(07-11-2011, 07:17 PM)Oceania Wrote: not everyone benefits or thrives on or is thankful for conflict or the results of it. you gotta remember, we're all different and just cuz you and your friends like it, doesn't mean everyone should.

Quote:They just tend to be drawn towards me.

(07-11-2011, 07:35 PM)unity100 Wrote: the last few posts by zygna already proved what i was trying to convey about 'competition' and its side effects.

the premise was simple :

competition being a negative oriented event, since it involves some winning, some losing.

cooperation being a positive oriented event, in which everyone helps each other, noone 'wins' or noone 'loses'.

instead of discussing the philosophical basis as the above, zygna is instead discussing my perceived lack of ... 'whatever' (cant exactly sure what it is), by talking about my past, 'people like me', 'my lack of' (insert whatever you see proper here), and so on. basically, he has preferred to assault me instead of discussing the philosophy (i see he didnt make any mention about the bolded philosophical definitions above), however, ironically he is 'calling me over' to that side, with 'love'.

Quote:They just tend to be drawn towards me.

quite. you have created such a 'conflict' situation in your 2nd reply to me, when i objected to your proposition that competition was positive. it took the form of direct assault on my past, which you know nothing about.

(07-11-2011, 07:53 PM)Zygra Wrote: This will be my last topic for this discussion.

There is a saying in gaming: Do not feed the trolls. What is a troll ? We have a deffinition on wikipedia.

In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory[citation needed], extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response[2] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.

Yes, I am being judgemental about you unity100. And what I see and read indeed does make me sad. I do not know your litteral past. I read your attitude that you have behind the keyboard comming from your brain. Attitude is 100 %. It reveals alot.

I wish you all the best. A trigger hurts to fix. Humanity does not accept any pain. So they often just take pharma or something. The quick fix. So, humanity gets all the pain. Indeed, this topic has been on the spot all the way through. I now close this channel.

love

(07-11-2011, 10:35 PM)Turtle Wrote: Although a competition is inherently negative in the sense that there can only be one winner and one loser, this does not mean that both people (in a friendly duel for example) cannot walk away from the event with nothing more than a loss of physical energy. It should be noted however that it would take some highly self-disciplined and self-knowledgeable people to walk away from it without any emotional change, let alone polarity differences. In a friendly mock duel between two people, what would be the benefit of it then? Well...how about for simply the enjoyment of testing one's mastery of a martial art form against another who is able to counter it? It could be a beautiful practice in self-testing of one's form, shared with another more like a dance, rather than a fight to the finish. This is of course just one way of looking at it...and yet...

(07-05-2011, 07:58 PM)Technarch Wrote: I recommend Ultima VI and VII, it contains some very interesting spiritual topics.

(12-15-2011, 12:03 PM)Observer Wrote: I have noticed an increasing lack in my desire to partake in the games that I used to play, I replace the activity with other more enjoyable things.

(12-15-2011, 12:17 PM)Oldern Wrote:

(12-15-2011, 12:03 PM)Observer Wrote: I have noticed an increasing lack in my desire to partake in the games that I used to play, I replace the activity with other more enjoyable things.

When I see this thread bumped, I literally wanted to come in and say the same.

I used to play (when meeting with this forum) 3-5 hours of competitive gaming - StarCraft II and Street Fighter IV - daily as my main source of entertainment in the free time. As I am doing yoga, meditation, and "tuning in" to be more and more balanced, I became less and less interested in this.

I still turn my 360 on to meet with my friends online, and I join the games, I love to have a good laugh with all of them on party chat, but honestly, just practicing some combos in training mode in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 is enough for me, and I am not sad if I do not have anyone to play "against". Also, when I lose, I go and send a complementary message to the one who beat me, even when I might feel a little bad about "lost". Immediately there is a tension releasing in the heart chakra this way, and I can literally feel it.

It feels good to gratulate your opponent and send love, instead of holding on to that SALT!