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One of the greatest lessons about the nature of the universe I learned playing video games.
For as long as I can remember, when I played a game I always set it to 'Casual/Easy' mode. There was never any challenge. I seemed to be playing simply to finish the game not realizing that playing the game was supposed to be fun, and that the fun is in the challenge.
Life on 'casual/easy' mode is, in a word, boring.
Racing through each moment only to get to the next moment where, following the pattern of behavior, I simply was trying to get to the next moment; all the while never actually being in the present moment.
Playing the game of life is not about winning, losing, and certainly not about finishing.
Now I'm just playing, and it's fantastic.
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E C H O
I am the echo of my doing.
When there is only doing and no echo
There is no me.
When there is ceaseless echo
There is too much me.
Is doing and not knowing I am doing it
Worth doing at all?
Is hearing nothing but the echo of doing
Worth doing at all.
When I speak
It is silent.
When I am silent
It speaks.
I am the reflection on the glass
When looking at the world
Through the window.
When I see the world
I don't see me.
And when I see me
I don't see the world.
When I see
I see it.
When it sees
It sees me.
The Last Temptation of the Buddha
This is my favorite depiction and pose of the Buddha.
The story surrounding it is akin to Christ's temptation in the wilderness by Satan. Swap Siddhartha Gautama for Jesus and Mara for Satan and it's basically the same'ish story with a very important difference.
In the biblical story, Jesus is tempted for forty days and nights by the most evil being in existence; doing its damnedest to convince Jesus to renounce his throne and bow down to Satan and all the world will be his. Juxtaposed to the Buddha story we have Siddhartha – a prince himself like Jesus – sitting under a tree meditating, with Mara – a 'demon
I'm done.
I don't think I'll be an artist anymore.
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It depends on your level of interest, I suppose. Some games, like Tomb Raider, I merely played for the impressive location visuals. Other's, like Mortal Kombat, I would play in easy mode just to see all the extra crap people were hyping (like Reptile). Other games, Like Mario Lost levels or Punch-Out, were just too damned tough to finish so I lost my enthusiasm to continue playing. So I suppose my experience is a little different. I mean, games like Killer Instinct 2 require you to get through one step after another to reach an end goal but the increasing toughness requires you to strain your abilities (at least that was my experience) to the point that it stops being fun (I destroyed a PC game controller on that one, FYI).
So I guess my point is that the objective is different depending on the circumstance. Some things you have to do on casual/easy mode because your skill set wont allow you to do them any other way despite the massive effort you've given to improve said skills...
So I guess my point is that the objective is different depending on the circumstance. Some things you have to do on casual/easy mode because your skill set wont allow you to do them any other way despite the massive effort you've given to improve said skills...