11-17-2008, 08:50 PM
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Dojo: Confluence Aiki-Dojo / Santa Cruz Sword Club
Location: Santa Cruz
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Re: Aggressive Children
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Joe McParland wrote:
<-- You're question stunned me for a bit! I like that
I might restate what you offered: Remaining within our practice, experiencing ourselves this way, we are free to act.
Consider a hypothetical situation: It's late at night and the neighbors are noisy. I shout out, "Keep it down!"
Did I commit an error in acting as I did---meaning, more specifically, did I act outside of my aikido practice to respond that way?
From one perspective, one could easily speculate that I saw that my neighbors had a problem and I made it my business to act to fix them, all without perfect knowledge; but, is that what actually happened?
It's a tricky matter that has my interest... And it's one reason I'm pestering Mark for more details---he's his own best witness to his own state of mind.
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Well, it's up to you to discern what is correct for you.
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Jennifer Paige Smith
Confluence Aikido Systems
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