Game (Scientology)
In the Church of Scientology, the Official Scientology and Dianetics glossary defines L. Ron Hubbard's concept of "game" as:
game: a contest of person against person or team against team. A game consists of freedoms, barriers and purposes, and there is a necessity in a game to have an opponent or an enemy. Also there is a necessity to have problems, and enough individuality to cope with a situation. To live life fully, then, one must have in addition to "something to do," a higher purpose, and this purpose, to be a purpose at all, must have counter-purposes or purposes which prevent it from occurring.[1]
From the chapter "Life as a Game" in Problems of Work,
A game consists of freedom, barriers and purposes. It also consists of control and uncontrol. An opponent in a game must be an uncontrolled factor. Otherwise one would know exactly where the game was going and how it would end and it would not be a game at all. [2]
The Aberree noted in its Volume 3, issue 1 (April 1956): "Scientology is Hubbard's game......It is also anyone's game who really wants to own and play it."[3]
Scientologist and jazz musician Chick Corea refers to Hubbard's "game" concept in his song "What Games Shall We Play Today?"
Compare the Scientological view of life as "a game. A game in which everyone can win and no one need lose."[4]
See also
Footnotes
- "Glossary for Scientology and Dianetics". The Church of Scientology. Archived from the original on January 16, 2008.
- Hubbard, L. Ron. Problems of Work. ISBN 0-88404-007-0
- "Volume 3, Issue 1, page 12 | The Compleat Aberree". www.aberree.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2003.
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"How do Scientologists view life?". scientology.org. Church of Scientology International. 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
HOW DO SCIENTOLOGISTS VIEW LIFE? [...] As a game. A game in which everyone can win and no one need lose.