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Bead games

In the great traditions, bead games were conducted as thought experiments that bridged the gap between the vita contemplativa and vita activa. Between the knowledge from doing and conceptual knowledge from reasoning about what was done. This performance of reasoning being a kind of leisurely exploration of latent possibilities, unhassled and undirected by the need to find an answer to a pressing predicament. These thought experiments are what we have attempted to recreate here—gentle reminders to bring back more joy and happiness into your life. May they help you to listen for the silence between thoughts.

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