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Hello Wahnam!
I would just like to relate an experience I had yesterday wherein I defused a tense and somewhat awkward situation with my Chi Kung skills. Smiling from the Heart and allowing Zen to lead my actions.
Nearby where I live there is a Sees candy store, I went there to buy a box of chocolates for my Grandma and Grandpa. While paying for the sweets a couple loud and unruly young men came into the store shouting and being a disruption. The burly one stopped and said to me "Aren't you going to buy mine too?" Now I would normally pass it off as a joke, but I sensed something off about the entire situation from the moment they came in. I turned to him smiling noticing his expression was not so mirthful... I looked him in the eye for a few moments, feeling serenity and internal force emanating from my gaze. His demeanor turned less serious, less hostile, and my threat-o-meter dropped to low. I chuckled a little and told him to have a nice day before paying and walking out the store with my purchase.
So, in short I've found out first hand that a good way to defend oneself from hostility is to neutralize it before it erupts.
/Shaolin Salute
David
I would just like to relate an experience I had yesterday wherein I defused a tense and somewhat awkward situation with my Chi Kung skills. Smiling from the Heart and allowing Zen to lead my actions.
Nearby where I live there is a Sees candy store, I went there to buy a box of chocolates for my Grandma and Grandpa. While paying for the sweets a couple loud and unruly young men came into the store shouting and being a disruption. The burly one stopped and said to me "Aren't you going to buy mine too?" Now I would normally pass it off as a joke, but I sensed something off about the entire situation from the moment they came in. I turned to him smiling noticing his expression was not so mirthful... I looked him in the eye for a few moments, feeling serenity and internal force emanating from my gaze. His demeanor turned less serious, less hostile, and my threat-o-meter dropped to low. I chuckled a little and told him to have a nice day before paying and walking out the store with my purchase.
So, in short I've found out first hand that a good way to defend oneself from hostility is to neutralize it before it erupts.
/Shaolin Salute
David
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