Cosmologia Ludica8 Sep 2023

Episode 8: Profane Play

What is this profane play that I keep speaking of? You, dear reader, dearest play worshipper, must know of this most of all lest you get lost on your path towards divine worship. Most of the things we call “play” in our modern Western world can be considered blasphemous or profane. However, blasphemous play is not really “offensive” in the way that traditional blasphemy is offensive. The God of Play does not take offense in any serious way. The God of Play meets all offense with a smirk and playful, encouraging gestures. For the God of Play, all offense is itself a game. In this sense, blasphemous play isn’t really play. It is something else disguised as play. But then why call it blasphemous? For something to be an offense towards a God it must have some power against this God. Blasphemous play steers potential worshippers away from the divine path. It diverts attention away from divine worship. Blasphemous play reduces humanity’s attention and focus on the God of Play; however, it does not directly damage or injure the God. Therefore, let us merely call this type of play profane play, and not name this play blasphemy, for blasphemy must always offend, and the God of Play is most certainly not offended. We shall define profane play as that which is play, but not divine. And now we begin the hunt for qualifications of false play, qualifications that divine play has that profane play doesn’t have.

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Episode 24: Finding Divine Play: A Vipassana Story

At first it may seem unclear how Vipassana meditation is connected to divine play. However, upon arriving at the conclusion of this story its connection becomes quite clear. This manuscript represents...

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Episode 23: Infinite and Finite Games, An Exegesis

James Carse wrote a definitive book on play called, “Finite and Infinite Games.” The book explains how life is composed of two differ- ent kinds of games – finite and infinite. The basic difference be...

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Episode 22: A Meditation for Thinking with Others

The following is an extract taken from a meditative play manual. In the complete manuscript, this manual describes meditations for various forms of play: musical, imagistic, felt, embodied. This parti...

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Episode 21: Amidah for Divine Play

The Amidah (Hebrew: העמידה) is one of the most important prayers in Jewish liturgy. It is sometimes simply called hatefila (התפילה) or the prayer. This text represents a highly revised version of the ...

8 Sep 202314min

Episode 20: Resistances: The Darkest Darkness

Inside of you lies your darkest darkness – a darkness even greater than fear. Fear is typically some sort of external threat, some- thing that may end your life, or a thing that brings about great tor...

8 Sep 202317min

Episode 19: Resistances: Darkness

Darkness is upon me. It is here, in the room. Everything is weighty and hard. So weighty, so hard, so challenging. Such weight and heaviness. Heavy heavy heavy. Oh God of Play, where are you? Where ha...

8 Sep 202315min

Episode 18: Resistances: Combat

Say I enter into play with a plan – to win, to prove that capitalism is evil, to play in A minor, to eliminate a disease, to cut down a tree. In each of these, divine play is cut off, negated, and not...

8 Sep 202314min

Episode 17: Resistances: Certainty

You are certain. You say something and what you say has a tone of absolute finality. “Oh actually this is the way things are.” How can one play with such certainty? Play is responsiveness. So then wha...

8 Sep 20235min