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Snakes & Ladders: Tantric Mysticism, Cosmic Serpents and the Meaning of Life

Patented: History of Inventions

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Snakes and Ladders Isn't Rigged.

The game is based on pure luck. There are no tactical decisions to be made. You throw your die, you move your one pawn and whatever happens happens. Whoever gets their first wins. Just like life. What do the squares represent? What can we read into it? With regard to throwing the dice, I mean, we would think of it as a game of pure chance, but chance and fate is side of two sides of the same coin. So the dice will naturally land on whatever is representing or reflecting your inner state at the time you're playing the game. It's really a game about a karmic journey through the stages of existence towards liberation.

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