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Ultimate Weapon

By Wayne Belonoha, on 11-05-2008 19:26

You have discovered a new weapon, and it's fantastic. It's the most effective and efficient thing I've ever seen. It's airborne, practically invisible, flows around obstacles, tracks the target and works in a quarter of a second.

Above all, it totally debilitates the target - often causing permanent damage and injury. It can be dispensed at will, with no notice and is housed in a container that is so inconspicuous people cannot conceive (or believe) such damage can be delivered from such a small package. When told, they don't believe it.

Now here's when it starts to get tricky. They ask you to prove how it would stop an attacker (them in this case). Because the weapon is so great - you agree to show them. You know that using the weapon would seriously and permanently injure them. You let them know that you will show them how it works, but will not actually press the dispenser button. They attack with some crazy ineffective technique. You point the weapon at them but do not fire. A second laterÂ…POWÂ…they hit you. To add insult to the injury, they tell you that your weapon is no good. You try to convince them that your weapon would have stopped their attack, but they do not believe you.

Too bad, the weapon is so great, it should be shared so they can have the same comfort in self defence that you do.

They have no context to believe something like this could possibly exist. It's like trying to make somebody believe in the first laser or that microwaves can heat up food but not the bowl the food is in. In order to help them understand, they ask you to try to prove it again. You decide to try dispensing a dose that will not injure them, knowing that dispensing a partial dose takes years of practice. Knowing that you are going to use more of your weapon's potential your friend decides to try harder as well. They attack again and your weapon gets through their defences easily, tracks and touches them like a light breeze. Then, a second later Â… POW Â… they hit you again. This time, their hit really hurt; and not just your face but your ego as well.

Instant Gratification
In these days we are fortunate to have access to many time saving devices. We have microwaves to instantly heat our food and fast-food restaurants when instant heat is too inconvenient. We have minute-rice and instant potatoes. There is instant access to information and bank machines for instant access to cash, so you can instantly purchase whatever you need. All this instantness (if that's a word) is a great convenience.

You try to explain that the light breeze they felt actually represented serious injury, but they don't believe it. They tell you that your weapon actually felt refreshing and comfortable.

Now you're in quite the situation. Either you use the full potential and injure your friend (and friendship), or you give up trying to show them.

Too bad, the weapon is so great, it should be shared so they can have the same comfort in self defence that you do.

Here's where you can take some comfort. When the need to show off the weapon disappears or is controlled, you've started to control your mind. Once you've started to control the mind's desire to impress, your mind will relax. Once the mind relaxes, so does the body. Now that the body is relaxed, the weapon gains even more power.

This paradox is the weapon's safety switch. The less you want/need to show off the weapon, the more powerful it becomes. The weapon works best when nobody's watching.

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