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Bernie
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During the course of their working lives, most
people lose touch with the sources of their personal power. Through
guided self-study that taps deeply into the energies of enjoyment,
Bernie’s Journeys on the Playful Path open new channels
for bringing more success and satisfaction to our daily lives.
Thirty-five years ago, while developing a curriculum
in theater for elementary school kids, Bernie made two discoveries
that changed his life and some small but significant parts of
the world:
Bernie eventually discovered that there was a direct connection
between the experience of alienation, and the amount of enjoyment
people were having - that the more alienated people were, the
less fun.
Realizing he could help people make anything more enjoyable -
their jobs, their relationships,
the
things
they make and do - Bernie set about creating scheduled and private Journeys
for those who wish to
explore the Playful Path.
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Playing and reflecting participants learn how to bring a new level
of vitality to themselves and each other, to their significant others
and all they signify, to those they care for and care for them.
They learn:
- about the art and science of enjoyment
- about how they can make things more enjoyable for themselves,
together
Bernie's journeys along the Playful Path often
lead to several different places, simultaneously, including but
not
limited
to:
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Play Pointless Games,
in depth, for the fun of it. Pointless Games are games that
are literally pointless. No score. No particular goal other
than to have fun. Which, of course, turns out to be very
pointworthy, in deed.
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Discover how creating a FUN
Community helps:
- extend your playfulness and
- celebrate those who bring FUN
to your life
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Explore the experiences of CoLiberation
and its impact on the FUN
community. Learn how to extend the gift of FUN
to your:
- selves
- friends
- family
- community of healers
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Create your own private, personal, imaginary playground.
Learn how you can find delight in all the various aspects
of your personality. Explore
and
expand
your
consciousness while exercising your playfulness and imagination.
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I was just taking some little bits and pieces of papers
out of my journal and I found the following hard-copy
of something your brother-in-law wrote to you: "I find
many if not most people today are not in a particularly "fun-seeking" mood.
They are preoccupied with finances, war, the economy
and personal problems. Fun, however, is a vital therapy
no matter the circumstances. The release of life's anxieties
cannot have too many channels, in my view. I....have
a need to communicate via Fun to people. I may not want
to enter that Fun because I cannot overcome the 'troubles
of the day' without major incentives to do so. Fun may
be good for me but I can't seem to allow myself to enter
in anyway. Perhaps I don't see fun as the solution but
rather as an escape from solving the problem(s). Funny,
when people most need the releases, they are less apt
to seek them."
I am touched again by his honesty and his insight.
I too feel unable to enter into Fun when so much feels
wrong and sad and overwhelming in the world today, everyday.
I forget your teaching, so to speak, that Fun IS part
of the solution and not just a form of denial, an escape,
a narcissistic indulgence at the expense of others who
are not as fortunate as I am.
Just thoughts, which bring me back to the mindfulness
practice that DeepFun is for me. It is the practice of Minor
Fun all the time, despite the trying external circumstances
on this beautiful and fragile earth I love and despite
the woe I see. And as I practice this path, I want to
change my paradigm and begin to really believe that having
fun, living fun, teaching fun, being fun, can transform
this world, that it is part of the solution to the distress.
IF not the world at large, it may have the power to transform
MY little world, my circle of influence, I hope. And
that is a step in the right direction.
Magdalena Cabrera
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Finding Fun - further, deeper,
more detailed reflections from Bernie's Journeys
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