Yes i would play, if they take away the board I just get another one. I think you should consume high quality LSD next time.
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Yes i would play, if they take away the board I just get another one. I think you should consume high quality LSD next time.
My implication that "you wouldn't play" wasn't absolute, nor even literal. What it came to is that one would switch to a fairer game if one were available (just as you suggest).
LSD opens up other worlds for a limited time only, sketchily if at all. Realizing that inner space is the source-world necessitates limitless meditation (and is presently dismissed as Platonism).
Thank you for your comment.
Life without detachment? You can not detach your ego.
NichtGut wrote:
Life without detachment? You can not detach your ego.
They said man cannot fly. Impossible. So why even try? Later they went one better: "Why ask why?"
Impossible. Cannot be done. Don't ask why. Nicht, nicht, nicht.
Certainly one cannot do it unilaterally! (Vasishta famously pointed this out, simultaneously inventing the concept of logical necessity millennia before the advent of Gottlob Frege and analytic philosophy.) Some external assistance would be necessary.
I think you are trying too hard sir. Lets just keep our material lives and become worm food one day.
NichtGut wrote:
I think you are trying too hard sir. Lets just keep our material lives and become worm food one day.
Do that.#
The OP makes the odd assumption that unless something lasts forever it is useless, but many things are worthwhile even though they are finite, such as life itself.
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I heard a story of a guy consuming copious amounts of hallucinogenic over a 3 day weekend then sleeping for more than 36 hrs. When he awoke he was essentially amnesiac, without the ability to identify himself or his friends. His friends, which are now, upon his awakening, speaking to him and attempting to help him recall his life, to no avail. This is a true to form "ego death". Not advisable or desirable. Our ego is (at least) half of us and the best we can do is control the ego, or keep the ego in check (thank you chess). The alternate, of course is that we allow the ego to be in control, which is always an option, if you want 
It took this fellow around 6 months to recover the bulk of his memory and will likely never be the same, although "enlightened".
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In regards to the OP, yes I would play as much as possible. The question was also asked, to be or not to be and I would again, be, as I am.
Here is one "chess and life" I have adopted....the threat is often more effective than the capture, or "to take is a mistake". As always, depends on the position.
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Chess and life: there are 42 squares on a chess board...coincidence? I think not.
Luitpoldt wrote:
The OP makes the odd assumption that unless something lasts forever it is useless, but many things are worthwhile even though they are finite, such as life itself."
Made no such assumption. Nothing could be more useful than life. I said "Live!" and then spoke against addiction to the countless wonderful things in life. I was honest about the existence of certain of the limitations of life in this particular shared world around us (such as disease, old age, and death). My wish would be for everyone (except NichtGut--just kidding) to make the most of life.
I do think it is helpful to have looked at life from both sides. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9VoLCO-d6U
I find it remarkable that when you speak out against mortality or addiction you immediately have a monkey on your back. Mortality is great because it is the gateway to immortality. Its utility is not intrinsic, nor is addiction to the stunning things we enjoy in this life worthwhile but is, rather, a great source of unnecessary pain.
It is very obvious upon reflection that my saying "Don't play in a crooked game" meant not that life is a throwaway but that it warrants outrageous creativity. I create my own reality, have an inner life supervienient upon this contentious one of the "42" squares--and might even recommend such a thing. The truth is that over the millennia world-class philosophers have developed certain counter-moves in the game of life that are not taught in school. However, we can stick with "42" as the answer if the question is too hard, threatening, demanding, inconvenient, or (seemingly) ambiguous.#
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There are more ways to relate chess to life than there are metaphorical minds. Here's my latest and greatest, so far out that it's in:
Would you play if it was on someone else' set and it was given that they'll take away the board and pieces at any time, altogether or even piece by piece? Didn't think so. But that is how life is. Everything is borrowed, ages, and dies. The takeaway? Live with detachment. Have no addictions, no needs, nor even superflous desires. I call that common sense while others will say it's not possible or that they prefer the ups and downs. Power to you! Or, as Ralph Edwards used to say, This Is Your Life.