Secrets from the Ages

Chapter 3

  The Secret Name of the Universe

This name of the Universe has been held secret for so long that it seems unreasonable that it should ever come to light. This secret like many of the secrets of this universe sits out in plain sight. It should not have been missed for such a long time, but it has been. The name of this Universe is also the secret name of all of the games of this universe and the secret is held in every mind here. The value of knowing this secret cannot be measured in dollars and cents, but the value is great.

So let me tell you. The secret name of this Universe is “DRAMA.” That is the basis of every game in this Universe and that is the goal of every game. This goal is senior to all other goals in the games of life and all other goals in life. Deep within the mind is the command to create DRAMA. The Player uses his mind to compute answers he feels will make him win the games in which he is involved, but the fact that has never been revealed to him is that the goal of any game is to create DRAMA. He does not realize that all computations given to him from his mind are influenced by the unsuspected command to create DRAMA. While the Player is seeking too win a game, he is computing with a mind that is created to produce the most DRAMA from the game. That’s what this Universe is for, creating “DRAMA.” This purpose is senior to all other purposes, as DRAMA is what creates the greatest Emotion.

You could imagine this universe as a big ball and on the outside of this ball is a giant sign that says, “DRAMA.” There might be other universes with different names and different games, but we only know of this one.

Definition: The word DRAMA has several definitions in the dictionary. The definition that is given, “Strikingly Vivid,” is the definition that we refer to here in this Chapter.

At this point the student often says, “Oh, I’m not trying to be DRAMATIC. I’m just doing my thing.” It has been our experience to observe many people who claimed they are not trying for DRAMA, but what we always see is someone who is trying very hard to create DRAMA. One of the more DRAMATIC things is to be a humble peasant toiling in the fields. Then, of course, the field is burned or otherwise destroyed, and the peasant’s family starves or some other similar thing happens, it’s very DRAMATIC, at least to those to whom it is happening. Another DRAMATIC thing is to live a simple life that is totally UNDRAMATIC. One can then talk endlessly about how nothing every happens to him. Or one lives a totally simple life one lifetime and the next one is completely the opposite. Or one lives as a peasant his whole lifetime, but who can say that is not DRAMATIC? To a person who lived as a King before that might just be very DRAMATIC.

Look at the direction TV commercials have taken. They almost always go for DRAMA. The louder, the more boisterous, the greater the hand motions, the higher they jump, the more DRAMATIC that they can be, the better. But then, so do all of the other programs go for DRAMA. The Children’s programs really go for DRAMA. The more DRAMATIC anything can be said, the better children like it. Humor is often based on the idea that some situation is DRAMATIC or pretended to be DRAMATIC. From watching children playing in the back yard to listening to the neighbor lady tell about her operations, you will always see the effort to be DRAMATIC.

Above all else the Player seeks joy. The joy in playing the games of this universe. The Players seek to create DRAMA in the game. This DRAMA brings about joy. If not joy then fun, if not fun then enthusiasm, and so forth as it has already been mentioned. In all games at all levels of integrity right up to the moment of dying the Player seeks to create DRAMA in the particular game of life that he is playing. From the old lady hobbling along with her walker to the young guys jumping out of airplanes, they all are seeking to create DRAMA in their games.

This is not to say that winning at whatever business or game in life that you are doing is not the best idea. Winning is the best idea, and anyone who gets the idea that failing in a business is more DRAMATIC than winning should seek to change his mind about that. The problem is each person has his own hidden belief in, and understanding about, what is DRAMATIC. So look carefully at what you are doing, and be careful that you are not creating DRAMA rather than winning. Stop and observe if you are doing things logically, or are you making a bunch of mistakes and refusing to admit it or refusing to confront your mistakes? Look closely. Move carefully until you are certain that you can win.

But this is not yet the whole story. Go on to chapter four and see what is the basic first lie of this universe.

Go to Chapter Four.

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