"There is an old Sanskrit word, lila [lee´la], which means play.  Richer than our word, it means divine play, the play of creation, destruction, and recreation, the folding and un-folding of the cosmos.  Lila, free and deep, is both the delight and enjoyment of this moment... It also means love.

"Lila may be the simplest thing there is-spontaneous, childish, disarming.  But as we grow and experience the complexities of life, it may also be the most difficult and hard-won achievement imaginable, and its coming to fruition is a kind of homecoming to our true selves."

-Stephen Nachmanovitch, Free Play