<p>I went to see the Dalai Lama in Seattle at the Seeds of Compassion gathering last year.&nbsp; It interesting, fun and amusing.&nbsp; A woman politician asked him a question about how to drop competition once the election is over so everyone can work together.&nbsp; His holiness didn't get it.&nbsp; Why would politicians, running for election, compete with each other?&nbsp; Why are they not focused on showing the voters what a good job they would do as public servants?&nbsp; I believe he actually said it was silly for there to be competition.&nbsp; He did say that competition, when used to better oneself, or encourage others to better themselves, was good, but when used to best another, not so good.<br /><br />Imagine any political election where the candidates did not focus on the others that are running, but only on their platform and what they had to offer! Imagine a campaign that was centered only on service!<br /><br />It was interesting because Oprah and Eckhart had brought up the topic of competition just a week or so ago during their on-line class A New Earth.&nbsp; Oprah related a story about running track in school, and the energy you used to look at the what the others were doing could make you lose the race.&nbsp; It's an example I've used often when talking about the energy of competition.<br /><br />My early training was that competition was bad, and that it was invasive.&nbsp; Competition is simply an energy, neither good nor bad.&nbsp; If it's outside of one's space, it can be perceived as invasive.&nbsp; If it's outside of one's space, it depletes your energy or misdirects you from where you're intending on going.<br /><br />I learned a lesson about competition when working in Everett and living on Vashon Island, a long commute.&nbsp; I would close up the building at night and have to make a certain ferry which, if I missed it, meant I wouldn't get home until after midnight. If I got into competition outside myself, every slow car on the freeway would end up in the lane in front of me.&nbsp; If I focused on owning the ferry I wanted to catch, they would magically melt away.&nbsp; Once I actually made it from Everett to the ferry dock in 39 minutes (before they raised the speed limit)!<br /><br />So ownership is the antidote to competition.&nbsp; If you focus on yourself and where you are going, there's no need to look at what others are doing.&nbsp; There's room in this vast Universe for everyone and there's plenty to go around.&nbsp; Even if it seems that there are many out there doing the same thing or vying for the same position.&nbsp; Although many are saying the same thing, they are each saying in their unique way, in their own language, from their own experience.&nbsp; People will resonate with one person's words but not with another's.&nbsp; Each will attract the right situation for themselves.&nbsp; When your attention is centered in your own energy, you will attract what is beneficial for you.<br /><br />If you feel you are just fine the way you are but are bothered by all the others who are in competition with you - it's still an indication that you need to up your ownership, strengthen the focus on your own radiance!&nbsp; When you a truly attuned within, no one else will distract you.<br /><br />It has nothing to do with others, it has only to do with you and your Self and your Path.&nbsp; When you are in full ownership of you energy, then there's plenty of room for everyone!</p> 2009-07-13T16:58:50Z -4.9915 128 5462 true 17 28111 competition-vs-ownership 0 2009-07-25T06:57:02Z 2009-07-25T05:07:24Z

Is competition helping or hurting your business? Here's a different point of view that can help you rise above the jostling crowd!

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