Hi guys, Interestingly part of the magical initiation is a recognition that all forms of competition are worthless; a very hard part for many people to let go from given how competing is rammed into everyone from early age. It is based on the principal of balance, and that the only perfect result in any competition is for two oposing parties to draw / tie which renders the point ofcompeting in the first place useless. If you beat someone, you are better in that instance than they, and there is no point in beating somebody not as strong in a certain competitive event than you - other than for self gratification, ego, killer instinct etc. Martial artists, particualrly those who actively compete, or even at the sparring level, have to try to hit your opponent - unless yoru colleagues arewilling to just let you parry, which is still a form of competition thus like many things, at a certain level it just has to go! I had to give up Judo 6 months back, there was just no point any more! The other Mark Mark Rasmus <markrasmus@...> wrote: Hi Zach, I wish to take the next step in building a non harming vibration in my field. Sparring generates too much static in the field. Ideally one should be empty during sparring but in this case it is easier to just let the 28 year habit go. Everything has an end. Blessings Mark > Dear Mark, > > I''m interested why are you giving up martial arts, > do you find practising > them clashes with your Bardon practice? > > best > > Zach ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BardonPraxis-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --------------------------------- BT Yahoo! Broadband - Free modem offer, sign up online today and save £80 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]