Posts tagged self-defense
Do Not Underestimate Airsoft Guns As Weapons
On the table in front of you lie two weapons - both look fierce and very dangerous, but one is the real deal, the other one of many airsoft guns, a toy made in China. You have the luxury of having a second look or even to pick these guns up to decide which is which, but in a real life situation where these guns may be pointed at you by robbers, you have to decide how to react immediately.
These guns may not have the ability to shoot you dead, but when a criminal points a gun at you, even if it is not real, you may still react the wrong way and end up losing your life. Always take any weapon pointed at you very seriously.
Originally the airsoft gun came on the market as toys that were used either as novelties or later on when they saw a whole sport evolve round them. Serious airsoft games were developed by adrenalin junkies who thought games of shooting at people in real life situations was fun.
The chase was on between gamers to find better and faster guns, so their feedback gave manufacturers the brief to drop the boring springs which powered these older weapons and find something a bit more explosive. They did just that!
In an effort to mimic the explosiveness of gun powder, manufacturers started installing gas chambers in the pistols. These pushed the bullet out at very realistic speeds, adding to the thrills of the gamers. Airsoft guns took a step closer to being real weapons.
When these air guns were found lacking, manufacturers introduced propane, a very volatile gas in its place, as the driving force for airsoft guns. These guns proved a big hit as even the smells were close to those produced by real weapons being fired.
Still not getting what they wanted from these guns, the users demanded smoke to seep from the fired barrel, and again the manufacturers responded by adding special smoke caps that produce white smoke after firing.
Manufacturers of these weapons respond to every whim and cry their customers may have and in the process more lethal looking and acting toy weapons are made daily. Funnily enough, the major role player in this industry, Japan, realized what a threat these toys actually are and banned Japanese people from owning or using them. Not for a moment do they consider what these weapons are doing all over the world and exports just stay on the rise. However the onus is on the country importing these to take responsibility
Should you buy one of these weapons, there are a couple of things you should know and keep in mind, especially if you have bought it for a child. Fired from close range, the bullets coming from these guns can penetrate skin and will definitely blind someone if the bullet enters the eye. These guns are not toys anymore and should be used under strict supervision only.
When used properly you can actually have hours and hours of fun playing with airsoft guns. There seems to be a thrill in pulling the trigger pretending to kill another human being. For those who enjoy these thrills, this is the only matter of concern as they see these weapons as totally innocent.
The Truth About Chi!
Chi, a mysterious energy which surrounds us, constructs us, is us, and...what is it? To understand what Chi is it is necessary to define exactly who and what we are. To define who we are it is necessary to analyze the shape of our true body.
Your immediate body, the body you are currently in, plays the guitar the guitar and taps the keyboard and talks to friends and uses the six senses. You are the eyeball and the hair and the eardrum and toenails and throat and everything that is in between and which experiences organic sensation. You traverse the points of the planet and have existence, and pursue your pleasures of the flesh.
The body that is at the heart of our concern, however, is the body that is constructed of Chi. This is the body beyond the senses, and as far as we can perceive. Indeed, you often have to put aside concepts of the six senses to experience the larger body of yourself.
This brings us to the concept that if everything in the universe is our True Body, then what is this thing called Chi? Chi is that thing you have you call a body, it is the organic the organic thing you have presence in, and it is everything else, too. Call it a wavelength, or an concept, it doesn't really matter what you call it as long as we understand that it is.
How do we control this concept of Chi? After all, if you can move an arm or a foot, why can't you move that cloud or wave that tree...if they really are part of our True Body? Why can't we stop that dangerous storm, or make it rain when we want, or pull the plug on the republicrats that keeps wasting our energy/money?
Well, for one thing, we can't make our True Body work because we are not used to making it work. We are used to sitting around and watching TV and being made stupid by pills and letting our senses be lulled, and this includes any sense of our True Body, into unconsciousness. We can undo this fact by practicing a discipline and by refusing to engage in any kind of programming, and by refusing any type of programming that does not allow honest exchange.
What you must do is look at your immediate body, unbind your senses, excite your imagination, and open you up to the idea of your True Body through a True Discipline. You must use this discipline to examine your immediate body until you understand everything about it, and so that you are not merely engaging in scientific examination. You must make full use of your senses through a True Discipline until you step outside of your body, and beyond your senses, and thus experience your True Body.
If you are still unable to wave the clouds and perspire the rain at will, then you must understand one thing...the True Body you are occupying is also being occupied by everybody else. Thus, to move your True body, you must make everybody else let go of their hold on the True Body, which means to make them turn off their TVs and pills. And, you must help them find their discipline, the True Discipline that will awake them and take them beyond their immediate body.
