Secrets From the Ages

Chapter 7

How are things going?

Things are always going according to the choices that the Player has made. He has arrived at his situation in life, not because of what has happened to him, nor even how he was brought up, but only because of the choices that he has made. Of course, how he was brought up and his education is going to have a great influence on his choices. No doubt. But the fact remains, his choices have gotten him to any situation in which he finds himself.

You may ask, "But what about the man who was born crippled? How did his choices cause him to be a cripple?" All men have lived before. One chooses a body that he knows he deserves. There really is no God that is so mean that he would start some people off blind, and others off crippled, and others with AIDS. One of the worst things that one might say or think is that a baby is responsible for his having arrived in his terrible condition or in a terrible situation. But the fact is, he is there because of his choices.

That doesn't mean we blame a baby for being there. There is no such thing as blame. He's there. He's playing that game. And we can be playing the game of helping him, if that is our situation. It will be a few years before the baby will again be totally responsible for his situation. He chose a situation and condition and now he has to put up with it. But still he is there because of his choices.

His first choice was to play the game. As long as he remains in this universe, his choices will determine his conditions. But how are things really going? The Player is always succeeding at the particular DRAMA that he wants. Things are secretly going his way. It doesn't matter what it is, if it is happening, that is what the Player is creating and secretly what he wants. If the Player believes that it is DRAMATIC to teach himself lessons he will do that. If that is what he thinks he deserves, that is the DRAMA he will create.

On the other hand there are Players who think it is DRAMATIC to have fun, and they do have fun. Actually teaching oneself lessons is pretty far down on the chart. The only thing lower is becoming a slave and joining some church or cult, or going into hiding. The Player may complain and cry about what is happening to him, but secretly he believes that it is very DRAMATIC. Discuss anyone's life with him, and eventually you will see that he feels that it is very DRAMATIC.

Can things be changed? The Player's decisions are always senior to Rule #5, that all things must have a cause. The player can make a better life when he decides to, and he needs no other criteria. You can see this happening with drunks, druggies, and those with other problems in life. When the drunk really hits bottom and he really believes that things can get no worse, all of a sudden you will find him straightening up and finding a new life.

Of course, one does not have to hit bottom to change his life, many people do change their lives when they just decide to do so. Sometimes a person will change his life while being helped by a therapist, but more on that later. The Player's basic consideration about his life. A Player always considers his case, and his life to be DRAMATIC.

Those that say that their lives are not DRAMATIC are merely DRAMATIZING that they have an un-DRAMATIC life, that they are so undeserving, or that their life is DRAMATICLY uneventful. Again it's the Player's past coupled with his education that determines what he considers DRAMATIC. If a Player does not think that his life is DRAMATIC he will change his life.

Who must be satisfied that the DRAMA is correct? The Player plays the game of DRAMA secretly for himself. Only his opinion of his life counts. When he leaves the game he is the only one that he must satisfy that he played a good game. Only he judges himself. Outside the universe there is no penalty. All the penalties are in the game. All penalties of life are imposed on the Player by himself. No one else can. Only the Player decides if he played correctly and created the correct amount of DRAMA.

There is one rule that the player is the most strict with himself about, always, and that is the rule to "maintain integrity in imposing penalties." In imposing any reward or penalty the player always observes integrity to the ultimate. His opinion of himself and his position in the game always depends upon integrity. If he lets his desire for power or sex or money or his emotions lead him astray there is always a penalty. It is always imposed on himself by himself.

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