We think of play as the province of children—something outgrown with time, something left behind once we enter adulthood. But play is not a childhood indulgence, it is a portal that leads us to our truth and Self (capital S Self). Play is one of the few experiences in life that allows us to move outside linear time and enter what Buddhists call the eternal now—a timeless space where we are wholly absorbed in what is rather than what must be done.