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Roger Flatley wrote:
Perhaps the ultimate goal of Budo is to reach a level of lovingness wherein you could influence and control those who would be otherwise uncontrollable.
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Well, I've done similar things a number of times when people wanted to attack me, but then changed their minds. It happened, however, because I was willing and able to kill them. They subconsciously realized this and gave up their aggression.
Was that spiritual?
No, but the fact that I didn't proactively then attack them was an expression of my spirituality. If they attack me, they're going to get whatever it takes to stop them. If they don't attack me, I have no desire to attack them.
But just to stop someone with "lovingness" only....??? With no physical ability behind it?
We can look at the viral video of the "ki master" facing the kick boxer to get a good idea of where that's bound to go!
David