Embracing Death
One of the most important powers I believe we have as human beings is the power to walk away from a situation or "game" that is not predisposed to support our values. There are many games available in the universe to play, and some of them are not congruent with where we wish to go at this time. In the physical world, everything can be looked at from a "game" lens. A game is simply a form of play that begins with a definite objective and a relationship to the obstacles which preclude it. There is inherent tension in the physical world (obstacles) as all expressio ns and form compete for attention, energy and space to exist. For some the game is that simple: "I want to be "me" in the face of everything else that says "be different" and I will reward you. Every biological eco-system and human power structure plays this game. As human beings, the world is a game with the objectives being to survive, be loved, accepted, respected, powerful and expressed. The rules of this game are defined by our physical laws, such as time, space, gravity and also by the human beings who shape the world around them. Many of the rules humans have defined for themselves over the past ten thousand years have established a playing field that is pre-disposed to pain . This pain take different forms for both the minority and majority. Human beings have spent a majority of their existence in fear, pain, guilt, anxiety and rage, with the beauty of the human spirit continually pushing to peak out as a sun obscured by clouds. For many life has been and continues to be a very painful game.As a highly sensitive person with the ability to pick up others emotions and thoughts, this is not only a theory but a visceral experience. As I scan people’s bodies and hearts, friction, stress, fatigue, grief and fear are quite evident to me, although I often feel powerless to respond directly to this in a world in which it is considered shameful to show pain. (That is one of those "rules" most people have agreed to play by that adds to the level of human suffering.) If I show what I am seeing , a stranger or an acquaintance is as likely to feel shame or anger than peace that I see and care about them. 