The quote I used was in the spirit of what Little Hawk said about free will. The meaning I get from the passage I quoted is that all of us have free will. And that we are responsible for what we do with our free will. So growth occurs when we see the results of our use of free will, and make corrections if we realize that the results of the choices we make are not what is best in the long run.

However, I think it is also saying that each individual has to make these realizations for him or herself, and that these realizations cannot be imposed upon an individual by an outside force or agency.

I think the use of the word "play" in this context probably alludes to the idea that we are children of the universe, in the process of learning what reality is all about.