we physical beings (humans, other animals, plants, etc.)? It means we'd do well to treat life as the splendid game that it is, to not take it seriously — other than to fully invest ourselves in the experience, because that's integral to the game — that we actually play it — play at being human or animal or plant or whatever; give ourselves over to it completely, knowing all the while (or at some point realizing or remembering) that it's all a game.
Relaxing about processes and outcomes ensures that we enjoy it more. It also facilitates us reaching whatever goals we may decide would be fun to achieve.
What does our source get out of it?
Fun! Experience. Expansion. More.
This is the process of creation:
· think/conceive of something
· make it, savoring the process
· experience the completed thing, savoring it
· revise, remodel, reconstruct if/as desired, savoring the process all the while
· experience the revised/remodeled/reconstructed thing, savoring it
· continue, ad infinitum
The fun — the very great FUN — is in having the ideas, creating the thing, beholding the thing, and from there having even more ideas. The process of creation — and of evolution – devolution – revolution — is never finished.
It just keeps rolling on, recycling, refreshing, renewing, replacing, ad infinitum. Like a dynamo, the process feeds itself with energy, the energy for the process coming from the process itself, like a perpetual-motion machine.
What does all this mean for human endeavors?
If playfulness, enjoyment, is the hallmark of universal creation, at any scale, then the same must be true for all successful human endeavors.
In fact, the way to fail in business is to take it too seriously, make heavy or hard work of it, and deny oneself the pleasure of the process — its conception, inception, unfolding, and completion, its revision, remodeling, reconstruction, etc.
It takes a lot of effort to succeed through any other means. It can be done through sheer determination, time, focus, grind; but it's slow, halting, and lacking in joy. If that's
the belief one holds about success, then that's the only way to achieve it.
But it is not the only way, nor the best way — unless one considers that the game includes every facet, permutation, and perspective, including frustration, discouragement, exhaustion, and failure. It's ALL part of the game.
So, the question is this: What do you believe? Because however you think it is — i.e., however you believe it is — is how you'll experience it.
Changing one's beliefs can be very challenging, as long-held beliefs have a certain stickiness or magnetic pull, a certain groovedness or entrenchedness that makes them seem true, feel true, so trying to believe something that runs counter to them can be a futile exercise, as the entrenched belief always wins. This, too, is part of the game.
There is a certain economy or efficiency to habitual thoughts and actions that has great value. It conserves energy and expedites the creation of things that flow from those beliefs. So, overcoming a belief takes extraordinary input of energy — or an openness and a willingness to see things differently.
When openness and willingness to see things differently is coupled with a desire to do so, then things can change very quickly. Beliefs can be changed, along with the thoughts and actions that accompany them.
Question: What do I do with all this?
Answer: Whatever you like.
Question: No, I mean: how do I share this and get others to understand?
Answer: You don't. You leave them to their own games. Offer them these insights and let them
choose; let them take it or leave it. Either way, you play your own game.
Question: So, I should just play with this myself, write about it with playfulness and joyfulness, and let that be that. Right?
Answer: Right — although if you want something different, then focus on that. You see, this is a big move, the beginnings of a profound shift in human awareness. Some will be ready; others not. Some will be receptive; others not. So be it.
This is the nature of the game.
Remember that all this is supposed to be endlessly fun!
If playfulness, enjoyment, is the hallmark of universal creation, at any scale,
then the same must be true for all successful human endeavours.
The Game
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Christine King
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