Escaping the Game: Remembering the Kingdom Within and All Around What if the world you were taught to see is only part of the story? Escaping the Game is an invitation to look beyond the patterns, beliefs, and distractions of ordinary life and rediscover the deeper reality that has been quietly present all along. Drawing upon Gnostic wisdom, the teachings of Jesus, Sophia and the Divine Feminine, the hidden manna, the sacred meal, and the Kingdom within and all around us, River Behnken explores awakening not as an escape from life, but as a transformation in how we experience it. Through seven chapters, the reader is invited to recognize the maze of conditioning, rediscover the inner compass of direct knowing, and explore a spirituality rooted in presence, awareness, and lived experience. The Kingdom was never somewhere else. It has been here all along. Escaping the Game is for seekers who have always sensed there is something more—and are ready to look within, see beyond the surface, and remember.