How we play, how we recreate, how we enjoy ourselves when not performing worldly duties, is dictated by this field of living.  This is how we like to “hang out” either with ourselves or others.  It is what we do when we have no other responsibilities to perform.  It also indicates our overall level of creativity.  This field of living also determines our relationship with children (our own or others). 

The word “recreation” suggest that play is necessary to help us restore and regenerate our physiological faculties and physical energies.  If we used our physical nature more effectively, we would not need so much time to play; we would not take everything so seriously and get burned out pursuing goals in a driven way.

However, we live in a materialistic society where people “compete for turf,” and, in the process of doing so, get very tired.  Thus a great need for play arises.  But tired people have an overall awareness which is also tired or dull, and consequently, such people often lack creativity.  They make mistakes in how they play; they drink too much or play too hard and, as a result, incur more stress through an activity which was supposed to relieve stress.