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Exploring the Depths of Games and Meditation through Rock Climbing
Games provide a transporative experience that allows players to engage with different aspects of themselves and their personalities, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Rock climbing, described as a game, offers an intense mental state where players are deeply focused on the task at hand, providing a feedback system similar to meditation. A philosopher defines a game as voluntarily accepting unnecessary obstacles to engage in the struggle of overcoming them, highlighting that the end goal in a game is shaped by the constraints within which it is achieved.
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