Emotional Danger

I recently posted on the emotions and subjective aspects of conflict. It appears one of our handicaps as humans is the instinctive urge to do something immediately in response to the emotions as a result of some action to reaction. It does not matter whether the emotional reaction is due to violence or to any other conflict, an argument with a subjective verbal attack for instance.

I know that it is an instinctive reaction to make some immediate response when emotions take over from the reality of the substantive problem underlying it all but that is a purpose toward which we as practitioners of martial system strive to achieve - a presence of mind to stop reaction to the emotions and the urges they produce giving time to see the reality, substantive message, and avoid the fight.

Things of nature, the universe, all have their time and place and pushing them does not achieve anything other than mistakes. When your emotions hit you train to remain present in mind and body, allow the emotion (with your mouth shut and body language as neutral as it can be) to pass and then let your mind return to its problem solving state and address the substantive issues under lying the emotions.

Does this make sense?