ALLOW Powerfully!
ALLOW is by default a type of permission. In self-defense ALLOW has a physical aspect of ALLOWING an attackers energy to continue, without impeding. This simple non-resistance may prove to overextend an attack and create an off-balancing effect as in a push, or painful consequence as in ALLOWING in response to a tackle, slamming the attacker to the ground face first.
Today in our discussion of Life Defense we will examine how the PRINCIPLE of ALLOWING is a powerful choice in both deed and discussion. Let’s look...
What actually happens when a person, with differing opinions is freely ALLOWED to voice them unrestrained, and offered no resistance? In a seemingly endless tirade, the angry, accusatory, even violent tones and volumes may eventually soften, spoken to a confident, listening ear, reason begins to turn as no commentary of resistance is present.
Perhaps your own opposing view point might begin to emerge spoken from their own lips, as the aggressor offers supposed counter points when none are offered. Eventually, they may either walk off in feigned disgust, or begin to quiet, and even ask your thoughts.
You see ALLOWING is just that, ALLOWING an attacker’s energy to do all the work. Without resistance, aggression tends to eventually fall on its face, as long as ALLOWING is accomplished in the powerful silence of listening as an opening. This is contrary to non-response which may seem passively aggressive.
Remember, just because someone is attacking doesn’t mean anything is required until it is required. The PRINCIPLE here is that ALLOWING dissipates energy, and ALLOWING what needs to be said, said. It is when people do not feel heard that situations escalate.
Morihei Ueshiba was known as the master of the “empty jacket.” ALLOWING is like that. Someone pulls and pushes and the empty jacket ALLOWS the defender to succeed through non-resistance.
We must note that in some cases mobs support an attack offering echoed counterpoint as an accelerated frenzy to act, emboldened by their own chants and purposeful agenda. Mob scenarios therefore require an alternate solution and the defender must adapt.
However, by nature a single angry individual needs resistance to justify continuation of forward motion. Resistance breeds more aggression while ALLOWING not running, becomes a powerful force for transformation!
In life look at what you might ALLOW today, and powerfully, actively, quietly observe the outcome offering no resistance until powerful action is required. ALLOW.
Allen Hughes Life Defense
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