In, “The Game & the Players”, we established that the Game is an artificial structure, which has been imposed upon humanity. However, if this is the case, how can it be so resilient? How can it survive all the tumultuous rises and falls of civilizations and empires throughout we have experienced over the last several millennia? The answer lies in its being firmly rooted in three basic aspects of human nature.
The first is a primal need for authority. The second is our narcissism, our need to
think of ourselves as the center of our universe. The third is tribalism, our social instinct as a species which compels us to organize into groups.
In response to these needs we are sold on a collection of related myths, which frame the way we see ourselves, those around us, and our society. Examples of this are the myth of scarcity, law and order, the sanctity of science, etc. Individually, these myths can be challenged, but taken together they are daunting.
The Myth of Linearity is the meta-myth, which supports all the others. It is the belief that sequential logic rules the world. That everything is related by interminable chains of cause and effect. The Myth of Linearity is the wellspring from which all the other myths emanate and this myth is the glue that binds all others together.
An integral part of freeing ourselves from the Game is learning to see the world anew. In place of the resticive linear box we currently inhabit which has the individual as its nexus, we have a more sophisticated and embrace perspective which places the focus upon our relationships with the world around us.
