The game

[jcocks]

This is an idea I have been sitting on for a while. I've been thinking over the whole NWO agenda for a while now, and asking myself how we may overcome that and work against it. I think "The Game" is part of my answer to that question.

So far this is what I've got. It's a work in progress, and I want all your help to develop this. I'm not sure if I should create a seperate website and discussion board or have it as a sub-board on Avalon. I'm leaning towards the latter more than the former as there are already too many websites out there devoted to spirituality and I don't want this to get lost amongst the chatter...

In short, the premise is that our 3d existance is just an elaborate game. We've become far too serious and let ourselves get so sucked into it that the game now plays us rather than us playing the game. This was never meant to be the case.

I want to create a framwork and a forum for those interested (ie : US!) to start learning to play the game properly again - according to the rules of the universe and not the rules of the PTB. I think this can be very important work leading up to 2012. In fact, in the framework of "the game" - 2012 may well be the year that the scales tip in our favor as a race and we start playing on a level playing field with the PTB - and I think that's whats got them so scared.

But this won't happen if we don't do the groundwork in 2011.

As I said, this is a very early wip, but I think I'm on a winner here... I'd like some people to help and start a conversation so we can get started on this. I believe It's important work and we can really make a difference. :D

[sjkted]

I'm on board. It sounds like a good idea.

--sjkted

[astrid]

i like it, solution focused, creative and brings the power back to us, im in also...

[The One]

There are many different groups within TPTB. There constantly fighting each other. Trying to out do the next group. Its like a vast game of chess with many pieces and sides all playing there pawns against each other for world domination. Plans within plans, that would bogle the mind, they always play the long game. To them it dosn't matter how many normals die in wars, and all the other crewlty they provide upon the populace. They have no empathy. You and I are simple assets to be used and tossed aside when needed. To them we are all expendible. The old Divide & Conquor game is played in all forms of human population. There the masters of the long game, The rest of us are expendible pieces going about our daily lives never to fathom the depths of there minipluations.

Its all a Game to TPTB. Just a game. We all need to unite so we can really make a difference

[Luke]

What mechanics do you propose?

[jcocks]

No - not do I propose... do we propose!

It's a group effort - it won't work if it isn't.

[BMJ]

Hi Guys,
My thoughts, two cents worth. I think at the core of this mechanic's the rule should be to remain true to ourself. That is, that voice within us that has always told you what was the right thing and wrong thing to do from childhood, and as a result to act on that feeling when a situation arises which you feel you should take action.
As an example, I live in Sydney and people don't even bother to give up there seats on trains or buses during peak hour for pregnant ladies, I feel that's wrong and would gladly give up my seat and have.
To speak out when we need to regardless of ridicule you may encounter, for example speaking out about the swine flu farce.
I think by being true to ourself in out actions when can set an example for other to follow. By being true to ourself we are also playing the game "our way" the way it was meant to be, and not subjecting ourselves to the ways that our culture may dictate to be the norm.

[Celine]

Game of light

Players are Creators, each existing in a reality (game board) of their own. Each player has an endless access to resources, creating and re creating game pieces in their own images.

Goal is to fill all empty (dark) space with matter (light). The player with the most matter is not necessarily the winner, the matter itself must be a proverbial brick , laying the foundations of the universe.

The game must be in play at all times. To properly create the necessary matter, one must be able to exchange energies with other players that balance out their existence.

Being aware of other players ,matter, is essential to choosing co-creators. Knowing each others capabilities and weaknesses allows a player to visit another's home playing field (heart) where one can earn (or loose) points to get to the next level

[jcocks]

So now lets start brainstorming how we can help others break free of this limiting warped-out shell of a game we live in, and transform it into a game we can play every day in love, laughter, and lightness.....
We need to come up with ways that we can enlighten others, and we need to rediscover the true rules of the game.
Being true to oneself is of course one central rule, as is standing up for your truth (sharing it rather than sitting in a corner meditating on it non-stop)...we have to take action that others will notice and not laugh it.

How do we affect the most people possible without looking like lunatics (A real problem with new-agers...They don't seem to ever be taken seriously by the wider community.)?
:smile:

[The One]

Humans want to assure their happiness. They refuse to be at mercy of random nature. TPTB are mathematically necessary, because of this human fault.
The mass media exists because human nature desires one. People want to be herded, because they want to feel re-assured. Humans want no risk or random outcomes. They want to be "safe". Of course, the Bible explained that there is no safety other than God, and scientifically this is just restatement of the 1856 law of thermodynamics and entropy/disorder, which says the "universe is trending to maximum disorder". Realize the universe is a closed system, because it encloses everything.
Thus humans want to go against the trend of the universe, they want more order in everything. But order is the opposite of what nature wants. Nature wants to break things down into the smallest independent parts and allow more diverse random interactions.
TPTB simply give the humans the illusion they crave, and extract the wave energy from the randomness. The downfall of the TPTB is that they fight against nature too, by aggregating power and wealth. We are moving closer to the one world govt, where TPTB will have aggregated all of the world's power and wealth. But they are not God, and they understand that their destiny is to burn in hell. They want to fulfill their destiny. If they didn't play their role as TPTB, then another group would, because the masses demand usury and fiat. Where there is a demand, there must be a supply. Basic economic law.

Its going to be hard to even get people to beleive that tptb exists jcocks but im going to try and educate as many people as possible.

[dddanieljjjamesss]

http://c31123.tumblr.com

we are already playing here sir. Avalon is only one piece of the puzzle. The Game can not be contained within boards or sub boards because the experience permeates all of existence.
You can be sure TPTB are playing The Game as well, though whose side they are truly on remains to be determined. (Things get tricky, there are many operatives switching sides, some are brainwashed and some are just misguided and controlled.)

but if your interest is piqued, I'll tell you more about how we are approaching things over at cell23.

[dddanieljjjamesss]

hijacked account for to spew information/disinformation memetic complexes into conversation;

The Game neither plays Us nor do We play The Game. The Game is inseparable from our existence; our existence is inseparable from The Game.

The Game is /not/ spiritual. In the sense that it is the Vedic game of hide of seek, one could posit spirituality as a component of The Game, however given that The Game demands near-constant paradigm shifting, spirituality is only a momentary component of The Game.

The Game /is/ related to 2012. However 2012 is a red herring; it is only a signpost, not the sign. Work must be done to enable this kind of sea change as has been ascribed to this event. [Robert Anton Wilson: imagine 51% of the population embracing Leary's Eight Circuit Model of Consciousness (read: paradigm shifting and self-brain-hacking); I have heard it said that the Tathagata stated it is rarer for there to be a sea turtle which surfaces once every century for air and there to be a golden ring on the surface of the ocean, and when the sea turtle surfaces to put its head through the ring for air than for one to receive the dhamma] One should not commit one's self to apocalyptic visions lest they come true.

Woe unto one who looks at the pointing finger and not the moon.


Excerpt from Game Manual B: The Inner As the Outer

"When one or more beings so decide to play The Game, The Game creates a large n-space polyhedron wherein every corner and facet reflects every other corner and facet. The outer reflection of the n-space polyhedron reflects the beings playing The Game: this is the Second Level. Interactions on the basis of the physics of the plane of the beings and the outer plane of the polyhedron constitute a rules-existence. The inner plane of the polyhedron constitutes the Third Level. All interactions herein take place inside of n-space which constitutes an inexhaustible, apparently non-corporeal representation of all that is, was, and could ever be. This are the three levels on which Game engagement has been revealed through empirical use.

"This is the strongest empirically tested new ritual and it is advised that those who have not made protections, those who do not curry favor with large meme-space entities, those who cannot banish and those who chronically have leak-through from meme-space into physical-space do not jump in, but engage carefully.

"The first step for engaging The Game is deciding on what rules basis to play, if any.

"The second step for engaging The Game is to make a representative n-space construction of each player. They do not play as others. They must play as themselves. All players have vetoes for any representational element of any other player.

"The third step is to make the right profferings, sacraments, sacrifices, offerings and begin Game engagement...."

[HORIZONS]

A very unique perspective on The Game: http://www.trufax.org/matrix5/segments/intro2.html

[Ahkenaten]

So now lets start brainstorming how we can help others break free of this limiting warped-out shell of a game we live in, and transform it into a game we can play every day in love, laughter, and lightness.....
We need to come up with ways that we can enlighten others, and we need to rediscover the true rules of the game.
Being true to oneself is of course one central rule, as is standing up for your truth (sharing it rather than sitting in a corner meditating on it non-stop)...we have to take action that others will notice and not laugh it.

How do we affect the most people possible without looking like lunatics (A real problem with new-agers...They don't seem to ever be taken seriously by the wider community.)?
:smile:

This seems to be a meritorious refinement of a proposal a number of us were discussing earlier on this Forum - what can we do together to effect positive change........

Suggest:

Elements of Framework:


*Simple Statement of Purpose
*Identify bulleted Common Elements (those elements that would bind those of us together sharing common purpose)
*Simple Rules of Engagement (Honesty, Mutual Respect, Belief in the Power of Humans to individually and collectively effect positive change, etc.)
*Goals - bulleted list of goals that could ultimately flesh out as concrete projects undertaken to achieve broad goals

IDEA: Could a concept like this be worked up as an open-ended computer game? This could perhaps then be offered up to Avalon as a product that could be sold to the public on the Website bringing in needed funds to support the Avalon infrastructure AS WELL AS CONCRETE PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE GROUP!

jcocks Banshee and I have a list of people who already have expressed an interest on this Forum in working together.........................happy to send it to you!

[Lost Soul]

I am a human becoming, help me become.

[Hiram]

Surrender....

.....must be part of a game well-played.

[sunnyrap]

Interesting that you've started this thread as I've been giving it a lot of thought all day. I think the key element of the discussion is trying to understand our creators. Who and what they were/are, what makes them tick then and now, where are they now and what do we do about them/our captivity or enslavement to them. Are the needs that compelled them to create us the same now as they were when they put us on this planet?

These questions come from my understanding of how we got here based on the material of Zacharia, Pye and others. I watched the Loyd Pye YouTubes (everything you know is wrong; 12 parts) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy_9OYTZGW4 last night. It wasn't entirely new material for me but Pye filled in a lot of blanks about how the Annunaki engineered us to be dim-witted slaves just smart enough that they wouldn't have to watch over us that closely but still gather up the gold they wanted/needed us to for their home-planet makeover.

So here were the essential points made:
-the Annunaki look like us (or vice versa) in every way, but are leagues ahead of us intellectually and look upon us as mere dray animals
-we test tube babies arrived 250,000 years ago (according to Sitchin and other's interpretation of Sumerian scrolls) as one part indigenous simian, on part Annunaki (Pye states male A genetic material was combined with Yeti-type female material and the DNA 'tweaked' so we stayed relatively stupid but retained a lust for gold.
-The An's did all this so we'd collect gold for them to repair their planet's atmosphere (kind of like we need to right now)

So now I'm thinking, 'aha, that explains our pretty much unthinking lust for gold. And also explains where all our missing money has gone...evidently to buy more gold.' I'm also thinking that, since the Annunaki look just like us, that the 'ruling families/elite/ptb' are either Annunaki or a version of us with enough more DNA activated to stay on top of us and ride herd on our labor efforts and milk us for all the money they can just like a herd of dairy cattle.

But here are the questions in my mind I'm struggling to answer with this scenario:

1) Pye's presentation paints a picture of the Annunaki as being vastly superior intellectually and technically, so it would be easy for them to control and manipulate us. But according to what I've learned of spiritual laws and simple 3d cause and effect, their utterly casual god playing and cruel use of us would seem to have grave consequences for them. How intelligent could that be? Or, like some assert about the elite, have they left us an escape route to absolve themselves of our abuse? I.e, by leaving us with teachings of spiritual laws, we are given the tools to develop as beings and escape this forced slavery by right of allowing us to develop past it. My understanding from Hancock and others is that the material in the Bible can be traced back to the Sumers.

2) It seems likely the Annunaki know about this planet's cyclic eradication of most of the life on it. Did they set up the timing on their venture to collect their gold just before we're all wiped out? Since they are masters of creation, I can only assume they've mastered time as well, so they will travel to exactly the point of greatest harvest then disappear. (Hmmm...recall the Webbots project saying something about mass disappearances right before 2012..) Guess they're not concerned about robbing us if they think we'll all get annihilated soon, anyway.

3) So what would happen if enough of us became aware enough of all this and developed sufficiently to start creating reality ourselves...and started holding them accountable for 250,000 years of heinous abuse? Is simple awareness of it enough to change events?

4) If this is all one big game played by our egos and we've 'created' first the ptb/elite, then the even more powerful Annunaki in order to extend our irresponsibility and victimhood (Ref.: Colin Tipping's work), would simply accepting our own mischeivous creativity and power be the game-ender--i.e., disappear the whole Annunaki-ptb-catastrophic earth changes illusion.

This is generally the point at which I mentally shrug and go back to pursuing personal goals and satisfying physical demands as they appear in my day...

[duh]

what is PTB and TPTB?
thank you.

[Banshee]

Powers that be and the powers that be respectively.

I have noted that Bill Ryan actually uses a different vernacular- he refers to them as "the controllers". After giving this some thought, his choice of words, in my opinion, really resonates. Why would we assign them the term "power"? I have no idea why Bill actually uses Controllers instead of TPTB.... I am taking a huge license here, but nonetheless and regardless of his reasoning, the term "controllers" really makes more sense on a practical and psychic level ( just my opinion )

[bettye198]

This is not about dungeons and dragons. I also am not of the belief that this is a game. That which controls energy on any planet is a controller and thus is determined to win. We are comprised of energy and that is all the controllers want. They don't give a raggedy ass about our station in life, our holdings or our bloodline. They will suck energy out of a wandering minstral. We are their food. They have the capability to harness energy to create reverse shields and black holes to drag solar systems down. They are not human and they have fallen from great heights so they know how to use energetic forces.
If you want to think of it as a game, you have engaged in their quest for vampiric energy. Anything that has fallen away from Source is living on finite energy and we, as living entities still exude it. For those who are connected to Source contain infinite energy and that is precisely what they want. As Bill calls it controllers which is true and real, they are not remotely the Elder Illuminati who are THEIR pawns, THEIR tools to stir the chaos up. This is a energetic war, not unlike wars of many thousands and millions of years before. The only way to be a winner is not to engage in the ping pong game. Not to give off the fight because anger is energy and very useful energy to those controllers who have only one thing that is infinite: patience.
Focus on self, elevate your frequencies and stay out of the ballgame. You have a better chance at being smarter and wiser to contain your energies and radiate goodness. Stand firm. Isn't that what a warrior does?

[ponda]

The chances are that the game is multi layered....dimensions,perspectives,reasons for playing etc

What is the point of the game ?

Is the game a coincidence or a design ?

If it is a design then we are here for a reason or reasons.

What might those reasons be ? Maybe to become aware that there is a game in the first place might be a first step...waking up.

Ok then what ?

What do we do after waking up in the game ? Have a look around and wonder why this game here is like it is and why are we here at this time and what does it mean.

Ok then what ?

[Teakai]

Surrender....

.....must be part of a game well-played.

Surrender of what, Hiram?

[AlkaMyst]

I'm in.....Now, how do we do it???

[ponda]

I'm in.....Now, how do we do it???

We're trying to work out the nature of this reality and what it means that we are here talking about it etc etc. Sort of what is going on in the bigger picture and where we might be heading etc

Say are there reasons that our world seems to be negatively controlled and many people are starting to notice it at the moment.How could this happen ? Is it by chance ? Why now ?

[BMJ]

Hi Guys,
Don't take this as plug, it's just that I have listened to George Kavassilas presentations and it made alot of sense to me. This may provide you with an answer as to why we are here. Take it or leave it's up to you.

Below is a link to a presentation that goes for about an 1 hour and is a readers digest version of his thoughts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T31JxW9G9es&feature=PlayList&p=439D09C940B10AE8&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1

[AlkaMyst]

Thank you so much for sharing.....I have hear this before, but it's nice to listen to it again.

[Hiram]

Surrender of what, Hiram?

Its very simple. Reality is similar in nature to a Chinese finger-trap. The more you struggle, the more your mind grasps to understand, the more enmeshed you become....eventually you will be completely unable to extract yourself. COMPLETELY. This is one of the key tenets of The Game.

You must learn to surrender.

Of course most people will not get this if told. They must realize it for themselves...of course that too, is part of The Game.

[jcocks]

Surrender....

.....must be part of a game well-played.

Not so much surrender, as realising that it is -just- a game, and in doing so realising that the outcome of the game is ultimately unimportant.. Part of the mechanism for control of the game that the PTW have created is the idea that the outcome of the game is vitally, that you must spend all your time and energy in getting everything right, and that if you get it wrong then, at the end of the game, the score-keeper is going to somehow give you a royal arse-kicking for doing so.
In saying this, you still need to make sure you respect the other players on the board.

There is a reason why Jesus said "Be ye as little children" : They play the game, have fun in doing so, and don't particularly mind making mistakes...

[Elly]

It reminds me of a great little book I still have : "If Life is a Game, These are the Rules " by Chérie Carter-Scott
Here is a collage I found on the web of the ten simple rules...
1. You will receive a body. You may love it or hate it, but it will be yours for the duration of your life time on Earth.
2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called "life." Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or hate them, but you have designed them as part of your curriculum.
3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial and error: experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately "works."
4. A lesson is repeated until learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson.
5. Learning does not end. There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.
6. "THERE" is no better than "HERE.", When your "there" has become a "here," you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here."
7. Others are only mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself. Each reflection is an opportunity for growth.
8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9. Your answers lie inside of you. The answers to Life's questions lie inside you. All you need to do is look, listen and trust.
10. You will forget all of this at birth! You can remember it whenever you want.

[Ahkenaten]

Or how about the Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse as an ultimate ideal of the concept of GAME?! This book was about a perfect society that existed somewhere in Europe called Castalia the center of the entire culture was their exalted Glass Bead Game that integrated all the highest and most sophisticated aspects of their extremely esoteric and advanced society. Those who were masters of the Game were universally admired within the society - the ultimate game master, the Magister Ludi, was the pentultimate master of the game. Of course even the Magister Ludi was outside of his element when entering the pragmatic, violent, political and REAL world outside of Castalia. His consummate skills as a Game Master did not necessarily guarantee him the same level of success in the "real" world. Check it out.

[ponda]

It reminds me of a great little book I still have : "If Life is a Game, These are the Rules " by Chérie Carter-Scott
Here is a collage I found on the web of the ten simple rules...
1. You will receive a body. You may love it or hate it, but it will be yours for the duration of your life time on Earth.
2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called "life." Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or hate them, but you have designed them as part of your curriculum.
3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial and error: experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately "works."
4. A lesson is repeated until learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson.
5. Learning does not end. There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.
6. "THERE" is no better than "HERE.", When your "there" has become a "here," you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here."
7. Others are only mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself. Each reflection is an opportunity for growth.
8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9. Your answers lie inside of you. The answers to Life's questions lie inside you. All you need to do is look, listen and trust.
10. You will forget all of this at birth! You can remember it whenever you want.

Maybe this is to get us ready for the next level...

[Carmody]

In Soviet Russia 3D reality drives you!

:p

[Pathfinder]

As far as I'm concerned the question hanging in the balance is: Is this reality meant to be fixed? It seems to me that we are here for experience, and that negative experiences are just as valid as positive ones. I applaud efforts to spread positivity, as I feel a positive experience is preferable to a negative one, BUT!... The inherent problem with spreading a positive message, or any message at all for that matter, is that it asks one to conform to another's point of view. It seems that this 3d reality allows for us to have a broad range of experiences both positive AND negative, and that it would be an infringement of free will upon the worlds inhabitants if they were only allowed to experience positivity. That being said, I'm sure there are a great number of folks on these forums that are like me, tired of the negative overtones of our world. I believe, in the interests of preserving free will, a good approach to playing 'the game', is to take the 'I' stance, as opposed to the 'we' stance. For example, instead of saying "We need to wake up." it might be more effective to say "I need to wake up." This allows for individuals to see an example set and to make decisions based on that, instead of being made to feel as though they are being attacked. It might allow for more receptivity.

This leads way to the topic of ascension. If this reality is meant to offer an expansive scope of experiences, including positive and negative, how can we expect positivity to prevail? It wouldnt be fair to those seeking negative experiences. But, it is also unfair to those of us who would be done with the negativity. Ascension provides a solution to this problem by allowing for individuals to gravitate toward whichever 'frequency' they resonate with. Now, if ascension is abunch of horsepucky, then I dont see the world changing, it will be a rinse and repeat cycle of what has already gone on for this long. That would allow for the continued scope of positive and negative experiences. Many people, including some on these forums, say that we've made this mess of the world and we need to fix it. I'm all for accepting responsibility for my actions, but I dont see how we can change anything without becoming the overbearing 'fascist' or being labeled 'idealist'. I do hope ascension is real, but all I can do for now, to play the game, is try to lead by example of a positive outlook, and let others take it for what they will.

[Elly]

Maybe this is to get us ready for the next level...

I am well aware of the kind of book it is. Nonetheless, it has valid words of wisdom.

[ponda]

I am well aware of the kind of book it is. Nonetheless, it has valid words of wisdom.


Yeah that's what i was implying,if you follow the books advice you have a better chance of moving on up to the next level as in ascension etc

[Elly]

Yeah that's what i was implying,if you follow the books advice you have a better chance of moving on up to the next level as in ascension etc

Gotcha after seeing the thanks. Sorry, my misunderstanding.

[dddanieljjjamesss]

I'm all for accepting responsibility for my actions, but I dont see how we can change anything without becoming the overbearing 'fascist' or being labeled 'idealist'. I do hope ascension is real, but all I can do for now, to play the game, is try to lead by example of a positive outlook, and let others take it for what they will.


Playing the game is taking on both sides of the coin. Everything is disinformation. The truth nuggets are concealed behind lies. We do what we can to balance but the solution isn't polarized. You can't live only in the light.

Either way your strategy of positive outlook is still meme-spreading, and the transfer of *information* is the most important aspect if we are going to consider playing this game at all.

Now, I would argue that simply being positive is not enough. I see so many here, when confronted with a truly amazing idea that has potential to change the way things are, sitting around saying (basically) nothing new and residing in the land of doubt, perfectly perched on the fence. But I guess that is why each of the players has their own opportunity to play the game in their fashion... I aim for a more direct, in the face approach to this.

Which is why when discussing the "rules" of the game, I can't say that we can keep this confined to a "board," sub or otherwise.

Game is a way of life. We are never NOT playing, and THIS is the meme that must be realized and communicated, so I think we should stop discussing "where" and "what" the game is, because it should be completely obvious that HERE and NOW are the answers. Better would be to discuss the HOW, and I am all in favor of rampant meme spreading, and reclaiming the mental landscape for the individual.

Graffiti, protest, music, art, blogging, twittering, BEING THE IDEA on EVERY platform available to us. We will use the tools they use against us, their corporate Sigils, subliminals, and other forms of subversive mind control magick & devices.

Yet our intent is not to subvert for to control, but to subvert in order to set free. At least, that is the path of CELL23.

[Peace of Mind]

Life, itself is the ultimate test. Most (if not all) of the negativity in the world exists because we have been conditioned to accept it since childhood. We are here to learn how to love and evolve. In simple...as humans, individuals with the school supplies known as Free Will can do anything imaginable…and without having to hurt someone or thing to get it. The more love you use in your daily interactivities the more powerful you become. Negative ways will eventually weaken you and leave you in a lonely depressing funk.

There are always choices for you to make. The bad is not only there so you can recognize the good, but mainly to test you/ your soul/ your spirit. What better way to know if someone is truly righteous, caring, prolific, or supportive? People will always expose their true nature when giving free will to do so. I just think most people are too caught up in negative pleasures and subconsciously find it very hard to give it up. When you have to look hard for excuses to justify why you have to harm some one/thing to get what you think you need…you may be under severe mind control. Every decision you make will be a testament to ones character. We are only here for a minute (according to universal time), but most of the masses are acting like they will be here for eternity and are not willing to sacrifice their minor temporary WANTS for the over due NEEDS of the whole… this is where we fail in almost every thing we do. We make/take things way too personal, therefore making everything way too differcult.

Weighing thy heart with a feather...

Peace

[Hiram]

Not so much surrender, as realising that it is -just- a game, and in doing so realising that the outcome of the game is ultimately unimportant.. Part of the mechanism for control of the game that the PTW have created is the idea that the outcome of the game is vitally, that you must spend all your time and energy in getting everything right, and that if you get it wrong then, at the end of the game, the score-keeper is going to somehow give you a royal arse-kicking for doing so.
In saying this, you still need to make sure you respect the other players on the board.

There is a reason why Jesus said "Be ye as little children" : They play the game, have fun in doing so, and don't particularly mind making mistakes...

I would have to say, yes it is indeed about surrender that is precisely half of the grand trick. Mankind has his own personal will, and the will of the universe around him to contend with.

I argue that to ultimately succeed mankind must align his will with that of the universe. He must surrender his own will, completely----yet here is the rub. If he surrenders his own will, he dies.

Be as the lilies of the field... You hear this and you say: How can we possibly do that? We need to make shelter, we need to gather food!

You are at war with your own fate.

How can you surrender? How can you return to the forest? How can you once again stop this war with nature and fate?

Thats the 64 thousand dollar question. Mankind must re-learn to reconcile the radiant world of the spirit with the every day life-and-death struggles of physicality. Thats what overcoming death is. Manifesting the fact that death--or what we perceive as death--has no power over you.

Many ancient cultures had much of this figured out. The Egyptians, the Vedic peoples of India. Much of the wisdom has been completely lost though.

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I see your point... It's mostly about "going with the flow" - usually you find that what you want and what the universe wants for you are the same anyway, the main thing is not trying to push things too much and just glide with the energies, then EVERYTHING falls into place. This has happened to me so many times I think I've learnt it... but we're soooooo used to pushing things....:(