Guest guest Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 This game we play it's a lot like checkers. But instead of pieces we put our concepts on the board. The object of the game is to capture all of your opponent's pieces. Since your concept of self is your most important piece, the game can get very personal. Your opponent may use sarcasm, innuendos, and ad hominen attacks to throw you off balance. Unlike checkers it is not the player who ends up with more pieces who really wins, but the one left with none. This is not widely known, most players believe acquiring is the only way to win. This is a handicap for clever people because the smarter they are the more concepts they'll have, and the more sophisticated their protection strategists will be. And protect they will, even when they know that to win is to lose. It's not a popular game, most games end in a tie. Sometimes players play, for days, even weeks without a victory. Spectators drift away in boredom, and are replaced by new ones. Brilliant people play for years, become experts, and are consider masters, despite the fact that they end all their games with their concepts intact, while some idiots leave the game laughing having lost all their concepts to a smarter opponent. It's a strange game, this game we play. Best wishes, Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 Nisargadatta , " seesaw1us " <seesaw1us> wrote: > This game we play it's a lot like checkers. But instead of pieces we > put our concepts on the board. The object of the game is to capture > all of your opponent's pieces. Since your concept of self is your > most important piece, the game can get very personal. Your opponent > may use sarcasm, innuendos, and ad hominen attacks to throw you off > balance. > > Unlike checkers it is not the player who ends up with more pieces > who really wins, but the one left with none. This is not widely > known, most players believe acquiring is the only way to win. This is > a handicap for clever people because the smarter they are the more > concepts they'll have, and the more sophisticated their protection > strategists will be. And protect they will, even when they know that > to win is to lose. > > It's not a popular game, most games end in a tie. Sometimes players > play, for days, even weeks without a victory. Spectators drift away > in boredom, and are replaced by new ones. Brilliant people play for > years, become experts, and are consider masters, despite the fact > that they end all their games with their concepts intact, while some > idiots leave the game laughing having lost all their concepts to a > smarter opponent. It's a strange game, this game we play. It's an old game, Pete and not so strange, I guess. Hermann Hesse wrote a book about it, " Das Glasperlenspiel " , an enjoyable reading. Don't know what's the titel in English. regards sk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 Nisargadatta , " skoggman " <skoggman> wrote: > Nisargadatta , " seesaw1us " <seesaw1us> > wrote: > > This game we play it's a lot like checkers. But instead of pieces > we > > put our concepts on the board. The object of the game is to > capture > > all of your opponent's pieces. Since your concept of self is your > > most important piece, the game can get very personal. Your > opponent > > may use sarcasm, innuendos, and ad hominen attacks to throw you > off > > balance. > > > > Unlike checkers it is not the player who ends up with more pieces > > who really wins, but the one left with none. This is not widely > > known, most players believe acquiring is the only way to win. This > is > > a handicap for clever people because the smarter they are the more > > concepts they'll have, and the more sophisticated their protection > > strategists will be. And protect they will, even when they know > that > > to win is to lose. > > > > It's not a popular game, most games end in a tie. Sometimes > players > > play, for days, even weeks without a victory. Spectators drift > away > > in boredom, and are replaced by new ones. Brilliant people play > for > > years, become experts, and are consider masters, despite the fact > > that they end all their games with their concepts intact, while > some > > idiots leave the game laughing having lost all their concepts to > a > > smarter opponent. It's a strange game, this game we play. > > > > It's an old game, Pete and not so strange, I guess. Hermann Hesse > wrote a book about it, " Das Glasperlenspiel " , an enjoyable reading. > Don't know what's the titel in English. > > > regards > sk Hi sk. " The Bead Game. " Hess was a great writer. His books are beautifully written, but his philosophical message I find too watered down. The game depicted in the book is more a mystical and scholarly exercise than Dharma combat. But the book is worth reading like all his books. Thanks for the input, Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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