NO-GAME CONDITION

A condition in which there is no game at all — either everything is barriers or everything is freedom. Having some opponents gives you a game; having only friends does not, and neither does being entirely alone.

From the AOGP Abridged Scientology Dictionary — based on original LRH source materials, updated through 1982.

Usage

The campaigner who demands that all rules and barriers everywhere be removed would, if he succeeded, produce a condition with no game left in it. Total freedom and total restriction come out at the same dead place.

Why It Matters

People assume that removing every obstacle is the goal, and this shows why it is not. A game needs something to play against.

Related Concepts

  • GAMES CONDITIONBeing stuck in a contest you did not choose and cannot leave.
  • NATIVE STATEWhat a person is when nothing has been added — able to know everything, and not tangled up in space, energy or mass.
  • PROBLEMAnything which has opposing sides of equal force, especially postulate counter- postulate, intention counter- intention or idea counter-idea.
  • PAN-DETERMINISMBroad determinism: The action of determining not only one's own actions, but the actions of others as well, especially to determine the activities of two or more sides of a game simultaneously.

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