We live in a world filled with chaos.
Nothing seems the same after 9/11.
We are at war with one another.
Hatred abounds.
Terror reins.
People are dying.
We finally seem to have come to a consensus that global warming is a reality, yet we don’t have a comprehensive plan in place to address it.
We know that deforestation of rain forests will have a dramatic affect on the environment, but little is being done to stop to it.
We can barely bring ourselves to talk about sex, yet sex crimes are at an all time high.
What kind of mess are we leaving for our children and their children to clean up?
Is this the way it is going to be? Is this the way it has to be?
How did we end up in this situation?
Is there anything we can do to change it?
Is time is running out? Have we made so many mistakes along the way that it’s hopeless?
Are we even living our lives correctly? Maybe we have it all wrong. What if we have it backward? Maybe life on earth as we know it is not reality, but an illusion. If it is an illusion, is it like a game? If so, are we playing it correctly? If there are rules, wouldn’t it help to know what they are so we can play the game better?
The Game
Assume for a moment that before you were born you had a say in the kind of life you were going to experience—you had some influence in planning the circumstances that you would be born into. No matter what happened after you were born, you knew that you would return to a safe, warm and wonderful place that would accept you back as you were unconditionally. Would you behave differently as you went through life? Would you get as stressed out when “bad” things happen that you have no control over? If you lost your job and couldn’t pay the rent, would you feel better if you knew in the end it wouldn’t matter? Would it help to know that the pain is temporary and will not last for eternity?
If those were truly the rules and you could do anything you wanted on earth, it would really open things up. You could raise hell if you wanted to. No curfew, no accountability and no worries. No catches.
The Catch
There is a catch, of course. You are accountable for your actions. Accountability always has been and always will be there. That is why we find ourselves in the situation we are in. Not only is there accountability for actions, but also for every action there is a corresponding reaction. That is just how it works—and the sooner it’s understood the better.
We live on a wonderful planet that has finite space and resources. For millions of years it seemed so big it appeared almost infinite in its size and all that it had to offer. However, today the world’s population has reached numbers that are almost incomprehensible.
We are starting to recognize that there are people next to us. In fact there are lots of people next to us. We are bumping into each other in the grocery store, in movie lines and on freeways. We have to wait in line just about everywhere we go. Some people have started to ask what affect this is having on our unlimited resources. Maybe, just maybe, they are not as unlimited as we once thought.
Limited Resources
Our natural resources are limited and will not last forever at our current consumption rates. Although this book does not provide detailed statistics on when they will expire, considerable documentation available from other sources supports the premise that they will expire at some point in the near future.
If, in fact, this is a game we are playing and there are consequences for all of your actions, you need to understand what the rules are and the natural consequences of your actions. Then you’ll be better equipped to figure out what you should be doing to get yourself out of the situation you’re in.
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Nothing seems the same after 9/11.
We are at war with one another.
Hatred abounds.
Terror reins.
People are dying.
We finally seem to have come to a consensus that global warming is a reality, yet we don’t have a comprehensive plan in place to address it.
We know that deforestation of rain forests will have a dramatic affect on the environment, but little is being done to stop to it.
We can barely bring ourselves to talk about sex, yet sex crimes are at an all time high.
What kind of mess are we leaving for our children and their children to clean up?
Is this the way it is going to be? Is this the way it has to be?
How did we end up in this situation?
Is there anything we can do to change it?
Is time is running out? Have we made so many mistakes along the way that it’s hopeless?
Are we even living our lives correctly? Maybe we have it all wrong. What if we have it backward? Maybe life on earth as we know it is not reality, but an illusion. If it is an illusion, is it like a game? If so, are we playing it correctly? If there are rules, wouldn’t it help to know what they are so we can play the game better?
The Game
Assume for a moment that before you were born you had a say in the kind of life you were going to experience—you had some influence in planning the circumstances that you would be born into. No matter what happened after you were born, you knew that you would return to a safe, warm and wonderful place that would accept you back as you were unconditionally. Would you behave differently as you went through life? Would you get as stressed out when “bad” things happen that you have no control over? If you lost your job and couldn’t pay the rent, would you feel better if you knew in the end it wouldn’t matter? Would it help to know that the pain is temporary and will not last for eternity?
If those were truly the rules and you could do anything you wanted on earth, it would really open things up. You could raise hell if you wanted to. No curfew, no accountability and no worries. No catches.
The Catch
There is a catch, of course. You are accountable for your actions. Accountability always has been and always will be there. That is why we find ourselves in the situation we are in. Not only is there accountability for actions, but also for every action there is a corresponding reaction. That is just how it works—and the sooner it’s understood the better.
We live on a wonderful planet that has finite space and resources. For millions of years it seemed so big it appeared almost infinite in its size and all that it had to offer. However, today the world’s population has reached numbers that are almost incomprehensible.
We are starting to recognize that there are people next to us. In fact there are lots of people next to us. We are bumping into each other in the grocery store, in movie lines and on freeways. We have to wait in line just about everywhere we go. Some people have started to ask what affect this is having on our unlimited resources. Maybe, just maybe, they are not as unlimited as we once thought.
Limited Resources
Our natural resources are limited and will not last forever at our current consumption rates. Although this book does not provide detailed statistics on when they will expire, considerable documentation available from other sources supports the premise that they will expire at some point in the near future.
If, in fact, this is a game we are playing and there are consequences for all of your actions, you need to understand what the rules are and the natural consequences of your actions. Then you’ll be better equipped to figure out what you should be doing to get yourself out of the situation you’re in.
The Rule(s) of Our Game(s)
We live in a world filled with chaos.
Nothing seems the same after 9/11.
We are at war with one another.
Hatred abounds.
Terror reins.
People are dying.
We finally seem to have come to a consensus that global warming is a reality, yet we don’t have a comprehensive plan in place to address it.
We know that deforestation of rain forests will have a dramatic affect on the environment, but little is being done to stop to it.
We can barely bring ourselves to talk about sex, yet sex crimes are at an all time high.
What kind of mess are we leaving for our children and their children to clean up?
Is this the way it is going to be? Is this the way it has to be?
How did we end up in this situation?
Is there anything we can do to change it?
Is time is running out? Have we made so many mistakes along the way that it’s hopeless?
Are we even living our lives correctly? Maybe we have it all wrong. What if we have it backward? Maybe life on earth as we know it is not reality, but an illusion. If it is an illusion, is it like a game? If so, are we playing it correctly? If there are rules, wouldn’t it help to know what they are so we can play the game better?
The Game
Assume for a moment that before you were born you had a say in the kind of life you were going to experience—you had some influence in planning the circumstances that you would be born into. No matter what happened after you were born, you knew that you would return to a safe, warm and wonderful place that would accept you back as you were unconditionally. Would you behave differently as you went through life? Would you get as stressed out when “bad” things happen that you have no control over? If you lost your job and couldn’t pay the rent, would you feel better if you knew in the end it wouldn’t matter? Would it help to know that the pain is temporary and will not last for eternity?
If those were truly the rules and you could do anything you wanted on earth, it would really open things up. You could raise hell if you wanted to. No curfew, no accountability and no worries. No catches.
The Catch
There is a catch, of course. You are accountable for your actions. Accountability always has been and always will be there. That is why we find ourselves in the situation we are in. Not only is there accountability for actions, but also for every action there is a corresponding reaction. That is just how it works—and the sooner it’s understood the better.
We live on a wonderful planet that has finite space and resources. For millions of years it seemed so big it appeared almost infinite in its size and all that it had to offer. However, today the world’s population has reached numbers that are almost incomprehensible.
We are starting to recognize that there are people next to us. In fact there are lots of people next to us. We are bumping into each other in the grocery store, in movie lines and on freeways. We have to wait in line just about everywhere we go. Some people have started to ask what affect this is having on our unlimited resources. Maybe, just maybe, they are not as unlimited as we once thought.
Limited Resources
Our natural resources are limited and will not last forever at our current consumption rates. Although this book does not provide detailed statistics on when they will expire, considerable documentation available from other sources supports the premise that they will expire at some point in the near future.
If, in fact, this is a game we are playing and there are consequences for all of your actions, you need to understand what the rules are and the natural consequences of your actions. Then you’ll be better equipped to figure out what you should be doing to get yourself out of the situation you’re in.
Nothing seems the same after 9/11.
We are at war with one another.
Hatred abounds.
Terror reins.
People are dying.
We finally seem to have come to a consensus that global warming is a reality, yet we don’t have a comprehensive plan in place to address it.
We know that deforestation of rain forests will have a dramatic affect on the environment, but little is being done to stop to it.
We can barely bring ourselves to talk about sex, yet sex crimes are at an all time high.
What kind of mess are we leaving for our children and their children to clean up?
Is this the way it is going to be? Is this the way it has to be?
How did we end up in this situation?
Is there anything we can do to change it?
Is time is running out? Have we made so many mistakes along the way that it’s hopeless?
Are we even living our lives correctly? Maybe we have it all wrong. What if we have it backward? Maybe life on earth as we know it is not reality, but an illusion. If it is an illusion, is it like a game? If so, are we playing it correctly? If there are rules, wouldn’t it help to know what they are so we can play the game better?
The Game
Assume for a moment that before you were born you had a say in the kind of life you were going to experience—you had some influence in planning the circumstances that you would be born into. No matter what happened after you were born, you knew that you would return to a safe, warm and wonderful place that would accept you back as you were unconditionally. Would you behave differently as you went through life? Would you get as stressed out when “bad” things happen that you have no control over? If you lost your job and couldn’t pay the rent, would you feel better if you knew in the end it wouldn’t matter? Would it help to know that the pain is temporary and will not last for eternity?
If those were truly the rules and you could do anything you wanted on earth, it would really open things up. You could raise hell if you wanted to. No curfew, no accountability and no worries. No catches.
The Catch
There is a catch, of course. You are accountable for your actions. Accountability always has been and always will be there. That is why we find ourselves in the situation we are in. Not only is there accountability for actions, but also for every action there is a corresponding reaction. That is just how it works—and the sooner it’s understood the better.
We live on a wonderful planet that has finite space and resources. For millions of years it seemed so big it appeared almost infinite in its size and all that it had to offer. However, today the world’s population has reached numbers that are almost incomprehensible.
We are starting to recognize that there are people next to us. In fact there are lots of people next to us. We are bumping into each other in the grocery store, in movie lines and on freeways. We have to wait in line just about everywhere we go. Some people have started to ask what affect this is having on our unlimited resources. Maybe, just maybe, they are not as unlimited as we once thought.
Limited Resources
Our natural resources are limited and will not last forever at our current consumption rates. Although this book does not provide detailed statistics on when they will expire, considerable documentation available from other sources supports the premise that they will expire at some point in the near future.
If, in fact, this is a game we are playing and there are consequences for all of your actions, you need to understand what the rules are and the natural consequences of your actions. Then you’ll be better equipped to figure out what you should be doing to get yourself out of the situation you’re in.
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| BN ID: | 2940011838477 |
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| Publisher: | ROG, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 11/11/2010 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 34 KB |
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