04-24-2010, 12:00 AM
The best athlete
wants his opponent at his best.
The best general
enters the mind of his enemy.
The best businessman
serves the communal good.
The best leader
follows the will of the people.
All of the embody
the virtue of non-competition.
Not that they don't love to compete,
but they do it in the spirit of play.
In this they are like children
and in harmony with the Tao.
Comment :
It is like in the waitingroom of a doctor. There is a constant competition : who is more sick ? Same thing with enlightment . Who is more near to the sickness ? The olympic games of existence are always running. Everybody is competing , who is the most clever or most stupid, depending what is actually asked for. Two friends meet and imediately you have competition : Whose girlfriend or man is the badest one ? Which socks are stinking most? No chance . It seems to be the primordial tendency of the being , to be in competition, adam and eve from the beginning on. This reminds of on saying of the ancient greek philosopher Heraclitus , who says something like :
"War is the father of all and king of all, who manifested some as
gods and some as men, who made some slaves and some freemen."
( still seeking a good english translation of the fragment).
wants his opponent at his best.
The best general
enters the mind of his enemy.
The best businessman
serves the communal good.
The best leader
follows the will of the people.
All of the embody
the virtue of non-competition.
Not that they don't love to compete,
but they do it in the spirit of play.
In this they are like children
and in harmony with the Tao.
Comment :
It is like in the waitingroom of a doctor. There is a constant competition : who is more sick ? Same thing with enlightment . Who is more near to the sickness ? The olympic games of existence are always running. Everybody is competing , who is the most clever or most stupid, depending what is actually asked for. Two friends meet and imediately you have competition : Whose girlfriend or man is the badest one ? Which socks are stinking most? No chance . It seems to be the primordial tendency of the being , to be in competition, adam and eve from the beginning on. This reminds of on saying of the ancient greek philosopher Heraclitus , who says something like :
"War is the father of all and king of all, who manifested some as
gods and some as men, who made some slaves and some freemen."
( still seeking a good english translation of the fragment).