**Passive Play
(Fifth assumption) In our attempt to regain our secret truth, we develop elaborate play schemes that have essential elements of play mixed with behaviors that fail to bring us authentic playfulness. We watch entertainment and are transported to an imaginary realm, but while there, we fail to engage actively. Sometimes I wonder if within the passive TV realm, we don’t repeatedly heal the wound of the author, or director, or creative consultant that offers us this show. We watch sports and athletic achievement lost in a realm of imaginary competition without moving much and without deeply holding our own personal intents.
We go and buy toys or sports props for exercise. We buy props for cooking and fill shelves. We buy videogames or music and then fail to use them at all, or use them without engaging in active creative play. We park our imagination outside the room and come inside to play. How will the healing join us, if we leave it out? We may even make a collection of objects and never encourage touching them and using them in an imaginary activity.
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