Phil, I think I missed the connection to the discussion about the effects, and aftereffects of living a life of hypervigilance, unless you were suggesting that a person who goes around always expecting a fight may actually, and inadvertantly, cause to happen the very thing he fears.If this is what y...

what I was reading was not a discussion of the merits of the two sides of the argument, but an attempt to end it by bullying and intimidation. This is not in the spirit of learning or growth, for anyone. The shame of this is that thee were some good, thoughtful points made which could have been elab...

Gentlemen, An excellent topic for discussion! Thank you in particular to Greg. There is certainly a price to be paid for having spent one's life constantly "on guard", constantly worried, constantly scanning the environment for the next threat. One even, with enough practice, can learn to ...