The Cosmic Game Of Life Part 2

Here are the basic rules to The Cosmic Game Of Life. For those of you who have not read The Cosmic Game of Life Part 1 just click on the link; it is a short read. For those of you who have here are the basic rules to the game.

RULES OF THE COSMIC GAME OF LIFE

1. This is just a game.

THIS IS JUST A GAME! When playing this game, the most important rule we need to remember is that this is just a game .

2. Don't get attached to one particular outcome. Remain open to all that there is...

Do not become attached to one particular outcome but remain open all possibilities. It is our attachment to a particular outcome that causes us a great deal of suffering. Especially, if things do not turn out the way we want them too. But when we allow ourselves to remain open to all possibilities our world becomes infinite!

3. Speak with integrity- say only what you mean and do what you say you are going to do.

Being in integrity with oneself is more than just being impeccable with your word or adhering to moral and ethical principles. It is about living your life from a place of authenticity. Please read post "My thoughts on Integrity" for deep explanation of integrity.

4. Be truly present for another as you would truly want them to be present with you.

To truly listen requires us to listen without formulating our next move. Because when are formulating a rebuttal we are not truly listening. Listen requires our full attention as so we do not miss all the nuances that are available in our communication.


5. Be accountable for your actions.

Accountability is the state of being accountable, liable, or answerable. When we own our own actions we can move powerfully through life. But when discard our actions we become immobilized.

6. Recognize that all of your challenges in life that you are presented with are opportunities for growth and development.

There is a tendency for us to look at challenges as failure, hardship or misfortunes. This is truly not the case. Instead life challenges are opportunities for us to arise to the occasion and work through our emotions that limit our thinking and actions. When we are able to master these challenges than we will be able to incorporate what we have learned into our lives. There are two responses we can have to challenges: we can be open to them or we can resist our opportunity to grow and whichever one you choose will determine the size of the challenge and the degree of the conflict/struggle you will experience.


7. Forgive mistakes and transgression.

By holding on to transgression and/or mistakes we take ourselves out of the game. When take ourselves out of the game we close ourselves off to the infinite possibilities that exist around us.


8. Work through all situation in a harmonious way.

As we play this game, work through all situations in a harmonious way. As different situations present themselves we need to approach them from a harmonious place; a place of center. What I mean by center is being open to all the possibilities without any preconceived notions about how something should be.

What I have notices is when we are not coming from a place of harmony we enter into a death match between the object or person who we feel is in the way of us achieving our goal(s). We will defend ourselves to the very end at all cost.

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These rules will require continuous practice before they will become second nature.