Hi folks!
Billionaire Elon Musk and some other super rich folks say we may be living in a simulation. Imagine if a more highly advanced civilization did create an extremely sophisticated computer simulation a long time ago, and we are it. According to information out on the Internet, high tech computer codes exist in the framework of our world.
So what if the world actually was a simulation - a game? What would you do differently? How might you operate the game controls? I have experimented with many things in my lifetime. I have out-of-bounds planets in my natal astrology chart in the declination aspects, so I sometimes feel like I want to experiment. Perhaps you are like me? Read on and see, like me, if there is everything to gain and nothing to lose by experimenting in this way.
Florence Scoval Shinn begins her book, The Game of Life and How to Play It
by saying, "Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle.
It is a game. It is a game, however, which cannot be played
successfully without the knowledge of spiritual law, and the Old and the
New Testaments give the rules of the game with wonderful clearness...a great game of Giving and Receiving. 'Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.'"
A battle implies that there must be enemies. According to Websters, a game is an exercise or play or a contest, which implies players. The word successful implies the favorable termination of what is attempted. Sowing is the act of scattering seed on the ground for the purpose of growth. Reaping is to receive the reward for the scattering of that seed as a benefit from the exertion. I have hope that everyone, deep down, wants to successfully reap doing some good work. Good work, however, is often a matter of perspective - just look at politics.
This workbook is not about the world view or being part of what is popular. If you are looking for world view or to be part of what is popular in the world, please go elsewhere. Everything I do is about knowing oneself. It is what I have spent my life doing. “Know thyself” was inscribed at the entrance of the Temple of Apollo in
ancient Greece. This famous saying of Greek philosophers became a
cornerstone for Western philosophers. If you already know yourself, please go elsewhere. I won't be offended. If you want to know yourself and improve yourself, then lets play!
As information, the book The Game of Life and How to Play It uses Christian terms, and I have added Bible references. Please do not be intimidated by this. You do not have to be a Christian to play. I just feel that Florence Scoval Shinn describes the process to play the game pretty well, and I will be adding other examples later. This workbook with activities goes along with this book to help create awareness. To download a pdf of chapter 1 of the workbook and book, click this link: Workbook for Chapter 1. I will update and add more later. The book The Game of Life and How to Play It is in the Public Domain. If you want to read the entire book before I get the rest of the workbook uploaded, you will need to do an Internet search.
Namaste,
Terrie Harmer