Why is it that we seem to value competition the way we do? Is it because our culture was built on the ruins of the Roman Empire, a society addicted to war? The roman circus was war for entertainment. And it continues today: in the Spanish Corrida and other “professional” sports events routinely televised round the planet. We criticize children for violence, all the while not acknowledging the adult forms of violence we surround them with every second of their lives.
July 20, 2013 by m4u
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Competition is a byproduct of the ego. We are not only having a human experience, we are also having an ego experience. The body and the ego are inseparable, although when we die the ego stays with the body.