thanks for asking!
in fact, i have discovered a pattern in all of the situations where i have myself reacted with violence in situations of escalated anger, years ago... and it is now, that i must still exercise my willpower in the heat of the proverbial moment, to channel this animalistic tendency into a more enlightened state; for it is passionate violence that is the most dangerous to oneself, if not others. martial arts training will invariably educate you that the individual with the greatest control over his or her emotions is the victor in any combat. Morihei Ueshiba O-Sensei developed the non-violent martial art of Aikido, which neutralizes aggression through pins, holds, deflection, and defusion (the harmony of the dynamic sphere converts violence into love: "True budo ... is a way to absolute self-perfection in which the very concept of enemy is eliminated."). ghandi, and MLK illustrate the power of non-violent civil disobedience. but make no mistake, ghandi said that if the indians had possessed firearms, they would have used them; but you work with what you've got, eh? however, i have failed myself -- there are times in my life when i have become passionately violent in situations where i felt trapped and threatened, instead of taking a deep breath and waiting for a cooler head to prevail.
this is much the same situation in which the orang asli culture has been placed -- in the past, they were able to literally run back into the jungle (which is their home) to escape violent aggressors; but today, it is this very jungle territory that corporations are attempting to take away from them. they have nowhere to run, anymore. so, they have been forced into situations that escalated into violence. this has happened in isolated incidents, so they have still maintained a cultural identity of non-violence. and what is perhaps even more remarkable, is that the islamic judicial system seems to favor the orang asli in their decisions against the corrupt corporate aggressors -- judges have spoken about how they want to be a model for the world in how to deal with indigenous sovereignty rights.
let us continue this Great Work.
this is much the same situation in which the orang asli culture has been placed -- in the past, they were able to literally run back into the jungle (which is their home) to escape violent aggressors; but today, it is this very jungle territory that corporations are attempting to take away from them. they have nowhere to run, anymore. so, they have been forced into situations that escalated into violence. this has happened in isolated incidents, so they have still maintained a cultural identity of non-violence. and what is perhaps even more remarkable, is that the islamic judicial system seems to favor the orang asli in their decisions against the corrupt corporate aggressors -- judges have spoken about how they want to be a model for the world in how to deal with indigenous sovereignty rights.
let us continue this Great Work.