If you happen to be in Woodacre, CA, this coming December (the 2nd, actually), you might consider attending this seminar - so you can meet, among others, Gwen Gordon, author of a quite profound and lightening article: Play: The Movement of Love. Here's a taste:

If we forget to play, we lose our love for life, and loving life is what will save our world, not fearing destruction. We’re desperate to be invited into our joy, into our energy source, the belly laugh, the burst of giggles, wild abundance, bright color and zest for life of play. The laughing Buddha is fat to show that even the most massive bulk can lift off the ground–with a big enough laugh. Laughter is the sound of play and a doorway into play. Right now, wherever you are, put this article down and laugh. Not because there’s anything funny going on, but because you’re free to laugh. It may seem awkward at first, but stretch into it. Get off your spot. You will discover that you can find ecstasy just by moving toward it. Play is the movement of love, and love is what moves the Universe. Never underestimate, especially during a time of crisis, the power of play to move the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever did.

Thanks to the amazing Bryan Alexander for the find.


from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith

Labels: playfulness, theory