Traditional vs. New Age Self DefenseWritten by Joe Lau
The alternative self defense product, stun gun, requires a bit of introduction. A lot of people when they first hear term “stun gun”, they actually think of little gadget featured in many science fiction movies. In fact, self defense technology has come a long way. For a long time, if one wanted to protect themselves, they would have to spend years of time practicing martial arts or self defense techniques. In fact, it is still ultimate way of self defense. If one can master skill, it becomes built into your body. You can use it anytime, anywhere and nobody can take it away from you. However, downside is that it takes a lot of discipline and time to master. Later, firearm became a popular way of self protection. Guns are no doubt a very effective method of protection if one is properly trained to aim and shoot accurately, and if one is able to face permanent consequences of their split-second decision to take a life. If one is unable to shoot with accuracy, a determined assailant can continue to attack. Unfortunately, a fatal shot is only guarantee to stop an assailant with a gun. A life or death decision must be made in matter of an instance while knowing consequences of your actions cannot be reversed. Non-lethal self defense weapons can be very useful in stopping an assailant while not causing permanent damage. These too have limitations. The personal alarm might be effective if someone was around to hear it. Even so, most of us have grown accustomed to loud alarms and rarely do we act upon them. Pepper spray is another option for non-lethal self-defense. Pepper spray can be very effective if attacker gets very close and you happen to have pepper spray aimed to their eyes. The close proximity and limited target area make pepper spray less than ideal. Our very last option would be a stun gun. A common myth about stun gun is that when held against an attacker, attacker will fall to ground immediately. This is not how stun gun works. When a stun gun touches both probes against assailant’s body for ½ second, it will startle assailant, giving him some pain, muscular contraction and shock. For 1-2 seconds, it will cause muscle spasms and a dazed mental state. For 3-5 seconds, it will cause loss of balance and muscle control, total mental confusion and disorientation, leaving him dazed. (Under no conditions can you suffer a charge back to your own body, even if assailant touches you while you are using a stun gun on him.) As you can see, it will take 3-5 seconds for a stun gun to knock down assailant. To be honest, 3-5 seconds is a very long time in a desperate situation. Now, you may ask, why would I need a stun gun then? Well, would you rather have something that would work but take a little time or nothing but your bare hands? Would you want a device that you can use with very little training? Would you rather have a mechanism that is non-lethal or one that causes death? Do you want protection without a license or waiting period?
| | Ageless Principles of Success(6)Written by Song chengxiang
Ageless Principles of Success(6)(With Proven Techniques for practical applications) Copyright 2004 Song Chengxiang The Principle of NOW: Dear friend, have you ever wonder what time is? Once you truly understand real meaning of time, you will never experience worry, anxiety and unhappiness again. Actually time is just an illusion. " No matter how persistent illusion of time is, illusion of past, present, and future is still an illusion." -------Einstein Scientific study of quantum physics has already prove that only moment that exist is NOW! There is no past, no future, there is only one moment, and that is moment of NOW! The past and future is only perception that exist in human mind. What you think in past or in future is just an illusion in your mind. Now is only time that exists. The illusion of time makes us think that moments of past, present and future separate from each other. In reality, they are all happening now. Everything happens NOW!. if you are not convinced by concept of NOW, then try to do something yesterday or tomorrow right now. It is impossible. Think about it, when do you remember your past? you remember it now. When do you dream your future, you dream it now. There is no any means that you can experience past or future, because they don't really exist, they are only a mental concept. When you think you are in your past or in your future, you are actually still in moment of now. There is no separation of time, everything happens now! If you truly live in present moment of now, you will not have any problem at all. All so called problems happens in your imaginary future. You experience them in your mind. If you fully concentrate on present moment, and handle what you are suppose to handle at moment, you will never experience any problem. A wise seer says " I don't worry about past, and I am not fearful of future because my life is supremely concentrated in present, and right response comes to me, to every situation as it occurs." This is timeless awareness. In timeless awareness, you don't experience fear, anxiety and worry. You are in flow. You are one with source energy. One way to experience timeless awareness is to choose to live in present now. Watch your mind, observe it. Your mind will always tries to escape present moment, because only reference point it has is past. You can simply observe it, moment you realize your mind is escaping present moment, you are actually in present moment. Since NOW is only moment that exists, question is why do I experience what I am experiencing now, but not anything else. The answer to that question is that you have chosen it. At this magic moment of now, there are infinite number of things happening, and you are free to choose to experience any one of them. You made your choice by sending out an command to Universal Mind ( or call it Cosmic Mind, Infinite Intelligence, Source Energy or God.). Depending on your certainty and clarity, Universal Mind brings to you exactly what you send out. At some point of this space-time continuum, you had sent out your command, Universe took your instruction, and worked perfectly on it. That is exactly what you are experiencing now. At moment of now, you have infinite number of choices, you can experience any one of them by sending out your instructions. The Universe will bring to you exactly what you want depending on your certainty and clarity. It is important to know that universe takes all your instructions, good or bad, and work equally on them. It can not choose for you. You have to make your own choice with certainty and clarity. Once you make your choice, let universe to handle details.
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