Seven Games of Life

DAILY TIME
The days start with Meditation followed by classes of 2-2.5 hours in the morning and 1.5-2 hours in the afternoon.
Detailed timing will be provided for the participants.

Seven Games of Life

A Workshop with Richard Smoley

Life can be seen as a set of basic games that everyone has to play:

• Survival

• Love

• Power

• Creativity

• Pleasure

• Courage

Like it or not, everyone plays these games from birth to death. In addition, there is a seventh, which we can call the Master Game, which has to do with transcending the mundane games of life. It is the spiritual path, or the path of personal evolution.

In this workshop, Richard Smoley will explore the six basic games of life (including the rules by which we play, usually without realizing it) and how to play them better for the benefit of ourselves and others.

Richard will also discuss the Master Game and show how the Theosophical path fits into it and where it may lead. Special attention will be paid to forgiveness and its relation to the law of karma.

The course will include lectures, meditation, experiential exercises, and group discussions.    

Suggested Readings

• Smoley, Richard. (2023). Seven Games of Life and How to Play. G&D Media. 
• Smoley, Richard. (2015). The Deal: A Guide to Radical and Complete Forgiveness. TarcherPerigee.
• Smoley, Richard and Kinney, Jay . (2006).Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions. Quest Books,U.S. 

FACILITATOR

Richard Smoley is the author of Seven Games of Life and How to Play. His other works include Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions (with Jay Kinney), The Dice Game of Shiva: How Consciousness Creates the Universe; and Inner Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition. Formerly editor of Gnosis: A Journal of the Western Inner Traditions, Richard lectures nationally and internationally and has been featured on numerous YouTube videos. Since 2008, he has been editor of Quest: Journal of the Theosophical Society in America.