The Game of Life: Who’s playing?

“True freedom and the end of suffering is living in such a way as if you had completely chosen whatever you feel or experience at this moment.  This inner alignment with now is the end of suffering.”

Eckhart Tolle

“Life is simple.  Everything happens for you, not to you.  Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late.  You don’t have to like it… it’s just easier if you do.”

Byron Katie

“What you truly need may not be what you think you need.”

James Wood

I never made any plans-
the Plan is there
and we can fit in
with joyous ease
and delightful uncertainty.

Shunyata Emanuel Sorenson

I like movies.  A lot.  Have you seen The Game?  It’s way high on my list of favorites.

So, Michael Douglas’ character signs up to play a very mysterious game – there seem to be no rules, no boundaries and no objectives.  Or, he is not told what the point is when he signs up to play.

The Game is different for each player, and the rules change continuously, depending on the player’s responses and reactions.  Once a player has committed to the game, it does not stop… until… well, writing too much about it will spoil the effect for those of you who haven’t seen it   :)

“Awakening is Truth-recognition.  It is not an experience, state, or form of anything you can mentally know.  The path of awakening involves finding false ideas, or lies, and seeing their falseness.  When you see their falseness, you see truth.  To find truth you have to be a detective.  You have to notice that things don’t add up, like a bad alibi.”

James Wood The Path of Awakening (2007) p. 2-3

Who’s playing?   ;)