Day 18 - Life is Not a Game
As always read these out loud otherwise it'll just be a mind game with no real physical power behind it
The past few days I've been writing about game theory and the fact that Life is not a game. We have enslaved ourselves into believing the game, believing the more money I make, the better my survival chances, the more shit I can buy blah blah blah
Fuck that.
I realize I can enjoy LIFE, the wonderful things that are here, YET I do not need to fall into the trap of the game
I can clarify who I am in each moment.
I forgive myself that I have not accepted and allow myself to realize there are two types of games according to game theory, there are infinite games and finite games
An infinite game is where the rules are vague and there is no clear end. The goal is to continue playing the game.
Example - being healthy or having a great relationship - the goal is to keep expanding it. There is no end point per se.
I find a game is where there is clear rules in a clear end , clear winning, and losing
Example - sports, political campaigns - the goal is to win and defeat your opponent
Within this...
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allow myself to not realize that changing the system to make it best for all is actually an infinite game because even upon changing the system, there will be factors at play that require the principle of prevention to be adopted where we can be proactive and ensuring the system stays the best it can be, ever expanding
For example - we create systems so effective we ensure every child is rescued from sex trafficking. The principle of prevention is that we create a system so effective that we ensure no child is ever sold into sex trafficking again. We never regress back.
I forgive myself that I had accepted and allowed myself to not realize that my brain and mind had been hardwired for goal-seeking, which can be labeled as a game, yet doesn't need to be. Where the goal/reward/punishment system can be released, and principle can be the baseline I live by
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself did not realize that the gamification of our society has poisoned our minds into seeking reward and attempting to avoid punishment, creating a wake of destruction
I forgive myself that I’ve not accepted and allow myself to realize that the only real reward is the expansion of the principle of what is best for all as life - that is the reward in itself. It is the journey and the destination, and once realized this is better than any 'winning of any game'
I forgive myself that I’ve not accepted and allow myself to realize that there is a time in place for games and it’s able to be fun, yet the starting point within each moment, no matter what I do, the starting point is what matters
When and as I notice myself participating in the dichotomy of win versus lose, I will stop and I will breathe
I realize that in life - valid action is one that supports all of life winning
I realize that any time I harm another I harm myself and limit myself
I realize that game theory, well it sounds clever, is a justification pattern of separation and it is just a theory
I realize that to take game theory to its common sense conclusion would actually mean that a win win-win is required, call it enlightened self interest, which implies you actually care about what is best for all life because you realize fundamentally that you are part of everything there is no separation
I realize that human nature can change through self forgiveness, self commitment, and aligning ones vocabulary and principles to what is best for all
I realize that this journey will take time and it is worth it
I realize that I can use my brain and mind, my reward/punishment system I was programmed with, to use it to transcend it
I realize that I must stop the war within if I want to see world peace
I realize that to create true prosperity for all we must re-envision how we relate to each other, and how we relate to ourselves WITHIN ourselves
I commit myself to play my role in creating the best world starting with myself yet equal, and one influencing those around me to unite in principle
I commit myself to redefine game theory as the constant dedication to find the 1+1 win win win solutions as life and that counts as a point and I will enjoy the dopamine/reward of getting points for this, but I don’t do it because the dopamine it’s just a nice outflow AS I transcend the old systems within me
I commit myself to change the system so that it honors what is best for our life realizing that this is the infinite game, able to last forever in eternal expansion when done correctly
I commit myself to expose every last part of myself that cares about my self interest over what is best for all, and to correct every last program so I can be a living example of the world I want to see
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