Robert De Ropp talks about The Master Game 1

[@martbrighton2885]

Amazing book and amazing man. It's great to hear Robert's voice having been reading his books for so many years. The Master Game in particular changed my life and I constantly keep a copy near for reminders. Many many thanks for uploading this treasure.

[@xscape8908]

In which way it changed your life?

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

@@xscape8908 Dont ask, just read THE BOOK !

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

@@xscape8908 Just READ the book - and you will SEE !

[@martbrighton2885]

@@xscape8908 It helped me to begin to change the priorities in my life. Reading books is one thing, but, contrary to what our mind might believe, just reading does not lead to much meaningful change in life. However, there are paths that can be followed that do allow for at least a possibility of real change in life. For me, this book began to answer questions that had before been impossible to answer; I decided that this path was valuable and worth attempting.

[@ronsense]

Thank you! I'm a huge admirer of Dr. Ropp... Great writer, great teacher!!

[@davidfarmer9535]

So glad to hear his voice,,,,,,,& thanx 4 posting.I read the Master Game in 1976,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and constantly look for more imformation on Robert S DeRopp,,think so much of him & his book.

[@raycosmic9019]

One with high ectomorphy and minimal muscle is unlikely to have the temperament to climb mountains, but due to growing up in a family milieu of high mesomorphy I acquired a temperament of climbing them anyway even with a systemic muscular deficiency. My conclusion is that body type is nature, whereas temperament is nurture. The great divide is between self-correction and self-justification. The most significant choice that we can make at any moment of the day, is between unconscious compulsive reaction and conscious creative response. Servant ego ties our shoes, etc. False ego 'has to' either have the best shoes or the worst shoes or no shoes at all due to self-importance.

[@nobodyreally]

4:38 tell someone they are asleep, they reply “no I am not I am awake”. & They wake up for a second. So this is interesting, The words that are said. “No I” in particular followed by a brief moment of waking up. Brings me to think of “know thyself” nō thyself = no identified self/i. 26:34 J Krishnamurti 💛 28:15 the 4 principles - First: Stop thoughts, be here now. Second: Learn to convert your poison into honey. (Transmuting negativities) Third: Substitute intentional doing for accidental happening. (We don’t do things intentionally / intentional conscious movements) Fourth: Do nothing unnecessary or avoid unnecessary karma. 40:09 Practical advice for transmuting negative emotions.

[@haferman1]

This book was published in 1968. I remember reading "Be Here Now" in the 90s and became curious about Bhagavan Das (Bhagavan Das met Richard Alpert in India in 1967). I think in Bhagavan Das' memoir ("It's Here Now") he mentions "The Master Game". I believe that's what led me to picking up a copy. I recently discovered that DeRopp is the "Acid Guru" and neighbor (on "Sonoma Mountain Road") of Hunter S. Thompson referred to in the original Rolling Stone "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" article.

[@Bart12keys]

Thanks for your interesting reaction! I do think the 'Acid Guru' was Timothy Leary ('turn on, tune in, drop out'). Robert de Ropp speaks about only a very carefully controlled experimental use of drugs as a possibility to get glimses of other states of consciousness, which could be a motivation to provide the user with a game worth playing, the honest way.. He gives a clear warning about the misuse of drugs in The Master Game: "He who misuses psychedelics sacrifices his capacity to develop by persistently squandering those inner resources on which growth depends."

[@haferman1]

@@Bart12keys DeRopp is mentioned by name as the "Acid Guru" in the original Rolling Stone article. His name was redacted from the published book.

[@astralpilled1380]

12:21 Robert talks about Gurdjieff

[@LCMG]

I love him move when I knew he was a student of Gurdjieff School

[@conda35]

Thank you, great interview.😊

[@Bart12keys]

My pleasure! The Master Game is freely available on the web as pdf.

[@Peter-rg4ng]

Thank you, great interview.

[@thealple]

“Seek above all a game worth playing.”

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍 I did . . . and succeded . . .

[@peterglynn5181]

What a life

[@kerrywinter3973]

“Yes he’s one of the very few individuals who always strikes the clear note. I’ve never know Krishnamurti talk nonsense. That’s saying a lot”!!!!

[@pretheeshgpresannan4172]

Fourth state: 28:02 Educating the centers: 40:04 Intentional Doing Vs Mechanical Happening 30:12

[@hermesnoelthefourthway]

Hello, Pretheesh, how are your studies going? Fancy seeing you here. Got quite a surprise when I saw your comment. All the best, Noel

[@pretheeshgpresannan4172]

@@hermesnoelthefourthway lol :) Doing good. How are you? Doing the work, writing on Medium, trying some calligraphy style writing for fun on paper, planning to upload some spiritual text readings or my own poem reading in my voice on YT for fun, etc. Do you know about the course in miracles? I resonate with some of its ideas like willingness to choose God's mind (or work-mind as in Gurdjieffs') and seeing our experience or situation in light of impersonalness rather than quickly taking it personally.

[@rahpathy9410]

2nd of the low games is the fame game....everyone should know what you look like and what your name is. Social medias of today.

[@martbrighton2885]

+20/20 Schakel | Can you post here any further information about the interview, which I believe may have originally been broadcast (and likely recorded) by New Dimensions Radio. Who is the interviewer? When was it recorded? (early-mid 1970s seems likely). I tried contacting New Dimensions Broadcasting about this around a year or two back - before I had ever heard it - but got no reply, (maybe they are either too busy or perhaps OGs who would have recorded early such interviews are no longer active in that organisation).

[@Bart12keys]

I'm sorry, but I don't have any further information about the interview. I got it once on CD from a seller in an esoteric bookstore.

[@martbrighton2885]

@@Bart12keys Many thanks. Maybe one day the interviewer will come across this, and post some info. I suppose in many ways it doesn't matter, as the content still resonates and speaks very strongly for itself.

[@AngelsCiti]

Why is this book so hard to find?

[@Bart12keys]

Well, luckily it's not: You can get a new copy e.g. Amazon (published by Gateways Books) and it's also available as pdf for example here: holybooks.com/master-game-robert-ropp/ - Definitely worth your while!

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

Hey . . . its like with many precious things: Gold and diamonds are also hard to find 🙌 👏 🙏

[@rilindburniki5615]

You mean substitute accidental happening with intentional doing

[@Bart12keys]

De Ropp writes: "substitute intentional doing for accidental happening". So, intentional doing instead of accidental happening.