Peace and love to the Family! The book presented above is a book that I ran across many years ago that has been a great source of joy for my family and wonderful entertainment as I have entertained in my home. A Desert Journey is the first exercise from the book.
Kokology is a game based on the science of psychology and was created in Japan by Tadahiko Nagao and Isamu Saito.
The book starts out with eight tips to play Kokology: 1. Write the first thing that pops into your head, 2. Don’t try to predict the answers, 3. Be honest with yourself
The book is a series of questions designed to reveal hidden attitudes you hold about yourself in regard to your family, work, and other areas of your life. Let us begin.
A Desert Journey Your desktop is spilling with unfinished paperwork; the rest of the office has already gone home for the night. You look up at the clock and it laughs back. You wonder, with a sinking feeling inside, if this job will ever be done.
The professor drones on and on through a three – hour double lecture on the world’s most boring subject. There’s no space left for doodles in your notebook, and you’re only thirty minutes into the class. You begin to think somehow you’ve been frozen in time.
Waiting can be a special form of torture, worse than any momentary pain. The combination of frustratuion and boredom can send the bravest heart into a state of panic. Our first journey will bring us face-to-face with the infinite. Take a moment to prepare yourself, and enter the eternal desert…
1. You are riding a camel across the vast and empty expanse of a seemingly endless desert. You have ridden until you are near exhaustion. What words would you say to the camel that has carried you all the way?
2. Just at the point when you thought you’d die of thirst, a beautiful oasis appears. But someone has arrived before you. Who is this other traveler? (Use the name of a person you know.)
3. Time passes slowly in the desert, and it feels like an eternity before the lights of a town appear on the horizon. You have finally reached your destination. What are your feelings as you come to your journey’s end?
4The time has come to part with the camel you have ridden for so long. Just as you dismount, a new rider climbs into the saddle to take your place. Who is the new rider? (Name another person in your life.)
Please post your answers to Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, today (May 2, 2009) and the answers will be posted tonight.
