Do we need a new way of seeing?

[hkalchemy]

The world seems to be full of competition. Kids at school sit exams, compete for grades and try to get into the best universities. Universities compete for the brightest students. Sports teams compete for the trophy or cup. Political parties compete for power. Democrats compete to become the presidential candidate. Businesses compete for customers and market share. But cooperation is everywhere, and is an essential part of nature.

Do we need a shift in the way we see things?

[Rhythman]

All the competition you describe make available the computer and the network necessary to view and post messages to this board, the food in your refrigerator, the refrigerator, the list goes on and on. Even in sports and business there is cooperation among competitors. Some of the fiercest competition can be found in nature, where being on the losing end can mean certain death.

Rhythman

[Eric Revelin]

While I think some competition is certainly healthy, I believe we often take it too far. We take something completely meaningless, like sports, and use it as a yardstick to determine personal worth. That's where a new way of seeing things could be very useful.

Another thing we tend to do is to despise our competition. That's something else that needs to change. For instance, I'm thoroughly unimpressed when politicians spend their time and their campaign funds merely lampooning their opponents instead of standing up and making their case for why they are qualified to lead us and why their plans are the best course of action we can take. Competition in politics is good. Attack politics is bad. It's one thing to point out corruption and incompetence. It's something else altogether to treat it like a war and try to destroy your opponent's career regardless of whether or not you've got anything to back your claims.

[veranadine]

Focus on how you can provide value to the world.

Do this everyday and you will find peace within and cooperation with the universe.

Let the others compete if they so desire it.

Competition is an acknowledgment of your belief that there is lack in this world.

Provide value and cooperate with the universe in the true nature of reality, as a limitless and bountiful whole.

Blessings,