I live and mostly operate my Tai Chi school/business in a small local community. This of course has its positive and negative points. On the positive side people know and are friendly to each other & very often there is a great sense of "community" spirit & friendliness that is inspiring, on the negative side exists the long-standing status quo, petty politics & lack of privacy - the natural Yin and Yang sides. Because the population is small most of us small operators have to advertise our services by placing our posters at several strategics points in the small town center. As the area I live in has a high concentration of artistic, alternative, spiritual, creative talents and niche industries I expected the standards of behaviour to be more enlightened - but sadly I was wrong. On several occasions when I put up my Tai Chi posters I take a harmonious Daoist approach and fit mine in wherever there is a space, if I have to move someone else's notice, I make sure it's still visible and around the area I found it. However, I've had other Alternative Health Practitioners replace my poster with theirs & actually moved my poster to a much more obscure position or taken it down completely. On two other occasions, another (long established - incumbent?) Tai Chi lady stuck her poster directly over mine obscuring all of my details. Both of these offenders advertise themselves as experts (one is a "Master") in their chosen arts/disciplines: Tai Chi and Reiki/Fung Shui. I am in the process of adapting to this petty "blunt" acts but wonder how much time these people spent reflecting on what they do? I think that they should be more mindful & act more consistently with the principles of their disciplines i.e. -"In harmony and balance" not just pay lip service because it's good business whilst they behave in winner-loser/dog eat dog mentality.
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