Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id WAA01237 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sun, 17 Feb 2002 22:22:46 GMT Message-ID: <002601c1b746$2f90d860$5e2ffea9@oemcomputer> From: "Philip Jonkers" <philipjonkers@prodigy.net> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> References: <LAW2-F28cE8NpqhNPPz00000b86@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Words and Memes Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 15:00:51 -0900 Organization: Prodigy Internet Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> >Grant:
> > > The martial arts we practice today were handed down from the peaceful
> > > buddhists. No civilization has been without its dark and bloody side
> >and
> > > the religious ferver that goes with it. It's hard to offer one's body
> >up
> >in
> > > battle without a belief system to justify the act. It's a way of
> >overcoming
> > > fear. Fear itself is a soldier's greatest enemy. It gets in the way
of
> > > what he has to do.
> >
> >Their are two sides to that medal though. Fear fuels aggression, the
brave
> >natural
> >response to cope with fear. The source of the fear may be
life-threatening
> >so it better be handled properly. Violent means constitutes one tactical
> >way.
> >The other natural response is to flee of course. (The defeatist way is to
> >sit down
> >and assume a lethargic state...)
> >Therefore at least some degree of fear is not only allowed in times of
> >combat
> >but it is actually desirable! Of course, fear can be paralyzing if
> >experienced to too
> >high levels. There seems to be an optimum level.
> >
> >Have you seen the Rocky movies. The boxing coach Micky would stand in
> >for me. (Frankie Fear as the fire within...)
> >
> >Philip.
> >
> Yes. The ideal solution is not to get rid of fear but to control it. The
> emotional drive of fear pushes one to extreme efforts but the mind numbing
> effect makes rational action difficult. That's why martial arts training
> spends most of the students' time repeating certain movements over and
over
> until they become instinctual. In combat, you don't have time to think --
> you have to act. Thinking is something you do before combat. If you
> visualize a road to victory it becomes easier to achieve victory. Fear
> brings up thoughts of what happens if you lose. Thinking about how to win
> neutralizes fear. So with memes we are able to manipulate our emotions
and
> turn them to our advantage instead of letting them get us killed.
Granted... Grant.
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