- In the Dentist Office - wherein
I discover the Inner Playground: (mp3)
- The Inner Playground -
defined
- My Inner Inner City
- My Own Private Hollywood
- Part Two: Games for the Inner Player
- Freeze Tag
- Mother May I
- Simon Says
- Part Three: Building an Inner Playground
- The Inner Seesaw
- My Inner Swingset
- Part Four: Introducing Serious and Silly
- Serious and Silly (mp3)
- Kick the Can
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As wonderful as it is to have a whole mind to play
with, sometimes it helps to have a small, fenced-in place to play
in – a private, very personal space designed specifically
for playing with which ever of my selves happen to drop by. Sometimes,
even games won’t work. They take too much organizing, they
make me think too much. Sometimes I just need something to play
with, something where I can take myselves for a ride, something
like a see saw or swing set.
Having these around allows for a particularly meditative kind
of play, where myselves can reflect and relax, listen and loosen,
play and be played with.
This part of the inner playground is in a deeper, more protected
part of my psychological geography. If you want to come there with
me, you first need to put yourself in a place where your body is
safe and you can lie back and close your eyes and let you mind
drift along, without worry, without attention, without interruption.
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