The Yoga of Snakes and Arrows: The Leela of Self-Knowledge

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A guide to observation of the inner self through the ancient Indian game of Leela x2022; Comes complete with foldout game board and commentary for the 72 spaces x2022; Mirrors the path of obstacles and insights one encounters in self-development x2022; Repeated play offers lessons in self-understanding Chutes and Ladders, the popular childrenx2019;s game, is derived from the ancient Hindu game Leela, or Snakes and Arrows, which charts the ups and downs of the soulx2019;s path toward reunion with the Infinite. Snakes and Arrows was designed by the seers and saints of India as a tool for understanding the relationship of the individual self to the Absolute Self. For thousands of years the 72 spaces on this game board have enabled players to chart the paths that represent the course of their lives. Each space represents a virtue or a vice, an aspect of consciousness, or a plane of reality and is accompanied by a commentary explaining its meaning. The playerx2019;s progress on the board is dictated by the fall of a die corresponding to the forces of karma. Repeated encounters with the snakes and arrows on the board reveal the full meaning of the commentaries and can give shape to habitual patterns of the player, resulting in greater self-understanding and even a gradual detachment from the egox2019;s delusions. The Yoga of Snakes and Arrows assists the seeker through the stages and trials of self-development, mirroring both the obstacles of karma and the rewards of self-obtained insight. There is really only one game in life and that is Leela, the game of self-knowledge and the universal play of cosmic energies.