The universe is a panoramic stage. Life is God’s play: a divine sport of pure joyousness, freedom, and spontaneity. “Leela” (from the Sanskrit, meaning sport or play) or divine play is a central doctrine in Indian philosophy. Although creation is the outcome of the divine play, it is not directed toward any goal, and this “purposeless purpose” is a central attribute of Leela. We are all players in this game of life. We have our entrances and exits, and from the moment we are born, we script our lives in ways that become self-fulfilling prophecies. Trapped in our unconscious life plans, we lose connection with our core—the joyous, spontaneous Self of which we are but individuated sparks.
How can we alter our life’s journey and reclaim our lost treasure by rewriting our scripts with awareness? How do we journey toward authenticity and autonomy, realizing that the journey is as important as the destination, a purposeless purpose in which joy is being and we sing and dance through life because that is the Way of the Soul?
We as players need to take full responsibility for learning, growing, and evolving as we play our roles as educators, counselors, organizational consultants/employees, therapists, parents, children, siblings, and so on.