Enjoy the Game of Life

When children play basketball you have probably observed for yourself that the attitude of some kids pretty much determines the outcome. If you just wander around and worry about the mistakes you might make, you will lose the precious opportunities to make the winning shot. If you are not 100 percent committed to the game, if you don't participate in the flow of the game, you won’t feel the excitement, the strength, joy, or the pain. Your mind is holding you back and you end up feeling bored and annoyed in the end.

Life is like a never-ending game. The way you feel about it depends largely on how much you participate in the games. The nice thing is that you can always change your mind about it. So for example, you can just choose not to cater to the worries that plaque your mind and take the winning shot no matter what. Your mind holds you back from enjoying life, but you can do something about it.

Women tend to worry, men tend to go out and hunt the game. Worries are the one end of the spectrum, aggressiveness is the other. Think of Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods how they went out out and defeated their opponents with lots of skill but even more will-power. Sure, you can play a game that way too and it is a lot of fun when you hold the trophy in your hand and are admired by others, but is it also fun when you experience your off-hours, or when you have to torture your body to have that little physical edge over the fellow next door? All-star pro players are the mirror image of the timid basketball player from the beginning. The ego can worry or it can go out to grab limited resources from others. The game of life can be played that way, but there is a much nicer version for you to embrace.

Along the Tao resources are abundant. The fear of losing is non-sensical because all you ever can do is to create. The idea of grabbing stuff from others is as meaningless because in our game of life the interaction with your soul siblings creates the abundance. "Economics", the discipline of distributing limited resources doesn't exist where we play our game. You have everything always - and so have your soul siblings - so there is nothing to distribute. Heaven on earth exist but to live there you have to leave your ego behind. You may ask, so how exactly do I do that? Well, there is only one way and that is to always, always go for the winning shot no matter how much the worry worm in your head disagrees. Meanwhile you let the Tao demonstrate to you that you and your soul siblings live in an abundant world. If you always show up rain or shine, sooner or later it dawns on you that you are just participating in a fun, creative and loving world. 

Put your worries behind because you are well taken care off and understand that competition and aggressiveness is meaningless. Take the cues from life and join because wherever the Daughter of God is walking, people are connected, they create and they care for each other. Be playful, be yourself and enjoy the game. See for yourself the beauty of the game of life.

By Christian and Su Zhen