How
we play,how we recreate, how we enjoy ourselves when not performing
worldly duties, is dictated by this field of living. This is
how we like to “hang out”, either with ourselves or others.
It is what we do when we have no ther responsibilities to perform.
It also indicates our overall level of creativity.This field of living
also determines our relationship with children (our own or others).
The word “recreation” suggests that play
is neccessary to help us restore and regenerate our psychological
faculties and physical energies. If we used our spiritual nature
more effectively, we would not need so much time for play; we would
not take everything so seriously and get burned out pursuing goals
in such a driven way. However, we live in a materialistic society
where people “compete for turf”, and, in the process of
doing so, get very tired. Thus, a great need for play arises. But
tired people have an overall awareness which is also tired or dull,
and, consequently, such people often lack creativity. They make mistakes
in how they play: they drink too much or play too hard and, as a result,
incur more stress through an activity which was supposed to relieve
stress!
One reason we must learn the art of play is so we can
raise our children well. A good parent can enter the world
of children through a proper sense of play. When we are unable to
play effectively, then there is no safety valve for releasing the
constant stress to which the body is subjected to and stores in the
nervous system during the course of a week, month or year. This imbalance
in the field of creative play can seriously damage our quest for happy,
healthy longevity, just as imbalances in any of the other seven fields
of living can do so.
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