Finding Serenity

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Sorry, couldn’t help the play on words but what I am aiming to tell you is in the self-defense world you truly have to know, believe and most of all fully understand what self-defense is and what conflict is and what violence is in order to see it when it comes. You have to know about that something in order to see it, to detect it and to take action in accordance with it. 

This goes further with the other senses, i.e., hearing is listening is hearing is listening but if you don’t about what that sound means especially in self-defense then how can you act when you hear that sound. 

If you don’t know the you cannot see or hear it when it comes at you but here is the rub, if you are not “Looking and Hearing” for that which leads to conflict and violence, i.e., putting your head in the proverbial sand (like putting in ear buds and texting), then when it comes you will have missed every opportunity to avoid conflict and violence. 

What is even worse is when you “Cherry Pick” what you want to hear or see and learn and understand leaving out critical parts then you still must overcome that deficiency to act accordingly - can anyone say, “Freeze?” Can anyone say, “OO bounce?”

Now, lets say you had to defend yourself but things don’t go real smooth when the first responder takes control. Lets say you now have to articulate what happened to justify your actions toward breaking the law, self-defense. If you don’t know it and if you have not trained it and you cannot articulate it then you are in a whole big shiny mess. You might just as well paint that huge target on your back so the system has something to focus aim toward - you and your pocket book and your freedom.

Look at this along with appropriate force in self-defense, if you don’t know what to look for and what you hear how can you determine the threat level and whether the attacker is going to either cause you to be crippled or even kill you? Do you even know the rules that govern how self-defense is perceived and adjudicated? 

Do you know what will be available for your defense and what will be excluded and why? There are rules to this game and there are lessons to learn and information to assimilate and they all mean the difference between freedom, economic stability, health and well being. It all depends on the distance you are willing to go and the choices you are willing to make and the commitment you are willing to accept and act upon.

Here is the rub tho, how can you “Go the distance,” how can you “Make a choice so you can Just Do-It,” how can you “understand and accept the type of commitment necessary to get-r-done both legally and with social morality,” and how can you “be willing do accept and act upon things never experienced nor understood nor training nor practiced?” 

As with a lot of self-defense, it takes a “Leap of Faith” to cross the barriers, obstacles and blockades you WILL encounter if you are faced with that decision, are you ready, willing and able?

“Truth: If we are not looking for something, we are very likely not to see it. If we are not listening for something, it is very likely that we will not hear it. Enough verbalization and physical action to cause a reasonable, prudent person to believe that the attacker manifested intent to kill or cripple? Remember, the witness can’t stand up and yell in court, “Here’s what you need to know!” He or she can only answer the questions they are asked.” - Massad Ayoob on Self-Defense

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