Everything we choose to do in our day to day lives, and every decision we make is somehow motivated. Motivation is an underlying force to everything in our lives. It dictates our engagement with our surroundings thus impacting our ability to play. We tend to fall into three modes of engagement during play. Those three modes are “the 'immersion’ orientation, the 'social’ orientation, and the 'achievement’ orientation” also known as the 'mastery’ orientation” (Gauntlett, Ackermann, Whitebread, Wolbers, Weckstrom, 2010, p.30). During play we unleash our creativity as we participate and orient ourselves in those three modes. With the immersion mode, we simply play around at our own expense with no expectation of competition. During the social
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Our drive to engage in play is due to three key motivations: “curiosity, competence, and reciprocity” (p.13) these motivations play a dominant role in how we engage with our surrounding environment. For example, we are motivated to engage in a social context because of our need for reciprocity; exchanging things and ideas with others. In other modes, such as in the mastery mode, achieving competence is the motivational force behind engaging and mastering a certain situation. It is important to note that there are certain things such as autonomy, mastery, and purpose, that enhance our performance and perhaps guarantee satisfaction in what we choose to do. Having autonomy and being able to control and govern our lives is apt to yield much more positive results than not having autonomy. I think it has to do with the fact that we are in control, and we can reap the benefits, or the lack thereof, of our engagement in play without the interference of …show more content…
Satori “is defined as understanding and enlightenment” (p.31). We can achieve Satori by questioning our surroundings and lives, and arriving at answers. The point is not to seek out a satisfying answer. The point lay in the journey itself; in the non-materialistic treasures that we find along the way; in the joy that we find when we quench our thirst for knowledge; and most importantly, the point lay in creating meaning and and finding who we truly are. The road to Satori must be fueled by motivation as the immersion and mastery modes are an integral part of that road. Figure 3 on page 32 illustrates the path to Satori in its simplest forms. In the figure we see that individuals make their way between immersion and mastery each time more enlightened and empowered. You must immerse yourself in your surroundings, and set on a quest to exploration followed by achieving goals and conquering challenges. This process of immersion and mastery will earn you precious insight. “This new insight can then lead into a new phase of immersion and discovery in areas related to one 's interest, leading to greater mastery, and so on” (Guantlett et al, 2010, p.32). This fluctuation between mastery and immersion may never stop, because you can always acquire more knowledge and insight, thus becoming more enlightened and achieving a higher level of Satori. I think that the path to Satori
Our drive to engage in play is due to three key motivations: “curiosity, competence, and reciprocity” (p.13) these motivations play a dominant role in how we engage with our surrounding environment. For example, we are motivated to engage in a social context because of our need for reciprocity; exchanging things and ideas with others. In other modes, such as in the mastery mode, achieving competence is the motivational force behind engaging and mastering a certain situation. It is important to note that there are certain things such as autonomy, mastery, and purpose, that enhance our performance and perhaps guarantee satisfaction in what we choose to do. Having autonomy and being able to control and govern our lives is apt to yield much more positive results than not having autonomy. I think it has to do with the fact that we are in control, and we can reap the benefits, or the lack thereof, of our engagement in play without the interference of …show more content…
Satori “is defined as understanding and enlightenment” (p.31). We can achieve Satori by questioning our surroundings and lives, and arriving at answers. The point is not to seek out a satisfying answer. The point lay in the journey itself; in the non-materialistic treasures that we find along the way; in the joy that we find when we quench our thirst for knowledge; and most importantly, the point lay in creating meaning and and finding who we truly are. The road to Satori must be fueled by motivation as the immersion and mastery modes are an integral part of that road. Figure 3 on page 32 illustrates the path to Satori in its simplest forms. In the figure we see that individuals make their way between immersion and mastery each time more enlightened and empowered. You must immerse yourself in your surroundings, and set on a quest to exploration followed by achieving goals and conquering challenges. This process of immersion and mastery will earn you precious insight. “This new insight can then lead into a new phase of immersion and discovery in areas related to one 's interest, leading to greater mastery, and so on” (Guantlett et al, 2010, p.32). This fluctuation between mastery and immersion may never stop, because you can always acquire more knowledge and insight, thus becoming more enlightened and achieving a higher level of Satori. I think that the path to Satori