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SerenityFern's avatar

This overt gamification of life becomes more obvious and in your face day by day. Earn points for this chocolate cake, 10 more points before you unlock 20% to buy more stuff you don't really need, refer a friend for double points. I've bought into it because who doesn't like to get money off stuff but sometimes I do think what is this bs game I'm getting sucked into?

The young ones seem hardwired to think in points as rewards and punishments, even learning itself is gamified. This race to get to the next level is exhausting and distracting from just being and meeting your needs in a wholesome, holistic and meaningful way.

Thanks, Caitlin, for your thought provoking work and the gentle nudges towards individual and collective awakening.

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Philip Mollica's avatar

Nicely stated - it's interesting how language is the first degree of disassociation. When humans see a tree, they immediately think "tree," and their evaluation and consideration ends.

They don't "see" or "feel" the lifeforce of the tree, the proximity to their home, the tree's longer lifespan, or what the tree's purpose is.

We don't connect with things - we label, categorize, determine something's relative value to us or our lives, and dismiss.

This is expressed in extreme in what you have labeled "the game." A complete disassociation from our world in lieu of everything's supposed value or lack thereof.

Amazing then, that when we slow down, and begin to be more present within our moments, the miracles of life on this physical plane begin to expose themselves to us. Or more succinctly, we begin to notice what was always being offered to us.

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