Spiritual Life: The Eternal Game - Part II

The Goal of the Game

Most people know and understand the ultimate goal of the game of spiritual life: to progressively grow into oneness with God and ultimately return to our source of life. That’s pretty much a no brainer.

This is where we need to look at the journey of spiritual life as a game. Just as in a game, we keep the ultimate goal of “arriving” at the finish line in the back of our minds, thus “winning” the game. But, we have to give our full attention to the level of the game which we are in at the moment in order to successfully maneuver through that particular level and progress to the next. If we focus too intently on the ultimate goal and don’t give proper attention to the level at hand, we may end up “in jail”, “loose a turn”, or even “go back three spaces”.

However, if we grasp the potential and take advantage of the opportunities which exist all around us throughout this life then we have the possibility to “jump ahead”, “find extra tools and powers”, or “level up”. Our individual game experience depends on our individual choices made along the progression of the game.

Also, the more knowledge we acquire of how to play the game, the more benefits we can glean along the way and carry them along with us for use in other levels. Sometimes, further levels cannot be successfully completed unless we have these benefits. Thus, we have to return to past levels in order to acquire these helpful "items".

I have been passionately pursuing spiritual knowledge and experience for over 30 years of my life. I noticed that about 15 years ago an explosion in rapid growth for the masses began. Before that point, I couldn’t talk of such things that we are discussing today because they just were not accepted by the majority. However, since that time, a growing freedom of expressing and accepting such ideas has blossomed and bloomed. I can now talk about such things with people I newly meet on the streets!

We are living in an amazing time at this point of the game because our “earth plane” is preparing to take a quantum leap into another higher level. I tend to look at it as an experience in the game of Sorry. In this game, if you land on a specific square then you “slide” forward, bypassing several spaces. It can also be compared to receiving a “Proceed to GO” card in Monopoly.

I believe that humanity is nearing such a point in its journey. If we can come together in one consciousness enough to maneuver to that particular point then a great many of us will bypass numerous “normal” steps of spiritual evolution and catapult ahead to newer and more exciting experiences.

Keeping the goal in mind of progressing to oneness with the being of God, we should capitalize on the present energies that are being made available in this stage of the game in order to make great strides together along the journey.